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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Hair salons and stylist–client social relationships as facilitators of community-based contraceptive uptake in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a qualitative analysis	250
Comparative analysis of viral infection outcomes in human seminal fluid from prior viral epidemics and Sars-CoV-2 may offer trends for viral sexual transmissibility and long-term reproductive health i	119
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	68
Examining the recent trends in adolescent sexual and reproductive health in five countries of sub‐Saharan Africa based on PMA and DHS household surveys	68
The technical efficiency of maternal and child health hospitals in China: a case study of Hubei Province	67
Understanding abortion seeking care outside of formal health care settings in Cape Town, South Africa: a qualitative study	63
INSIGHT-2: mechanistic studies into pregnancy complications and their impact on maternal and child health—study protocol	60
A 20 year experience in the management of non-tubal ectopic pregnancies in a tertiary hospital – a retrospective review	56
Fertility awareness, perceived factors and approaches to improve contraceptive uptake among sexually active adolescent girls in Phalombe, Malawi: a mixed-methods study	55
Assessing parental marital quality and divorce related to youth sexual experiences and adverse reproductive health outcomes among 50,000 Chinese college students	53
Contraceptive behavior of women in India after induced abortion	50
Optimizing screening practice for gestational diabetes mellitus in primary healthcare facilities in Tanzania: research protocol	48
Reproductive health literacy scale: a tool to measure the effectiveness of health literacy training	47
Involving the health sector in the prevention and care of female genital mutilation: results from formative research in Guinea	47
“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	44
Respectful maternity care during facility-based child birth and associated factors in public health facilities of Ilu AbaBor zone, Southwest Ethiopia	43
Parents’ approaches to sexuality education of their adolescent boys: a qualitative study in Ahvaz, Iran	39
‘The tabloid test’: a qualitative interview study on the function and purpose of termination of pregnancy review committees in Victoria, Australia	39
Determinants associated with high-risk fertility behaviours among reproductive aged women in Bangladesh: a cross-sectional study	39
Factors associated with risk sexual behaviours of HIV/STDs infection among university students in Henan, China: a cross-sectional study	36
Exposure to family planning messages and teenage pregnancy: results from the 2017 Philippine National Demographic and Health Survey	36
Episiotomy practice and associated factors among mothers who gave birth at public health facilities in Metema district, northwest Ethiopia	32
Sexual and reproductive health and rights in humanitarian settings: a matter of life and death	31
Parent-young communication on sexual and reproductive health issues and its associated factors: experience of students in Agaro Town, Ethiopia	30
Effects of COVID-19 lockdowns on unintended pregnancies among adolescent girls and young women in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review	29

Paternal smoking and preterm birth: a population-based retrospective cohort study among non-smoking women aged 20–49 years in rural China	29
Gynecological morbidity and treatment-seeking among older adult (aged 45–59) women in India	28
Development of self-care strategies to promote young Iranian women’s sexual health: an explanatory sequential mixed method study protocol	28
Home delivery among women with adequate antenatal care: insights from a multilevel analysis of the 2019 Ethiopian mini demographic and health survey	28
Measuring the effects of community polygyny on intimate partner violence: a multilevel modeling using nationally representative cross-sectional data	28
Proposed changes to framework to assess contraceptive autonomy based on phased in-depth interviews in northwest Tanzania	28