OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Health Research Policy and Systems 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Optimising a co-production framework for developing public health interventions: application and testing of school-based Research Action Groups	135
Development of the Arabic Health Measures database: a bibliometric analysis of Arabic health-related measures	73
Prevalence and determinants of unmet needs for hypertension care among the older population in Selangor: cross-sectional study	71
Exploring HIV/AIDS investigator perceptions of equity within research partnerships between low-and middle-income and high-income countries: a pilot survey	70
The Cameroon Health Research and Evidence Database (CAMHRED): tools and methods for local evidence mapping	69
Using qualitative research to develop an elaboration of the TIDieR checklist for interventions to enhance vaccination communication: short report	68
Comprehensive HIV knowledge and associated factors among reproductive-age women: analysis of the Gambia Demographic and Health Survey 2019/2020	65
Understanding healthcare professionals’ responses to patient complaints in secondary and tertiary care in the UK: A systematic review and behavioural analysis using the Theoretical Domains Framework	61
A novel social-network-analysis-based approach for analyzing complex network of actors involved in accessibility of anti-cancer medications in Iran	60
Healthcare providers’ implementation of severe acute malnutrition guidelines and the factors associated with it among healthcare providers working at public health facilities of South Wollo Zone, Nort	60
The organization and impacts of clinical research delivery workforce redeployment during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative case study of one research-intensive acute hospital trust	53
Evaluating the impact of the global evidence, local adaptation (GELA) project for enhancing evidence-informed guideline recommendations for newborn and young child health in three African countries: a	50
A framework for sustainable capacity-building for collaborative North–South translational health research and training in a resource-constrained setting	49
A novel policy dialogue to build sustainable and resilient health systems: findings from PHSSR Portugal	46
Agenda-setting in policies related to high-risk sexual behaviours, stimulants, and alcohol abuse in Iranian adolescents	45
“They don't have the luxury of time”: interviews exploring the determinants of public health research activity that contextualise embedded researcher roles in local government	44
Open science at the science–policy interface: bringing in the evidence?	43
Using the WHO-INTEGRATE evidence-to-decision framework to develop recommendations for induction of labour	40
A review of implementation and evaluation frameworks for public health interventions to inform co-creation: a Health CASCADE study	40
Facilitators, barriers and strategies for health-system guidance implementation: a critical interpretive synthesis protocol	39
Conflict and fragmented public health emergency management system in Tigray region of Northern Ethiopia: A double burden to accommodate resilient and advanced public health emergency management. A com	38
Adopting, implementing and assimilating coproduced health and social care innovations involving structurally vulnerable populations: findings from a longitudinal, multiple case study design in Canada,	34
Planning, implementing and governing systems-based co-creation: the DISCOVER framework	34
Stakeholder perspectives on facilitators and barriers to implementing a zero-dollar copay program for chronic conditions study	31
Policy implementation and outcome evaluation: establishing a framework and expanding capacity for advocacy organizations to assess the impact of their work in public policy	30

Research-related knowledge, understanding and practice in public mental health: the voices of social workers and occupational therapists	28
Outcomes of an integrated knowledge translation approach in five African countries: a mixed-methods comparative case study	26