OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Womens Health is 28. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
“I wanted information”: navigating breast Cancer and its treatment in Lima, Peru	118
Role Of Ovarian Metastases In Colorectal Cancer (ROMIC): a Dutch study protocol to evaluate the effect of prophylactic salpingo-oophorectomy in postmenopausal women	83
Precancerous lesion determinants in women attending cervical cancer screening at public health facilities in North Shoa Zone, Amhara, Ethiopia: an unmatched case-control study	78
Translation and validation of Persian version of sexual function: vaginal changes questionnaire (SVQ) for women with gynecologic cancers	55
Endometriosis in an ectopic kidney: a rare case report and literature review	51
Characteristics of submucosal leiomyomas that could cause severe hemorrhage with relugolix: an observational study	49
Internal growth of women with recurrent miscarriage: a qualitative descriptive study based on the post-traumatic growth theory	47
Postmenopausal hyperandrogenism due to an ovarian sex cord-stromal tumour causing elevated dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate: a case report	46
Hysteroscopic removal of intrauterine device in early pregnancy	43
Significant increased isolation of Escherichia coli in Iranian women with endometriosis: a case control – study	40
Cross-sectional assessment of government health center needs to implement long-acting reversible contraception services in rural Rwanda	38
Effect of mentorship and a mHealth application in updating provider skills and knowledge in maternal and newborn care in two informal settlements of Nairobi	37
Continuous chains: childhood maltreatment and intimate partner violence victimization among displaced women in a war context	36
The effect of educational intervention based on theory of planned behavior on behavioral responses of premenopausal women in prevention of osteoporosis	36
Performance of Aptima-HPV in the cervical cancer screening program of Portugal: a cost-analysis	36
‘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	36
Polymorphism of the Insulin Resistin (RETN) gene in susceptibility to Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) in an Iranian population	35
Primary yolk sac tumor of the endometrium combined with situs inversus totalis: a case report and literature review	34
‘I don’t want to be a guinea pig’ - Swedish women’s experiences of breast abscess treatment	34
Changes of bone turnover markers and bone mineral density among postmenopausal Thai women with osteoporosis receiving generic risedronate	34
Lived experiences of refugee women with vaginal fistula in Nakivale and Oruchinga refugee settlements, Isingiro District, Uganda	34
Increased use of analgesics in midlife women but no association with mental stress: observations from the Prospective Population Study of Women in Gothenburg	30
Are physicians creating a barrier to pre-conception care access? A qualitative study exploring patients’ experiences and perspectives around pre-conception care	30
Spatial patterns and the associated factors for breast cancer hospitalization in the rural population of Fujian Province, China	30
A novel prognostic score of recurrence for endometrial cancer patients with staging surgery	29

Is hysterosalpingo-foam sonography (HyFoSy) more tolerable in terms of pain and anxiety than hysterosalpingography (HSG)? A prospective real-world setting multicentre study	29
A cross-sectional study of knowledge, attitudes, barriers and practices of cervical cancer screening among nurses in selected hospitals in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa	29
Psycho-social experience of oocyte recipient women: a qualitative study	28