OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Royal Society Open Science 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Susceptibility to misinformation about COVID-19 around the world	707
Changes in risk perception and self-reported protective behaviour during the first week of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States	407
Photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue under natural sunlight using iron titanate nanoparticles prepared by a modified sol–gel method	154
Integrated phylogenomics and fossil data illuminate the evolution of beetles	119
High-redshift star formation in the Atacama large millimetre/submillimetre array era	115
Video game play is positively correlated with well-being	110
Tracking the COVID-19 crisis with high-resolution transaction data	104
The effect of face masks and sunglasses on identity and expression recognition with super-recognizers and typical observers	100
Perceived efficacy of COVID-19 restrictions, reactions and their impact on mental health during the early phase of the outbreak in six countries	97
Presence of mismatches between diagnostic PCR assays and coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 genome	92
Listening forward: approaching marine biodiversity assessments using acoustic methods	80
Stress and worry in the 2020 coronavirus pandemic: relationships to trust and compliance with preventive measures across 48 countries in the COVIDiSTRESS global survey	76
Early spread of COVID-19 in Romania: imported cases from Italy and human-to-human transmission networks	75
Antibacterial activity of graphene oxide nanosheet against multidrug resistant superbugs isolated from infected patients	74
Evolutionary game theory modelling to represent the behavioural dynamics of economic shutdowns and shield immunity in the COVID-19 pandemic	70
Optimal governance and implementation of vaccination programmes to contain the COVID-19 pandemic	61
Effects of information-induced behavioural changes during the COVID-19 lockdowns: the case of Italy	60
Fertility and mortality impacts of thermal stress from experimental heatwaves on different life stages and their recovery in a model insect	57
Social touch deprivation during COVID-19: effects on psychological wellbeing and craving interpersonal touch	56
Prevalence of post-traumatic symptomatology and anxiety among residential nursing and care home workers following the first COVID-19 outbreak in Northern Italy	56
Contours of citizen science: a vignette study	54
Nanostructured metal oxide semiconductor-based sensors for greenhouse gas detection: progress and challenges	53
Virtual body ownership and its consequences for implicit racial bias are dependent on social context	52
Vitamin D and COVID-19: evidence and recommendations for supplementation	52
Optimization of biogenic synthesis of silver nanoparticles from flavonoid-rich Clinacanthus nutans leaf and stem aqueous extracts	51

The rapid, massive growth of COVID-19 authors in the scientific literature	51
The case for formal methodology in scientific reform	51
Cellulose nanocrystals/graphene oxide composite for the adsorption and removal of levofloxacin hydrochloride antibiotic from aqueous solution	50
Forest landscape restoration: state of play	49
Strategies for synthesis of Prussian blue analogues	48
Super-spreading events initiated the exponential growth phase of COVID-19 with ℛ ₀ higher than initially estimated	46
Robust estimates of the true (population) infection rate for COVID-19: a backcasting approach	46
Do longitudinal studies support long-term relationships between aggressive game play and youth aggressive behaviour? A meta-analytic examination	45
Causal machine learning for healthcare and precision medicine	44
Structural modulation of π-conjugated linkers in D–π–A dyes based on triphenylamine dicyanovinylene framework to explore the NLO properties	44
SI epidemic model applied to COVID-19 data in mainland China	43
Preferences and constraints: the value of economic games for studying human behaviour	41
A brief review on Group A Streptococcus pathogenesis and vaccine development	41
Displacement ventilation: a viable ventilation strategy for makeshift hospitals and public buildings to contain COVID-19 and other airborne diseases	40