OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Systematic Reviews is 35. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
The effect of performance-based financing interventions on out-of-pocket expenses intended to improve access to and utilization of maternal health services in sub-Saharan Africa: protocol for a system	399
Unveiling the clinical spectrum of herpes simplex virus CNS infections in adults: a systematic review	373
Enrollment, retention, and strategies for including disadvantaged populations in randomized controlled trials: a systematic review protocol	116
A systematic literature review of attitudes towards secondary use and sharing of health administrative and clinical trial data: a focus on consent	109
Reporting quality evaluation of the stroke clinical practice guidelines: a systematic review	101
Acupoint stimulation for postpartum breastfeeding insufficiency: a systematic review and meta-analysis	91
Effect of exercise training on cardiac autonomic function in type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis	87
Efficacy and safety of acupuncture with moxibustion for knee osteoarthritis: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	83
Intimate partner violence against women during pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol for producing global and regional estimates	82
Co-production of a systematic review on decision coaching: a mixed methods case study within a review	79
Breathing exercises for patients with early-stage lung cancer: a meta-analysis	78
Reporting quality of clinical practice guidelines regarding gout and hyperuricemia according to the RIGHT checklist: systematic review	59
Comparison of robot-assisted versus fluoroscopy-guided transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) for lumbar degenerative diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled tr	59
Acupuncture methods for insomnia disorder in the elderly: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis	58
Male involvement in family planning use and its determinants in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol	58
Stroke patient and stakeholder engagement (SPSE): concepts, definitions, models, implementation strategies, indicators, and frameworks—a systematic scoping review	57
The decision-making process and experiences of women returning to work after parental leave: a qualitative systematic review protocol	55
The role of pharmacists in mitigating medication errors in the perioperative setting: a systematic review	54
Targeted faith-based and faith-placed interventions for noncommunicable disease prevention and control in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review protocol	52
Neurological outcome predictors after extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a systematic review	51
A protocol for ongoing systematic scoping reviews of World Trade Center Health research	51
Prevalence of female genital mutilation and associated factors among women and girls in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis	51
Diabetic dyslipidemia and its predictors among people with diabetes in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis	50
Graduate and postgraduate educational challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic period: its impact and innovations—a scoping review	49
Screening for hypertension in adults: protocol for evidence reviews to inform a Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care guideline update	49

Does haste make waste? Prevalence and types of errors reported after publication of studies of COVID-19 therapeutics	49
Spinal cord injury: a study protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of microRNA alterations	45
Screening for depression in children and adolescents in primary care or non-mental health settings: a systematic review update	42
Unsupervised title and abstract screening for systematic review: a retrospective case-study using topic modelling methodology	41
The environmental risk factors prior to conception associated with placental abruption: an umbrella review	41
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) enabling integrated primary care for complex patients: a protocol for a scoping review	39
A systematic review to determine the effect of strategies to sustain chronic disease prevention interventions in clinical and community settings: study protocol	39
Efficacy of iron supplementation on physical capacity in non-anaemic iron-deficient individuals: protocol for an individual patient data meta-analysis	37
Duplicated network meta-analysis in advanced prostate cancer: a case study and recommendations for change	37
Lack of systematicity in research prioritisation processes — a scoping review of evidence syntheses	35