OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Womens Health is 29. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Precancerous lesion determinants in women attending cervical cancer screening at public health facilities in North Shoa Zone, Amhara, Ethiopia: an unmatched case-control study	126
Translation and validation of Persian version of sexual function: vaginal changes questionnaire (SVQ) for women with gynecologic cancers	102
Characteristics of submucosal leiomyomas that could cause severe hemorrhage with relugolix: an observational study	83
Internal growth of women with recurrent miscarriage: a qualitative descriptive study based on the post-traumatic growth theory	62
Hysteroscopic removal of intrauterine device in early pregnancy	52
Postmenopausal hyperandrogenism due to an ovarian sex cord-stromal tumour causing elevated dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate: a case report	52
Cross-sectional assessment of government health center needs to implement long-acting reversible contraception services in rural Rwanda	50
Effect of mentorship and a mHealth application in updating provider skills and knowledge in maternal and newborn care in two informal settlements of Nairobi	49
‘I was eager to do anything I could to improve the situation’: a qualitative study of patients’ experiences and views of prehabilitation for ovarian cancer surgery	47
Continuous chains: childhood maltreatment and intimate partner violence victimization among displaced women in a war context	43
The effect of educational intervention based on theory of planned behavior on behavioral responses of premenopausal women in prevention of osteoporosis	43
Performance of Aptima-HPV in the cervical cancer screening program of Portugal: a cost-analysis	39
Polymorphism of the Insulin Resistin (RETN) gene in susceptibility to Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) in an Iranian population	39
Lived experiences of refugee women with vaginal fistula in Nakivale and Oruchinga refugee settlements, Isingiro District, Uganda	38
Primary yolk sac tumor of the endometrium combined with situs inversus totalis: a case report and literature review	38
Changes of bone turnover markers and bone mineral density among postmenopausal Thai women with osteoporosis receiving generic risedronate	37
Role Of Ovarian Metastases In Colorectal Cancer (ROMIC): a Dutch study protocol to evaluate the effect of prophylactic salpingo-oophorectomy in postmenopausal women	35
Primary ovarian carcinoid arising in associated mature cystic teratoma	34
Establishment and validation of a simple nomogram for predicting early postpartum stress urinary incontinence among women with vaginal delivery: a retrospective study	34
Spatial patterns and the associated factors for breast cancer hospitalization in the rural population of Fujian Province, China	33
Women’s experiences of living with involuntary childlessness in Uganda: a qualitative phenomenological study	33
‘I don’t want to be a guinea pig’ - Swedish women’s experiences of breast abscess treatment	32
Increased use of analgesics in midlife women but no association with mental stress: observations from the Prospective Population Study of Women in Gothenburg	32
Exploring diagnosis and treatment of premenstrual dysphoric disorder in the U.S. healthcare system: a qualitative investigation	32
Are physicians creating a barrier to pre-conception care access? A qualitative study exploring patients’ experiences and perspectives around pre-conception care	32

Is hysterosalpingo-foam sonography (HyFoSy) more tolerable in terms of pain and anxiety than hysterosalpingography (HSG)? A prospective real-world setting multicentre study	30
Understanding maternal Ethnomedical Folklore in Central Uganda: a cross-sectional study of herbal remedies for managing Postpartum hemorrhage, inducing uterine contractions and abortion in Najjembe su	30
A novel prognostic score of recurrence for endometrial cancer patients with staging surgery	30
Psycho-social experience of oocyte recipient women: a qualitative study	29
Psychometric evaluation of the endometriosis impact questionnaire (EIQ) in an Iranian population	29
Mothers with depressed mood: help-seeking from husbands and child-rearing behaviors	29
The effect of empowerment program to reduce Sugar Consumption based on the Multi-Theory Model on Body Mass Index and abdominal obesity in Iranian women	29
Adolescents, menstruation, and physical activity: insights from a global scoping review	29
Agency and role models: do they matter for adolescent girls’ sexual and reproductive health?	29