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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

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	95
A 20 year experience in the management of non-tubal ectopic pregnancies in a tertiary hospital – a retrospective review	87
“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	86
Assessing parental marital quality and divorce related to youth sexual experiences and adverse reproductive health outcomes among 50,000 Chinese college students	61
“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	52
Measuring the effects of community polygyny on intimate partner violence: a multilevel modeling using nationally representative cross-sectional data	51
Reproductive health literacy scale: a tool to measure the effectiveness of health literacy training	50
Developing and validating an artificial intelligence-based application for predicting some pregnancy outcomes: a multi-phase study protocol	48
Fertility awareness, perceived factors and approaches to improve contraceptive uptake among sexually active adolescent girls in Phalombe, Malawi: a mixed-methods study	48
Optimizing screening practice for gestational diabetes mellitus in primary healthcare facilities in Tanzania: research protocol	47
Contraceptive behavior of women in India after induced abortion	40
Parent-young communication on sexual and reproductive health issues and its associated factors: experience of students in Agaro Town, Ethiopia	38
The sociocultural context of sexual and reproductive health literacy among women living in Sanandaj, western Iran: a qualitative study	38
Involving the health sector in the prevention and care of female genital mutilation: results from formative research in Guinea	37
Exposure to family planning messages and teenage pregnancy: results from the 2017 Philippine National Demographic and Health Survey	35
Genital self-image as a correlate of sexual function in pregnancy: multivariable cross-sectional findings	35
Association of grand multiparity with adverse birth outcomes and sociodemographic characteristics: an analysis of nationwide birth data in Japan	35
Paternal smoking and preterm birth: a population-based retrospective cohort study among non-smoking women aged 20–49 years in rural China	35
Respectful maternity care during facility-based child birth and associated factors in public health facilities of Ilu AbaBor zone, Southwest Ethiopia	33
An ecological model of barriers to accessing care for pregnancy resulting from sexual violence: a rapid review	33
Effects of COVID-19 lockdowns on unintended pregnancies among adolescent girls and young women in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review	33
Sexual and reproductive health and rights in humanitarian settings: a matter of life and death	32
Parents’ approaches to sexuality education of their adolescent boys: a qualitative study in Ahvaz, Iran	32
The technical efficiency of maternal and child health hospitals in China: a case study of Hubei Province	31
INSIGHT-2: mechanistic studies into pregnancy complications and their impact on maternal and child health—study protocol	30

Determinants associated with high-risk fertility behaviours among reproductive aged women in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study	29
‘The tabloid test’: a qualitative interview study on the function and purpose of termination of pregnancy review committees in Victoria, Australia	29
The reasons for and influences of unintended teenage pregnancy in Kericho county, Kenya: a qualitative study	28
Promoting adolescent mother self-efficacy for parenting roles, and self-care after childbirth: protocol for a mixed methods study	28
Evaluation of labor and childbirth care by nurse-midwives in Brazilian private hospitals: results of a quality improvement project	28
Acceptance and attitude of Lebanese lawyers and medical students toward surrogate pregnancy: a cross-sectional study	28