OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Reproductive Health is 28. 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
Women’s voice on changes in childbirth care practices: a qualitative approach to women’s experiences in Brazilian private hospitals participating in the Adequate Childbirth Project	84
A 20 year experience in the management of non-tubal ectopic pregnancies in a tertiary hospital – a retrospective review	83
Fertility awareness, perceived factors and approaches to improve contraceptive uptake among sexually active adolescent girls in Phalombe, Malawi: a mixed-methods study	80
INSIGHT-2: mechanistic studies into pregnancy complications and their impact on maternal and child health—study protocol	79
Assessing parental marital quality and divorce related to youth sexual experiences and adverse reproductive health outcomes among 50,000 Chinese college students	55
Paternal smoking and preterm birth: a population-based retrospective cohort study among non-smoking women aged 20–49 years in rural China	54
Involving the health sector in the prevention and care of female genital mutilation: results from formative research in Guinea	49
The technical efficiency of maternal and child health hospitals in China: a case study of Hubei Province	47
Determinants associated with high-risk fertility behaviours among reproductive aged women in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study	46
“I am not shy anymore”: A qualitative study of the role of an interactive mHealth intervention on sexual health knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of South African adolescents with perinatal HIV	45
Sexual and reproductive health and rights in humanitarian settings: a matter of life and death	45
“Sexuality education is a double edge-sword…”: a qualitative study on perceptions of school teachers on sexual and reproductive health of adolescent girls in Eastern India	44
Reproductive health literacy scale: a tool to measure the effectiveness of health literacy training	44
Exposure to family planning messages and teenage pregnancy: results from the 2017 Philippine National Demographic and Health Survey	37
Parents’ approaches to sexuality education of their adolescent boys: a qualitative study in Ahvaz, Iran	34
Measuring the effects of community polygyny on intimate partner violence: a multilevel modeling using nationally representative cross-sectional data	34
Respectful maternity care during facility-based child birth and associated factors in public health facilities of Ilu AbaBor zone, Southwest Ethiopia	34
The sociocultural context of sexual and reproductive health literacy among women living in Sanandaj, western Iran: a qualitative study	34
Effects of COVID-19 lockdowns on unintended pregnancies among adolescent girls and young women in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review	33
Developing and validating an artificial intelligence-based application for predicting some pregnancy outcomes: a multi-phase study protocol	33
Parent-young communication on sexual and reproductive health issues and its associated factors: experience of students in Agaro Town, Ethiopia	32
Contraceptive behavior of women in India after induced abortion	31
‘The tabloid test’: a qualitative interview study on the function and purpose of termination of pregnancy review committees in Victoria, Australia	31
Evaluation of labor and childbirth care by nurse-midwives in Brazilian private hospitals: results of a quality improvement project	30
Doctors’ experiences providing sexual and reproductive health care at Catholic Hospitals in the conflict-affected North-West region of Cameroon: a qualitative study	30

Optimizing screening practice for gestational diabetes mellitus in primary healthcare facilities in Tanzania: research protocol	30
Evaluating health system barriers to sexual and reproductive health service delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic in China: a mixed-methods study	29
The reasons for and influences of unintended teenage pregnancy in Kericho county, Kenya: a qualitative study	29
Intentions of preventive depression management for a healthy pregnancy by gender among unmarried college students in Korea: a cross-sectional study	28
Acceptance and attitude of Lebanese lawyers and medical students toward surrogate pregnancy: a cross-sectional study	28