OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making is 40. 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
The development and phase 1 evaluation of a Decision Aid for elective egg freezing	304
Whole-cycle management of women with epilepsy of child-bearing age: ontology construction and application	288
Prediction of lymphedema occurrence in patients with breast cancer using the optimized combination of ensemble learning algorithm and feature selection	228
Patients’ views of shared decision making in inflammatory bowel disease: a survey in China	171
Providing evidence-based knowledge on nursing interventions at the point of care: findings from a mapping project	169
Improving computerized decision support system interventions: a qualitative study combining the theoretical domains framework with the GUIDES Checklist	134
Patients’ and plastic surgeons’ experiences with an online patient decision aid for breast reconstruction: considerations for nationwide implementation	130
Analytical validation of Exandra: a clinical decision support system for promoting guideline-directed therapy of type-2 diabetes in primary care – a collaborative study with experts from Diabetes Cana	110
Deep learning-based classification of dementia using image representation of subcortical signals	103
Insights into prescribing patterns for antidepressants: an evidence-based analysis	96
Learning from low-rank multimodal representations for predicting disease-drug associations	93
Derivation and validation of a clinical predictive model for longer duration diarrhea among pediatric patients in Kenya using machine learning algorithms	89
Mortality and morbidity patterns in Yaoundé, Cameroon: an ICD-11 classification-based analysis	83
A retrospective analysis using comorbidity detecting algorithmic software to determine the incidence of International Classification of Diseases (ICD) code omissions and appropriateness of Diagnosis-R	75
Second opinion machine learning for fast-track pathway assignment in hip and knee replacement surgery: the use of patient-reported outcome measures	71
Cervical cancer screening uptake and its associated factor in Sub-Sharan Africa: a machine learning approach	71
Lactate dehydrogenase to albumin ratio and poor prognosis after thrombolysis in ischemic stroke patients: developing a novel nomogram	70
SEM model analysis of diabetic patients’ acceptance of artificial intelligence for diabetic retinopathy	69
Construction and SHAP interpretability analysis of a risk prediction model for feeding intolerance in preterm newborns based on machine learning	69
Building a trustworthy AI differential diagnosis application for Crohn’s disease and intestinal tuberculosis	67
Evaluation of an ARF diagnosis calculator: a survey and content analysis	61
An exploration into physician and surgeon data sensemaking: a qualitative systematic review using thematic synthesis	59
Value of normative belief in intention to use workplace health promotion apps	55
From algorithms to action: improving patient care requires causality	54
Validation of a computerized decision support system to review pharmacotherapy treatment: scheduling guidelines	53

AMPDECIDE amputation level patient decision aids: a feasibility study	52
Detecting cognitive impairment in cerebrovascular disease using gait, dual tasks, and machine learning	52
Explainable AI for enhanced accuracy in malaria diagnosis using ensemble machine learning models	52
In silico clinical trials for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis with MS TreatSim	48
Early prediction of mortality upon intensive care unit admission	47
Data-driven decision making in patient management: a systematic review	46
Utilizing machine learning algorithms to predict subject genetic mutation class from in silico models of neuronal networks	46
A treatment recommender clinical decision support system for personalized medicine: method development and proof-of-concept for drug resistant tuberculosis	45
Automatic detection of actionable radiology reports using bidirectional encoder representations from transformers	45
Real-time non-invasive hemoglobin prediction using deep learning-enabled smartphone imaging	44
Using artificial intelligence to identify patients with migraine and associated symptoms and conditions within electronic health records	44
Risk prediction of heart failure in patients with ischemic heart disease using network analytics and stacking ensemble learning	43
Advanced AI-driven approach for enhanced brain tumor detection from MRI images utilizing EfficientNetB2 with equalization and homomorphic filtering	41
Mean generation function model in AIDS epidemic estimation	40
Interoperability of heterogeneous health information systems: a systematic literature review	40
Participant characteristics and reasons for non-consent to health information linkage for research: experiences from the ATHENA COVID-19 study	40