OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Health Research Policy and Systems 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
Prevalence and determinants of unmet needs for hypertension care among the older population in Selangor: cross-sectional study	63
Research impact assessment of a Canadian digital health funding program: a case study	54
Exploring HIV/AIDS investigator perceptions of equity within research partnerships between low-and middle-income and high-income countries: a pilot survey	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	52
Development of the Arabic Health Measures database: a bibliometric analysis of Arabic health-related measures	49
A novel social-network-analysis-based approach for analyzing complex network of actors involved in accessibility of anti-cancer medications in Iran	49
From pathogens to policy: using network analysis to map the knowledge base on human–zoonotic disease dynamics underpinning global pandemic policy	43
The Cameroon Health Research and Evidence Database (CAMHRED): tools and methods for local evidence mapping	42
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	42
Optimising a co-production framework for developing public health interventions: application and testing of school-based Research Action Groups	40
Reframing knowledge translation for health policy in Kenya: actors, practices and the constitutive role of context	39
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	37
Comprehensive HIV knowledge and associated factors among reproductive-age women: analysis of the Gambia Demographic and Health Survey 2019/2020	36
Using the WHO-INTEGRATE evidence-to-decision framework to develop recommendations for induction of labour	36
A novel policy dialogue to build sustainable and resilient health systems: findings from PHSSR Portugal	34
Facilitators, barriers and strategies for health-system guidance implementation: a critical interpretive synthesis protocol	34
A framework for sustainable capacity-building for collaborative North–South translational health research and training in a resource-constrained setting	34
“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	33
Agenda-setting in policies related to high-risk sexual behaviours, stimulants, and alcohol abuse in Iranian adolescents	32
The benefits for health care staff of involvement in applied health research: a scoping review	32
Creating an integrated innovation system to enable the adaptation and uptake of health-system innovations in Canada: insights from citizen panels and a national stakeholder dialogue	31
A review of implementation and evaluation frameworks for public health interventions to inform co-creation: a Health CASCADE study	30
Identifying knowledge gaps in social determinants of health and related challenges in Iran; 2023	29
Planning, implementing and governing systems-based co-creation: the DISCOVER framework	29
Stakeholder perspectives on facilitators and barriers to implementing a zero-dollar copay program for chronic conditions study	28

Assessing unConventional Evidence (ACE) tool: development and content of a tool to assess the strengths and limitations of ‘unconventional’ source materials	28
Translating one health research evidence into action: co-production of rabies control knowledge in Côte d’Ivoire	28
Research-related knowledge, understanding and practice in public mental health: the voices of social workers and occupational therapists	27