OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Public Health is 67. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Parents’ attitudes towards the No Jab No Play legislation in Western Australia: a mixed methods study	311
Behavioral and psychosocial factors and their effects on insomnia among people undergoing entry quarantine in hotels during COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study in Guangzhou, China	303
The individuals’ awareness and adoption of electronic health records in China: a questionnaire survey of 1,337 individuals	284
Evaluation of measurement properties of the German Work Role Functioning Questionnaire	282
Correction: Social determinants of health during and after coronavirus: a qualitative study	230
Discordance between perceived risk and actual risky sexual behaviors among undergraduate university students in mainland China: a cross-sectional study	215
Construction of Xinjiang metabolic syndrome risk prediction model based on interpretable models	197
A text-mining study on emotional cognition, understanding, and preventative behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic	180
The CONFIDENT study protocol: a randomized controlled trial comparing two methods to increase long-term care worker confidence in the COVID-19 vaccines	177
All-cancer incidence and mortality in Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, and their descendants in England and Wales	170
(In)Congruences in parent-adolescent reports of physical activity parenting practices: associations with adolescent physical activity	163
Assessment of national reimbursement anticancer medications availability in China: based on a medical institution perspective	145
Integrating early child development into an existing health and nutrition program: evidence from a cluster-randomized controlled trial	141
Pre-vaccination RT-PCR negative contacts in workplace settings show high, SARS COV-2 neutralizing antibody levels	139
The National Cancer Aid monitoring (NCAM-online) of ultraviolet radiation risk and protection behavior: a population-based observational trend study with four annual online survey waves	124
Impact of rehabilitation services on employment outcomes for individuals with physical disabilities: a propensity score matching analysis	123
Viral blood-borne infections testing and linkage to care cascade among persons who experience homelessness in the United States: a systematic review and meta-analysis	120
Exploring the practice of Iranian adolescent females during menstruation and related beliefs: a qualitative study	120
Unhealthy food consumption and its determinants among children aged 6–23 months in Bangladesh: insights from the Demographic and Health Survey 2022	116
Spatial variation of cardiovascular mortality in Cali, Colombia, between 2010 and 2017	113
Fetal birthweight and maternal urinary incontinence in Chinese primiparas: a population-based study	113
School closures and well-being-related topic searches on Google during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sub-Saharan Africa	111
Respiratory conditions and health symptoms associated with air pollution amongst children aged six years and below in Melusi Informal Settlement, Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa: a cro	103
Assessing hand hygiene knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors among Guatemalan primary school students in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic	101
Correction to: Do the implementation processes of a school-based daily physical activity (DPA) program vary according to the socioeconomic context of the schools? A realist evaluation of the active at	99

Changes in metabolic overweight phenotypes over time and risk of nephrolithiasis: a cohort study	99
Correction: YouTube online videos as a source for patient education of cervical spondylosis—a reliability and quality analysis	99
Association between Mediterranean diet and metabolic health status among adults was not mediated through serum adropin levels	98
Correction to: A cross-sectional study of community perceptions of stigmatization amongst women affected by UN-peacekeeper perpetrated sexual exploitation and abuse	97
The COVID-19 experience among international migrant workers in the Republic of Korea: knowledge and awareness of treatment and immigration policies	97
Correction to: Factors associated with generalized anxiety disorder in adolescents with cultural diversity: secondary data analysis	96
Correction: To isolate or not to isolate: the impact of changing behavior on COVID-19 transmission	96
Teachers’ knowledge about the principles of dealing with a student with type 1 diabetes mellitus	95
The effect of smoking on latent hazard classes of metabolic syndrome using latent class causal analysis method in the Iranian population	95
Changes in body mass index and behavioral health among adolescents in military families during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective cohort study	94
Perception of couples’ on multipurpose prevention technology attribute choice: the case of MTN 045	93
Prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its association with rapid weight loss among former elite combat sports athletes in Serbia	93
Mind matters: a comparative study of self-reported severity of depression and cognitive symptoms in China and the USA	91
Effects of participation and learning in sports clubs on self-perceived health status, self-perceived physical strength status, and health behaviors	91
Characterizing TIA and stroke symptomatology in a population-based study: implications for and diagnostic value of FAST-based public education	89
Youth experiencing homelessness at risk for suicide: psychosocial risk factors and service use patterns	89
The impact of parental migration on left-behind children’s tooth health in China	88
Association of frailty with physical activity behaviour and well-being in older employees: moderated mediation by functional difficulty	85
The relationship between stress, anxiety, and health literacy in parents of children with chronic gastroenterological diseases: a multi-center cross-sectional study	84
Utilization of oral health care services and perceived barriers among adults residing in Jiri, Nepal: a cross-sectional study	84
The spectrum of health conditions in community-based cross-sectional surveys in Southeast Asia 2010-21: a scoping review	82
Health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their grandparents: a Western Australian retrospective cohort study	82
Can the digital economy foster advancements in the healthcare sector? — a case study using interprovincial data from China	79
Factors influencing changes in medication-taking and driving behavior after warnings about prescription medications that prohibit driving: an online survey	79
Performance evaluation and ranking of health non-governmental organizations in iran: a nationwide assessment of governance and operational performance, and social health impact	78
Telehealth, medical decisions and new health inequality in China	78
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on emergency department visits in adults with diabetes: findings from the national health interview survey	78
Belgium’s SARS-CoV-2 contact tracing effectively curbed transmission, yet challenges persist in terms of delays, scalability and population adherence	77
Research characteristics about the 24-h movement behaviors in children and adolescents: a scoping review	77
The role of social determinants of health in woman’s intention to pregnancy: a model with the mediation of social support	74
Comparison of the prognostic value of a comprehensive set of predictors in identifying risk of metabolic-associated fatty liver disease among employed adults	73
A longitudinal study on changes in weekend leisure time by age groups in Korea (1999–2019)	73
Cost analysis of an innovative eHealth program in Nigeria: a case study of the vaccine direct delivery system	73
Aging towards walkable futures: insights from a multidisciplinary workshop held in Barcelona, Spain	72
Knowledge and perceptions about Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection, mother-to-child transmission of HIV and HIV prevalence among antenatal attendees of a Ghanaian tertiary health institution	72
Promoting HIV care continuum outcomes among people who use drugs and alcohol: a systematic review of randomized trials evaluating behavioral HIV care interventions published from 2011 to 2023	72
Palestinian law to protect family and prevent violence: challenges with public opinion	71
Associations between cardiovascular diseases and cancer mortality: insights from a retrospective cohort analysis of NHANES data	69
Cost-effectiveness of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease population screening in China: based on individual data from WHO Collaborating Centre-initiated ‘Enjoying Breathing Program’	69
Iron deficiency at birth and risk of hidden hearing loss in infants modification by socioeconomic status: mother-newborn cohort in Shenyang, China	68
Barriers to malaria prevention services in pregnancy: a multi-methods study in rural western Uganda	67
Adaptation and application of the Parent Attitudes About Childhood Vaccines survey tool in the Vietnamese language: a cross-sectional study	67
Cancer incidence and mortality in the occupational cohort of a German toxic waste landfill: a retrospective cohort study	67
Association between birth length, linear growth velocities, and primary school achievement at age 10 years: evidence from the Ethiopian iABC birth cohort	67