OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Systematic Reviews is 39. 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
Patients’ experiences of mechanical ventilation in intensive care units in low- and lower-middle-income countries: protocol of a systematic review	199
Correction: Do reporting guidelines have an impact? Empirical assessment of changes in reporting before and after the PRISMA extension statement for network meta-analysis	185
Lack of systematicity in research prioritisation processes — a scoping review of evidence syntheses	182
Characteristics of interventions that address racism in the United States and opportunities to integrate equity principles: a scoping review	160
Surgical compared to percutaneous repair of aortic coarctation in the pediatric population: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis update	139
Convergence of sociodemographic, clinical, regulatory, and quality characteristics in pharmacotherapeutic management of alcohol use disorder: a scoping review protocol	128
Is artificial intelligence for medical professionals serving the patients?	94
Publication bias in prevalence studies should not be ignored	93
Effects of an exoskeleton robot on motor function in patients with spinal cord injuries: a systematic review and meta-analysis	91
Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of mental illness among nursing home residents	87
Acupuncture methods for insomnia disorder in the elderly: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis	87
Screening for hypertension in adults: protocol for evidence reviews to inform a Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care guideline update	83
Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) for vascular surgery: an evidence map and scoping review	79
A systematic review protocol for slow-paced breathing in healthy populations: Impacts on cognition and insights into mechanisms of action	78
Non-invasive neuromodulation for the treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis investigating efficacy, safety, and optimal stimulation parameters	76
Ten circumstances and solutions for finding the sample mean and standard deviation for meta-analysis	74
Graduate and postgraduate educational challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic period: its impact and innovations—a scoping review	69
Association between frailty and clinical outcomes in patients undergoing craniotomy—systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies	68
Efficacy and safety of acupuncture with moxibustion for knee osteoarthritis: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	66
Experiences, barriers, and enablers of infant and young child feeding among adolescent mothers in Sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review protocol	65
Breathing exercises for patients with early-stage lung cancer: a meta-analysis	63
Addressing the challenges of reconstructing systematic reviews datasets: a case study and a noisy label filter procedure	62
Where to prospectively register a systematic review	62
Lapatinib and lapatinib plus trastuzumab therapy versus trastuzumab therapy for HER2 positive breast cancer patients: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis	62
Diagnostic accuracy of metagenomic next-generation sequencing in pulmonary tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis	59

Job crafting interventions: what works, for whom, why, and in which contexts? Research protocol for a systematic review with coincidence analysis	58
Increasing the transparency of systematic reviews: presenting a generalized registration form	56
Barriers and facilitators to access mental health services among refugee women in high-income countries: a systematic review	55
Effects of Reiki therapy on quality of life: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	52
Mind–body therapies and their interplay with the immune system in children and adolescents: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis	49
Off-label use of sodium cantharidinate and vitamin B6 injection in cancer: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis	48
Dissemination of knowledge from Cochrane Public Health reviews: a bibliographic study	48
Mesenchymal stromal/stem cell therapy for radiation-induced salivary gland hypofunction in animal models: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis	46
Characteristics of interprofessional rehabilitation programs for patients with chronic low back pain evaluated in the literature: a scoping review protocol	45
Conceptualizations of anaesthetists’ clinical reasoning expertise: protocol for a systematic review and qualitative thematic synthesis	42
A critical exploration of stigma interventions and programs for queer peoples across the life course in Canada: a scoping review protocol	42
What are the ethical, legal, and social debates surrounding artificial womb technology? A scoping review protocol	40
Oral health effects of non-combustible nicotine products: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis	40
Immunotherapy for people with clinically isolated syndrome or relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: treatment response by demographic, clinical, and biomarker subgroups (PROMISE)—a systematic review	39
Efficacy and safety of AYUSH-64 as standalone or adjunct to standard care in COVID-19: a structured summary of protocol for a systematic review	39