OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Global Health is 33. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
The association of breastfeeding with cognitive development and educational achievement in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review	172
The guiding principles for populational COVID-19 vaccine selection: A normative analysis through comparison of the strategies in Hong Kong and Singapore	155
Prevalence and risk factors of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 infection in women and children in peri-urban communities in Pakistan: A prospective cohort study	146
COP27 Climate Change Conference: Urgent action needed for Africa and the world	132
The effect of family health on suboptimal health status: The parallel mediation role of sleep quality and health behaviour	98
Associations between sociodemographic exposures, growth and development during infancy with development at the age of eight years among children: Analysis of a maternal education trial in rural Uganda	91
Revisiting influenza-hospitalisation estimates from the Burden of Influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus Disease (BIRD) project using different extrapolation methods	88
Success and time implications of SpO₂ measurement through pulse oximetry among hospitalised children in rural Bangladesh: Variability by various device-, provider- and patient-related facto	64
Universal home visits improve male knowledge and attitudes about maternal and child health in Bauchi State, Nigeria: Secondary outcome analysis of a stepped wedge cluster randomised controlled trial	64
Impact of the national drug price negotiation policy on the utilization, cost, and accessibility of anticancer medicines in China: A controlled interrupted time series study	56
Assessing the governance environment for private sector engagement in health in Africa: Results from a multi-country survey	54
Global antibiotic prescription practices in hospitals and associated factors: a systematic review and meta-analysis	53
Weight stigma among adolescents in three low- and middle-income countries	50
Prevention and treatment of neonatal hypothermia through an implementation science study in Jaltenango Chiapas, Mexico	48
Community case management of fast-breathing pneumonia with 3 days oral amoxicillin vs 5 days cotrimoxazole in children 2-59 months of age in rural Pakistan: A cluster randomized trial	48
Equity in antenatal care visits among adolescent mothers: An analysis of 54 country levels trend and projection of coverage from 2000 to 2030	46
A systematic, standard-based, participatory assessment of a Continuous Quality Improvement project in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan: results for maternal care	46
Increased COVID-19 infection risk, COVID-19 vaccine inaccessibility, and unacceptability: Worrisome trio for patients with substance abuse disorders	45
The association of cervical cancer screening and quality of care: A systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019	42
Social protection and the level and inequality of child mortality in 101 low- and middle-income countries: A statistical modelling analysis	42
Determinants of post-discharge stunting among diarrhoeal children aged 2–23 months in Bangladesh: findings from Antibiotics for Children with Severe Diarrhea (ABCD) trial	42
The political economy of health in the Gaza strip: Reversing de-development	39
Post-discharge health education for patients with enterostomy: A nationwide interventional study	38
Comparison of the agreement between WeChat-based self-administered and interviewer-administered data on infant and young child feeding in China: A test-retest study	37
Health and well-being of older adults in rural and urban Rwanda: epidemiological findings from a population based cross-sectional study	37

Preventing stigma against the gay community to curb mpox transmission in the Western Pacific region	37
Ambient fine particulate matter chemical composition associated with in-hospital case fatality, hospital expenses, and length of hospital stay among patients with heart failure in China	36
Conducting cross-cultural, multi-lingual or multi-country scale development and validation in health care research: A 10-step framework based on a scoping review	36
Hypertonic saline nasal irrigation and gargling for suspected or confirmed COVID-19: Pragmatic randomised controlled trial (ELVIS COVID-19)	34
Providing the right care to patients admitted in Intensive care units in low-and middle-income countries: The case of Nepal	34
Evaluation of feasibility phase of adaptive version of locally made bubble continuous positive airway pressure oxygen therapy for the treatment of COVID-19 positive and negative adults with severe pne	34
Urban-rural disparity in body mass index: is dietary knowledge a mechanism? Evidence from the China Health and Nutrition Survey 2004-2015	34
Development and validation of a nomogram model for mortality prediction in stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients: A prospective observational study in the RealDTC cohort	33
The health and economic impact of constructing temporary field hospitals to meet the COVID-19 pandemic surge: Wuhan Leishenshan Hospital in China as a case study	33