OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMJ Global Health is 48. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Developing a new pragmatic tool for assessing contextual fit and feasibility of evidence-based interventions towards effective implementation in global health	543
Health is a bridge for peace: let us make use of it	456
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	244
Perceptions of body size and non-communicable disease risk among people with HIV in Nairobi, Kenya: an explanatory mixed-methods study	240
Questioning the ethics of international research on formula milk supplementation in low-income African countries: response	240
Making health insurance responsive to citizens: learning from six low-income and middle-income countries	187
Latest revisions to the International Health Regulations will fail to prevent future travel chaos	166
Net Zero is not enough: ratcheting ambition for sustainable health systems through Reduce and Support	160
Using the multiple streams model to elicit an initial programme theory: from policy dialogues to a roadmap for scaling up integrated care	160
Creating health by building peace	143
How far are we? National preparedness and response capacities for emerging infectious disease outbreaks in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region	135
Influenza vaccination may have only minimum or no effect on COVID-19 in the aged population	129
Factors associated with successful implementation of Clean Cut: a perioperative surgical site infection prevention quality improvement programme—a cohort study of low-resource hospitals	125
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	125
Policy networks and competing interests in the development of the Mexican sugar-sweetened beverages tax	115
Guideline for feedback of individual genetic research findings for genomics research in Africa	113
Contact tracing in the context of COVID-19: a case study from Oman	112
Health impact and cost-effectiveness of vaccination using potential next-generation influenza vaccines in Thailand: a modelling study	107
Multimethod evaluation of health services integration for neglected tropical diseases requiring case management in Liberia	100
Cost-effectiveness of modified fully oral 9-month treatment regimens for rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis in Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan and the Republic of Moldova	85
‘They treat us like machines’: migrant workers’ conceptual framework of labour exploitation for health research and policy	84
Global Health Mentorship: Challenges and Opportunities for Equitable Partnership	82
Evaluating primary care networks in low-income and lower middle-income countries: a scoping review	77
The downstream effects of COVID-19 on adolescent girls in the Peruvian Amazon: qualitative findings on how the pandemic affected education and reproductive health	73
Health systems governance, shocks and resilience: a scoping review of key concepts and theories	73

Exploring the availability of specialist health workforce education in East and Southern Africa: a document analysis	71
Cost-effectiveness of different tuberculosis diagnostic approaches in Nigeria based on decision analytical modelling	70
Prevalence of undernutrition in children with cancer in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review	67
Benefit–cost analysis of an integrated package of interventions during preconception, pregnancy and early childhood in India	66
The nexus of artificial intelligence and virology: transformative but with potential perils	65
When disaster meets conflict: Bridging health, nutrition and equity in Myanmar	65
Health journal coverage of climate change and health: a bibliometric study	65
Lessons from the development process of the Afghanistan integrated package of essential health services	63
The quality of antiretroviral medicines: an uncertain problem	62
WHO recommendations on maternal and newborn care for a positive postnatal experience: strengthening the maternal and newborn care continuum	61
Gender equality and the gender gap in life expectancy in the European Union	59
Making food-related health taxes palatable in sub-Saharan Africa: lessons from Ghana	56
Identifying kidney trade networks using web scraping data	54
Use of traditional medicine and control of hypertension in 12 African countries	53
Evidence-based opportunities to address pandemic drivers via the Pandemic Agreement: lessons from the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control	52
Guidance on sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health in humanitarian and fragile settings: a scoping review	52
Acceptability of the R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine alongside existing malaria interventions in the trial context	51
Rethinking bottled water in public health discourse	51
Experiences and challenges of African traditional medicine: lessons from COVID-19 pandemic	51
Responsible artificial intelligence in public health: a Delphi study on risk communication, community engagement and infodemic management	50
Factors that influence the uptake of postnatal care among adolescent girls: a qualitative evidence synthesis	50
Global health at a crossroads: WHO’s 2025 Emergency Response to outbreaks, conflicts and humanitarian crises	49
‘Knowing how the machine works’: a novel framework for engaging with the political determinants of health	48
Mpox exposes fundamental obstacles for vaccinating children in outbreaks	48
Transforming global health education during the COVID-19 era: perspectives from a transnational collective of global health students and recent graduates	48