OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Human Resources for Health is 26. 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
Are doctors from the complementary and alternative systems of medicine less equal than their allopathic counterparts? Public sector doctors’ experiences of recruitment from two Indian states	316
Self-reported continuing professional development needs of medical laboratory professionals in Ghana	90
Activity-based planning of primary care utilization in a model of prospective demand for workforce	80
Strategies for maintaining and strengthening the health care workers during epidemics: a scoping review	73
Understanding the scope of practice of physician associate/physician associate comparable professions using the World Health Organization global competency and outcomes framework for universal health	66
Primary health care coverage in Portugal: the promise of a general practitioner for all	65
The professionalisation paradox: retaining the health advantages of community-based providers in task shifting and task sharing initiatives	56
A time-to-practice metric for refugee clinician integration in receiving health systems: England as a worked example	56
Mitigating health workforce migration in Romania: policy lessons for Europe	54
Achieving universal health coverage and sustainable development goals by 2030: investment estimates to increase production of health professionals in India	53
Factors that influence scope of practice of the five largest health care professions in Australia: a scoping review	46
Feasibility and effectiveness of the mindfulness-based stress reduction programs on relieving burnout of healthcare providers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a pilot randomized controlled trial in China	42
The influence of hospital accreditation on nurses’ perceptions of patient safety culture	41
Attracting adolescents to become doctors and nurses: differential importance of personal and environmental factors in 61 economies	39
From implementation to learning: a process-oriented framework to evaluate innovative global health capacity building in fragile and conflict-affected settings	35
Capacity building models for managing multiple long-term conditions in low-and-middle-income countries: a systematic review and gap analysis	33
Effectiveness of interventions by non-professional community-level workers or family caregivers to improve outcomes for physical impairments or disabilities in low resource settings: systematic review	32
Prestige of disciplines within the field of nursing: a cross-sectional study	30
Mismatch between registration possibilities and patients’ local health needs, a simulated patient survey in the Paris metropolitan area	29
Promotion or prevention: regulatory foci as moderators in the job demands–resources model	29
Global estimate of burnout among the public health workforce: a systematic review and meta-analysis	29
Consistency and quality in written accreditation protocols for pediatrician training programs: a mixed-methods analysis of a global sample, and directions for improvement	28
Ophthalmology workforce over a decade in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: demographics, distribution, and future challenges	28
Exploring financial difficulty and help-seeking behaviour among medics in the United Kingdom: a cross-sectional survey	27
Development of the WHO eye care competency framework	27

Equivalence between physicians and associate clinicians in the frequency of iatrogenic urogenital fistula following cesarean section in Tanzania and Malawi	26
Leveraging community health workers as vaccinators: a case study exploring the role of Malawi’s Health Surveillance Assistants in delivering routine immunization services	26
Building health systems resilience in Central Asia through nursing and midwifery: evidence to inform policy action	26