OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Nursing is 36. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Level of clinical competency and associated factors of nursing students in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis	240
Men’s perception of information and psychological distress in the diagnostic phase of prostate cancer: a comparative mixed methods study	143
Healthcare providers’ hospital breastfeeding practices during the COVID-19 endemic and associated factors in Thailand: a cross-sectional study	107
Comparison of barriers to effective nurse-patient communication in COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 wards	96
Jordanian nursing students’ experience of harassment in clinical care settings	79
Causes of adverse events in home mechanical ventilation: a nursing perspective	74
Analysis of clinical nurse educators’ mentoring feedback on new nurse journals at a tertiary hospital in South Korea: utilizing text network analysis	68
Development of self-assessment scale of Public health nursing Art to enhance “Strength of Community” (PASC)	68
Relationship between anxiety and fatigue in dementia family caregivers: hope as a mediator	58
The development of a Cancer Pain Belief Modification Program for patients with oral cancer in China: a feasibility study	54
Establishment and application of information-based training and assessment platform for clinical nursing operation technology	54
Influential factors and willingness to advocate for HPV vaccination among male nursing interns in China	53
How do wound care nurses structure the subjective frame on palliative wound care? A Q-methodology approach	52
The relationship between moral distress, burnout, and considering leaving a hospital job during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal survey	51
Establishment and validation of a prediction model for compassion fatigue in nursing students	49
Factors associated with nursing and midwifery students’ satisfaction with the clinical learning environment: a cross-sectional study in Morocco	48
Common domains of nurses’ competencies in public health emergencies: a scoping review	47
Relationship between social inhibition and transition shock among newly graduated registered nurses: a cross-sectional study	46
The medical futility experience of nursing professionals in Greece	46
The variables in the rationing of nursing care in cardiology departments	45
Iranian nurses’ views on barriers to moral courage in practice: A qualitative descriptive study	45
Factors affecting undergraduate nursing students’ professional commitment: a structural equation modeling analysis	45
Correlation of academic emotion and hardiness personality of undergraduate nursing students	41
Nursing students’ perspectives on learning electronic health record documentation in an academic setting and during clinical placement: a qualitative study	41
Lasater clinical judgment rubric in nursing education: a Turkish validity and reliability study	40

Exploring midwifery competence and confidence based on midwives’ experiences and stakeholders’ insights in Kenya: a descriptive phenomenological approach	39
The impact of nursing intervention on the care burden experienced by mothers of children with epilepsy: a family-centered empowerment model	39
Understanding nursing perspective towards barriers to the optimal delivery of enteral nutrition in intensive care settings	39
Exploring the relationship between physical activity level and work-related demographic factors among emergency and outpatient nurses: a cross-sectional correlational study	38
The effects of microlearning on the fertility knowledge and attitude of Iranian nursing students: an interventional study	38
Bridging the gap: the mediating role of self-efficacy in the impact of workload on core competencies among pediatric nurses	38
Correction: Development and validation of a scale for assessing nurses’ approaches to ethical issues	37
A qualitative exploration of barriers to narrative nursing practice among early-career nurses	37
The impact of hindrance-challenge stress on nurses’ work engagement: a cross-sectional study	37
Improving the psychomotor performance of student nurses using remote clinical skills practice: a mixed-methods study	36
The effect of electronic medical records on medication errors, workload, and medical information availability among qualified nurses in Israel– a cross sectional study	36
Exploring the relationships between resilience, burnout, work engagement, and intention to leave among nurses in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study	36
Factors associated with post-traumatic stress disorder in nurses after directly caring for COVID-19 patients: a cross-sectional study	36
Clinical supervisor’s experiences of peer group clinical supervision during COVID-19: a mixed methods study	36