OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMJ Global Health is 47. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Health is a bridge for peace: let us make use of it	654
Questioning the ethics of international research on formula milk supplementation in low-income African countries: response	569
Net Zero is not enough: ratcheting ambition for sustainable health systems through Reduce and Support	287
Creating health by building peace	257
Influenza vaccination may have only minimum or no effect on COVID-19 in the aged population	210
Responsible artificial intelligence in public health: a Delphi study on risk communication, community engagement and infodemic management	190
Prevalence of undernutrition in children with cancer in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review	168
Multimethod evaluation of health services integration for neglected tropical diseases requiring case management in Liberia	151
Transition of obesity in India, 2006–2021: a state-wise investigation from an equity perspective	142
Developing a new pragmatic tool for assessing contextual fit and feasibility of evidence-based interventions towards effective implementation in global health	130
Contact tracing in the context of COVID-19: a case study from Oman	125
Impact analysis and evaluation of the Ethiopian Neonatal Network	124
Implementation pathways of a health services delivery redesign model to improve maternal and newborn outcomes in Kenya	121
Making health insurance responsive to citizens: learning from six low-income and middle-income countries	110
Using the multiple streams model to elicit an initial programme theory: from policy dialogues to a roadmap for scaling up integrated care	102
Exploring the availability of specialist health workforce education in East and Southern Africa: a document analysis	100
WHO recommendations on maternal and newborn care for a positive postnatal experience: strengthening the maternal and newborn care continuum	88
Health systems governance, shocks and resilience: a scoping review of key concepts and theories	84
How far are we? National preparedness and response capacities for emerging infectious disease outbreaks in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region	83
Experiences and challenges of African traditional medicine: lessons from COVID-19 pandemic	81
Rethinking bottled water in public health discourse	80
Use of traditional medicine and control of hypertension in 12 African countries	79
Acceptability of the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine alongside existing malaria interventions in the trial context	72
Lessons from the development process of the Afghanistan integrated package of essential health services	71
‘They treat us like machines’: migrant workers’ conceptual framework of labour exploitation for health research and policy	71

Identifying kidney trade networks using web scraping data	69
Evidence-based opportunities to address pandemic drivers via the Pandemic Agreement: lessons from the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control	67
The downstream effects of COVID-19 on adolescent girls in the Peruvian Amazon: qualitative findings on how the pandemic affected education and reproductive health	65
Cost-effectiveness of different tuberculosis diagnostic approaches in Nigeria based on decision analytical modelling	65
The nexus of artificial intelligence and virology: transformative but with potential perils	62
Perceptions of body size and non-communicable disease risk among people with HIV in Nairobi, Kenya: an explanatory mixed-methods study	59
When disaster meets conflict: Bridging health, nutrition and equity in Myanmar	59
Benefit–cost analysis of an integrated package of interventions during preconception, pregnancy and early childhood in India	58
Guidance on sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health in humanitarian and fragile settings: a scoping review	56
A hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial of application-based tiered care (Mom’s Good Mood) in treating perinatal anxiety within a primary health care system in China	55
Co-creating a decision-making framework for primary healthcare models in conflict-affected Cameroon and Nigeria	55
Evaluating primary care networks in low-income and lower middle-income countries: a scoping review	55
Factors associated with successful implementation of Clean Cut: a perioperative surgical site infection prevention quality improvement programme—a cohort study of low-resource hospitals	54
Making food-related health taxes palatable in sub-Saharan Africa: lessons from Ghana	53
A multi-country comparison between mobile phone surveys and face-to-face household surveys to estimate the prevalence of non-communicable diseases behavioural risk factors in low- and middle-income se	52
Health journal coverage of climate change and health: a bibliometric study	51
Global Health Mentorship: Challenges and Opportunities for Equitable Partnership	50
School-based behaviour change intervention to reduce ultra-processed food consumption among adolescents: evidence from a cluster-randomised controlled trial in India	50
Latest revisions to the International Health Regulations will fail to prevent future travel chaos	49
The quality of antiretroviral medicines: an uncertain problem	48
Factors that influence the uptake of postnatal care among adolescent girls: a qualitative evidence synthesis	47
Cost-effectiveness of modified fully oral 9-month treatment regimens for rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis in Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan and the Republic of Moldova	47