OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Digital Health is 32. 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
Chronic pain self-management in middle-aged and older adults: A collective intelligence approach to identifying barriers and user needs in eHealth interventions	209
Design, implementation, and evaluation of an innovative intelligence information management system for premature infants	123
HYPO-CHEAT’s aggregated weekly visualisations of risk reduce real world hypoglycaemia	114
Factors associated with the adoption of a digital health service by patent proprietary medicine vendors (PPMVs) in Lagos, Nigeria	111
Knowledge and awareness of dental trauma and the ToothSOS mobile application among medical, nursing, and pharmacy students in Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional study	98
Patient and clinician experiences of remote consultation during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: A service evaluation	79
Predicting non-initiation of care and dropout in a blended care CBT intervention: Impact of early digital engagement, sociodemographic, and clinical factors	70
Italian nurses’ experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic through social media: A longitudinal mixed methods study of Internet posts	63
Telemedicine acceptance and efficacy in the context of preventive cardiology interventions: A systematic review	61
Outpatient portal use among pregnant individuals: Cross-sectional, temporal, and cluster analysis of use	60
Patients and healthcare practitioners’ perspective on the development of a digital interprofessional intervention for COPD	59
Mobile health applications for supporting self-management of oral systemic anticancer therapy in haematological malignancies: A systematic review of acceptability and efficacy	59
Automated facial recognition system using deep learning for pain assessment in adults with cerebral palsy	58
Assessing the physiological effect of non-driving-related task performance in conditionally automated driving systems: A systematic review and meta-analysis protocol	58
Perceptions of a machine learning-based lower-limb exercise training system among older adults with knee pain	56
Feasibility and acceptability of a novel digital therapeutic combining behavioral and pharmacological treatment for opioid use disorder	54
Handling of outcome missing data dependent on measured or unmeasured background factors in micro-randomized trial: Simulation and application study	53
Interactive decision aid on therapy decision making for patients with chronic kidney disease: A prospective exploratory pilot study	51
Assessing the healthcare quality issues for digital incident reporting in Sweden: Incident reports analysis	48
Systematic review of digital health interventions to support self-management of low back pain in the workplace	48
Revolutionising healthcare with artificial intelligence: A bibliometric analysis of 40 years of progress in health systems	45
Israel's first national remote cardiac rehabilitation program: A retrospective analysis	43
Factors affecting the acceptance of teledentistry determined using the technology acceptance model: A cross-sectional study	42
Wearables are a viable digital health tool for older Indigenous adults living remotely in Australia (research)	42
Malignancy pattern analysis of breast ultrasound images using clinical features and a graph convolutional network	41

A review of the factors influencing adoption of digital health applications for people living with dementia	40
Virtual reality interventions designed to support parents during and throughout the first year after birth: A scoping review	38
An artificially intelligent, natural language processing chatbot designed to promote COVID-19 vaccination: A proof-of-concept pilot study	37
Bibliometric analysis of medical and health research collaboration between China and ASEAN countries	37
Investigating information needs and preferences regarding digital mental health services among medical and psychology students in Germany: A qualitative study	37
‘Better see a doctor?’ Status quo of symptom checker apps in Germany: A cross-sectional survey with a mixed-methods design (CHECK.APP)	36
Indecision on the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare—A qualitative study of patient perspectives on trust, responsibility and self-determination using AI-CDSS	36
Exploring how health-related advertising interference contributes to the development of cyberchondria: A stressor–strain–outcome approach	32
Feasibility of a noninvasive heart failure telemonitoring system: A mixed methods study	32