OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Harm Reduction Journal is 27. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Decentralized HIV testing: comparing peer and mail-based distribution strategies to improve the reach of HIV self-testing among people who use drugs in Florida	91
Moving from ‘stigma reduction’ to ‘inclusion’: development of the inclusion collaborative at Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District, New South Wales	83
The impact of institutionalization on the effectiveness of harm reduction: a qualitative study using drug users’ representations	64
A mixed-methods analysis of risk-reduction strategies adopted by syringe services program participants and non-syringe services program participants in New York City	59
HIV risk and prevention among clients of a delivery-based harm reduction service during an HIV outbreak among people who use drugs in northern rural Minnesota, USA	49
Exploring perceived quality of life in long-term methadone-dependent patients: a qualitative study	49
Drug checking services: barriers and facilitators to implementation by U.S. syringe services programs	48
Willingness to use and distribute HIV self-testing kits among people who inject drugs in the San Diego–Tijuana border region	40
Examining rural community pharmacists’ knowledge and practices in opioid overdose prevention and treatment services in the Southeastern United States	38
The acceptability of overdose alert and response technologies: introducing the TPOM-ODART framework	34
Associations with experience of non-fatal opioid overdose in British Columbia, Canada: a repeated cross sectional survey study	34
Expanding single-venue services to better engage young people who inject drugs: insights from India	34
Welfare first: transforming harm reduction at UK festivals	33
Experiences of harm and mental ill-health among gay, bisexual and other men-who-have-sex-with-men who use methamphetamine or GHB/GBL in different combinations: findings from the COMeT study in Taiwan	33
Drug decriminalization: a co-designed study outlining the implications for providers of youth services	32
Contamination of a drug consumption room with drugs and potential risks for social health care workers	32
Assessment of two brands of fentanyl test strips with 251 synthetic opioids reveals “blind spots” in detection capabilities	32
“The people who depended on us became expendable”: Experiences of frontline workers with lived and living expertise of drug use during the COVID-19 pandemic	32
Online interventions and virtual day centres for young people who use drugs: potential for harm reduction?	31
Fentanyl harm reduction strategies among Latinx communities in the United States: a scoping review	31
Vaping among Norwegians who smoke or formerly smoked: reasons, patterns of use, and smoking cessation activity	30
“Expected to happen”: perspectives on post-release overdose from recently incarcerated people with opioid use disorder	30
Accessing digital harm reduction services —exploring the impact of the “Here4UScotland” application	29
One voice and vision: How the RISE network built a collective identity as the foundation for strategic dissemination	28
“Naloxone? Not for me!” First cross-assessment by patients and healthcare professionals of the risk of opioid overdose	28

Facilitators of and obstacles to practitioners’ adoption of harm reduction in cannabis use: a scoping review	28
Gender and power dynamics in three types of injection partnerships among young women in rural Appalachia	27