OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Globalization and Health is 25. 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
Selective empathy and the genocide in Gaza: the silence of health and academic associations	150
Cross-border utilization of cancer care by patients in the US and Mexico – a survey of Mexican oncologists	103
National governance and excess mortality due to COVID-19 in 213 countries: a retrospective analysis and perspectives on future pandemics	78
Rain, rain, go away, come again another day: do climate variations enhance the spread of COVID-19?	72
Capturing sources of health system legitimacy in fragmented conflict zones under different governance models: a case study of northwest Syria	68
Constructing public–private partnerships to undermine the public interest: critical discourse analysis of Working Together published by the International Alliance for Responsible Drinking	64
Intellectual property licensing of therapeutics during the COVID-19 crisis: lessons learnt for pandemic preparedness and response	58
Characteristics and outcomes of the drug patent linkage system in China	51
North Korea’s COVID-19 policy dilemma: epidemic prevention conflicting with trade	51
From proposal to compromise: the TRIPS waiver debate and the crisis of WTO decision-making	49
The politics of glyphosate regulation: lessons from Sri Lanka’s short-lived ban	49
From isolation to revival: trade recovery amid global health crises	48
Securing the rights and health of domestic workers: the importance of ratifying the ILO’s C189	47
Global smoking-related deaths averted due to MPOWER policies implemented at the highest level between 2007 and 2020	46
Back home, beyond borders: a bioecological study of returnee public health scholars in a globalized health system	43
Food industry degrowth as a public health strategy: the case of ultra processed baked goods	43
Challenges and barriers to effective COVID-19 screening at Iran’s air border crossings: a qualitative study and proposed solutions	40
Reserve antibiotics: overcoming limitations of evidence generated from regulatory approval trials	40
“We have to look deeper into why”: perspectives on problem identification and prioritization of women’s and girls’ health across United Nations agencies	39
Learning from COVID-19: government leaders’ perspectives to improve emergency risk communication	34
Future health expenditure in the BRICS countries: a forecasting analysis for 2035	30
From rupture to recourse: building a new economic order for health	29
Food insecurity, COVID-19 and diets in Fiji – a cross-sectional survey of over 500 adults	29
Financing of health services for undocumented immigrants in Iran: common challenges and potential solutions	27
Translating global evidence into local implementation through technical assistance: a realist evaluation of the Bloomberg philanthropies initiative for global Road safety	26

Incremental financial costs of strengthening large-scale child nutrition programs in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Vietnam: retrospective expenditure analysis	25
“When there is no money, that is when I vomit blood”: the domino effect and the unfettered lethal exploitation of Black labor on Dominican sugar plantations	25
Safeguarding health in bilateral investment treaties: the Uruguayan experience	25
GDP per capita and physician migration across world regions, 2000–2021	25