OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Health Research Policy and Systems is 23. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Development of the Arabic Health Measures database: a bibliometric analysis of Arabic health-related measures	174
Prevalence and determinants of unmet needs for hypertension care among the older population in Selangor: cross-sectional study	94
The Cameroon Health Research and Evidence Database (CAMHRED): tools and methods for local evidence mapping	66
Using qualitative research to develop an elaboration of the TIDieR checklist for interventions to enhance vaccination communication: short report	59
Comprehensive HIV knowledge and associated factors among reproductive-age women: analysis of the Gambia Demographic and Health Survey 2019/2020	57
A novel social-network-analysis-based approach for analyzing complex network of actors involved in accessibility of anti-cancer medications in Iran	56
A framework for sustainable capacity-building for collaborative North–South translational health research and training in a resource-constrained setting	54
Research impact assessment of a Canadian digital health funding program: a case study	48
The benefits for health care staff of involvement in applied health research: a scoping review	44
Agenda-setting in policies related to high-risk sexual behaviours, stimulants, and alcohol abuse in Iranian adolescents	44
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	41
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	38
“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	36
A novel policy dialogue to build sustainable and resilient health systems: findings from PHSSR Portugal	33
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	32
Optimising a co-production framework for developing public health interventions: application and testing of school-based Research Action Groups	31
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	31
Using the WHO-INTEGRATE evidence-to-decision framework to develop recommendations for induction of labour	30
Facilitators, barriers and strategies for health-system guidance implementation: a critical interpretive synthesis protocol	26
Exploring HIV/AIDS investigator perceptions of equity within research partnerships between low-and middle-income and high-income countries: a pilot survey	26
Open science at the science–policy interface: bringing in the evidence?	24
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	24
A review of implementation and evaluation frameworks for public health interventions to inform co-creation: a Health CASCADE study	24
Stakeholder perspectives on facilitators and barriers to implementing a zero-dollar copay program for chronic conditions study	23
Outcomes of an integrated knowledge translation approach in five African countries: a mixed-methods comparative case study	23

Understanding policy commitments for universal health coverage: a framework for analysis	23
Research-related knowledge, understanding and practice in public mental health: the voices of social workers and occupational therapists	23
Assessing unConventional Evidence (ACE) tool: development and content of a tool to assess the strengths and limitations of ‘unconventional’ source materials	23
Correction: Determinants of consent for electronic health information exchange: an observational retrospective study	23
Participatory policy analysis in health policy and systems research: reflections from a study in Nepal	23