OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of JMIR mHealth and uHealth is 38. 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
Enhancing Self-Management Support Apps for Spinal Cord Injury: The Missing Role of Caregivers	391
Feasibility and acceptability of mPallCare, a digital health intervention for people living with advanced cancer in a refugee settlement in Uganda: a mixed-method study (Preprint)	304
Clinical Study of a Wearable Remote Rehabilitation Training System for Patients With Stroke: Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial	217
Mental Health Mobile Apps in the French App Store: Assessment Study of Functionality and Quality	154
Preferences for Mobile Apps That Aim to Modify Alcohol Use: Thematic Content Analysis of User Reviews	127
Cardiac Health Assessment Using a Wearable Device Before and After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: Prospective Study	124
Use of Software as a Medical Device to Improve Therapeutic Adherence in Patients With Hematological Malignancies: Prospective Interventional MargheRITA Study	119
College Community–Based Physical Activity Support at a Public University During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Retrospective Longitudinal Analysis of Intra- Versus Interpersonal Components for Uptake and Outc	111
Promoting Hand Hygiene During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Randomized Controlled Trial of the Optimized Soapp+ App	110
Correction: The Role of Environmental Factors in Technology-Assisted Physical Activity Intervention Studies Among Older Adults: Scoping Review	89
Lived Experiences of Older Adults Using Wearables with Real-Time Feedback: A Phenomenological Study (Preprint)	88
Using In-Shoe Inertial Measurement Unit Sensors to Understand Daily-Life Gait Characteristics in Patients With Distal Radius Fractures During 6 Months of Recovery: Cross-Sectional Study	87
Establishing a Consensus-Based Framework for the Use of Wearable Activity Trackers in Health Care: Delphi Study	82
Mental Health in Urban Environments: Uncovering the Black Box of Person-Place Interactions Requires Interdisciplinary Approaches	80
Efficacy of mHealth Interventions for Improving the Pain and Disability of Individuals With Chronic Low Back Pain: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	72
Mobile App Intervention of a Randomized Controlled Trial for Patients With Obesity and Those Who Are Overweight in General Practice: User Engagement Analysis Quantitative Study	72
The Use of Artificial Intelligence and Wearable Inertial Measurement Units in Medicine: Systematic Review	72
Exploring the Feasibility and Usability of Smartphones for Monitoring Physical Activity in Orthopedic Patients: Prospective Observational Study	70
Patient Engagement With and Perspectives on a Mobile Health Home Spirometry Intervention: Mixed Methods Study	67
Health-Promoting Effects and Everyday Experiences With a Mental Health App Using Ecological Momentary Assessments and AI-Based Ecological Momentary Interventions Among Young People: Qualitative Interv	60
Sociotechnical Factors Affecting Patients’ Adoption of Mobile Health Tools: Systematic Literature Review and Narrative Synthesis	56
Motion Tracking of Daily Living and Physical Activities in Health Care: Systematic Review From Designers’ Perspective	53
Advances and Opportunities of Mobile Health in the Postpandemic Era: Smartphonization of Wearable Devices and Wearable Deviceization of Smartphones	52
Predicting the Next-Day Perceived and Physiological Stress of Pregnant Women by Using Machine Learning and Explainability: Algorithm Development and Validation	51
The Definitions of Health Apps and Medical Apps From the Perspective of Public Health and Law: Qualitative Analysis of an Interdisciplinary Literature Overview	49

Implementation of Remote Activity Sensing to Support a Rehabilitation Aftercare Program: Observational Mixed Methods Study With Patients and Health Care Professionals	48
Deconstructing Fitbit to Specify the Effective Features in Promoting Physical Activity Among Inactive Adults: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial	47
Assessment of Eye Care Apps for Children and Adolescents Based on the Mobile App Rating Scale: Content Analysis and Quality Assessment	47
Engagement With Conversational Agent–Enabled Interventions in Cardiometabolic Disease Self-Management: Systematic Review	45
Effectiveness of mHealth Interventions to Improve Follow-Up and Management Among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	43
Forging Online Community Among People in Recovery From Substance Use: Natural Language Processing and Deep-Learning Analysis of The Phoenix App User-Generated Data	42
Digital Therapeutics–Based Cardio-Oncology Rehabilitation for Lung Cancer Survivors: Randomized Controlled Trial	41
Medical Information Protection in Internet Hospital Apps in China: Scale Development and Content Analysis	41
Failed Implementation of Mobile Access to Electronic Health Records in Home Care: Qualitative Study in Sweden	41
Validity, Accuracy, and Safety Assessment of an Aerobic Interval Training Using an App-Based Prehabilitation Program (PROTEGO MAXIMA Trial) Before Major Surgery: Prospective, Interventional Pilot Stud	40
Selection of Behavior Change Techniques for Asthma Medication Adherence Apps: Evidence-Based Design Study	40
Data Collection and Management of mHealth, Wearables, and Internet of Things in Digital Behavioral Health Interventions With the Awesome Data Acquisition Method (ADAM): Development of a Novel Informat	39
Measures of Engagement With mHealth Interventions in Patients With Heart Failure: Scoping Review	38