OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMJ-British Medical Journal is 88. 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
It makes no sense for Thérèse Coffey to continue to vote against measures to prevent climate change	691
Prostate cancer screening and the golden rule of humanity	523
GP clinic closures are linked to lower patient satisfaction at remaining practices, study finds	493
Tackling rare conditions: the consultant dermatologist	485
Review that questioned serotonin theory of depression was flawed, say researchers	443
Seven days in medicine: 14-20 June 2023	386
Covid-19: Show us evidence for lifting restrictions, doctors tell Johnson	361
Helen Salisbury: The weight of emotions	355
Antiracism must confront failings have become the new norm	345
Partha Kar: Antiracism starts with an apology	332
Gerald Keen: pioneering cardiothoracic surgeon	309
Don’t shift the burden on to me	308
Guidelines also need to consider what patients and families must—and can—contribute	301
Tom Nolan’s research reviews—16 February 2023	276
The inefficiency of NHS surgery: beds aren’t “stolen” by the medical team	273
The covid-19 pandemic three years on	269
The commercial determinants of health: The mini-budget is a consequence of foundational forces medicine must bear witness to	265
NewJAMAeditor says she will focus on communication, diversity, and health equity	264
Healthcare for asylum seekers: recognise suffering and improve responses	262
RCGP disputes health secretary’s claim that A&E pressure is due to lack of GP appointments	247
The impact of Brexit on health is only just beginning	246
How the US can have guns but fewer gun problems	243
Hazel Stibbe	242
Examining our failings	228
Choices that fail health and wellbeing	218

Communication around the social determinants of health: use the “devil’s music” for emotional appeal	211
Clinical research: What will be the effect of closing down “unviable” trials?	208
Asylum seekers’ health suffers from “unsafe” UK accommodation, report claims	206
Seven days in medicine: 23 February to 1 March	191
Covid-19: High Court overturns decision to ban GP from posting views on pandemic on social media	182
Guidance on cow’s milk allergy may be fuelling overdiagnosis in infants, study finds	178
Authors’ reply to Chiolero, Bannon, and Dickinson	176
Mandatory covid-19 vaccination for healthcare workers: all employers are bound by health and safety laws to reduce risk	176
Seven days in medicine: 26 Jan to 1 Feb 2022	175
Ukraine invasion: Hope of new life in the tragedy of war	172
Covid-19: Second judge says that “most complex covid patient in the world” should be allowed to die	167
The workforce crisis: don’t leave overseas doctors in limbo	159
Hygromycin A . . . and other stories	153
John Alexander Glennie	152
Could it be covid? Update information to stop public confusion	152
Primary care led triage in emergency departments decreases waiting times, study finds	150
Are we lioness enough to question the Brexit elephant?	149
Maternal health: “white” medical curriculum needs overhaul to tackle racial inequalities, campaigners say	147
Every pregnancy associated violent death should be considered preventable, say researchers	146
Awani Kumar Choudhary: orthopaedic surgeon and medical activist	146
Seven days in medicine: 20-26 April 2022	139
Learning to live in a body at war with itself	138
Godfrey Fowler	134
Narindar Nath Sood	129
Robert Kenneth Jackson	126
Why I . . . embroider	124
Covid-19: Case rises in the Americas driven by increases in North and Central America	124
Covid-19: Hospital admissions continue to climb amid record infection rates	123
Alexander Knapton	119
Without junior doctors, there is no NHS	117
Nitin Shripad Pradhan	115
Ahmad Fahim Ismail	113
Labour’s primary care reforms cannot happen without an appropriately funded NHS	113
Doctors can’t fix the alcohol problem by themselves	113
Seven days in medicine: 17-23 May 2023	110
Coaching: a personal touch	109
Challenging NHS hierarchy can save patients’ lives—I’ve seen how it saved my son	108
Academics protest at UK research body’s “failure” to stand up for free speech	106
Junior doctors pay dispute: What’s happening across the UK?	105
Time to improve the clarity of clinical trial reports by including estimands	105
Covid inquiry: Tears and tensions as Sturgeon takes the stand	103
Covid-19 vaccination and postmenopausal bleeding	102
American women’s health “is in a perilous place,” study finds	102
NHS workforce plan aims to train thousands more doctors and open up apprenticeship schemes	99
No water by 2040: The crisis engulfing Iraq and its historic river flow	98
One-off physiotherapy and at-home exercise are effective in treating shoulder pain	97
Preterm birth and airway disease . . . and other stories	96
Record breaking floods hit Brazil	95
Ken Stein	94
Adopting new technology is crucial to surgeons’ training, says report	94

Global leaders call for negotiators to push through pandemic accord ahead of May deadline	92
Death toll rises after two earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria in 12 hours	91
Speech therapy for people with Parkinson’s disease	90
Health department will help boost UK economy by getting people back to work, says Streeting	90
Abolition of the Medical Practices Committee has led to inequitable distribution of GPs	89
Halving gap in healthy life expectancy must be priority for next government, says NHS leader	89
Gambling: call to end industry funded education materials that “stigmatise” people with addictions	89
Covid-19: Pandemic waste threatens human and environmental health, says WHO	89
Centralising human resources paperwork would improve rotational training	89
UK healthcare provision: the new normal is not good enough	88
Why I . . . make podcasts	88
Ian Crerar Menzies	88
NHS makes urgent appeal for blood donations after cyberattack on London hospitals	88