OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Frontiers in Public Health is 73. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Explaining the COVID19 mortality growth rate: an empirical analysis of Israeli cities	487
Quantitative evaluation of the medicine innovation policy in China: based on the PMC-Index model	430
Prevalence and Outcomes of Pancreatic Enzymes Elevation in Patients With COVID-19: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review	387
Esports Physical Exercise/PerformanceMatrix 1.0 Country Factsheets: a protocol for national, regional, and global annual assessment	270
Assessing heterogeneity of patient and health system delay among TB in a population with internal migrants in China	251
A hub and spoke model to supply the Sicilian neurorehabilitation demand: effects on hospitalization rates and patient mobility	246
Impact of visceral adiposity index on cognitive impairment and cognitive trajectories in Chinese middle-aged and older adults	238
Association between diet and quality of life among healthcare professionals in King Saud University Medical City	235
Regional differences in the effects of healthy aging on depressive symptoms: a Korean longitudinal study of aging (2006–2020)	229
Negative social media-related experiences and lower general self-efficacy are associated with depressive symptoms in adolescents	226
Job burnout among primary healthcare workers during COVID-19 pandemic: cross-sectional study in China	206
Job burnout and its influencing factors among village doctors during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study	194
Evaluation of the effect of photoplethysmograms on workers’ exposure to methyl bromide using second derivative	184
The Influence of Interpersonal Behaviors and Population Density on Grip Strength of Elderly People: An Analysis of the Direct vs. Indirect Effects via Social Participation	174
Susceptibility to e-cigarette adoption among tobacco-naïve youths: a cross-sectional study in Shenzhen, China	164
Clinical value of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and prognostic nutritional index on prediction of occurrence and development of diabetic foot-induced sepsis	154
A multi-country One Health foodborne outbreak simulation exercise: cross-sectoral cooperation, data sharing and communication	151
Evaluation of the validity of the physical exercise peer support questionnaire for college students	146
Pesticide Residues in Commonly Consumed Vegetables in Henan Province of China in 2020	144
Home-based vs center-based exercise on patient-reported and performance-based outcomes for knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review with meta-analysis	141
Mental health of agricultural adolescents and adults: Preliminary results of a five-year study	137
Wastewater pandemic preparedness: Toward an end-to-end pathogen monitoring program	136
The relationship between organizational trust and voice behavior among neonatal intensive care unit nurses in tertiary A hospitals in Sichuan Province: the mediating role of career resilience	131
Frequency of urinary pesticides in children: a scoping review	127
PrEP stigma among current and non-current PrEP users in Thailand: A comparison between hospital and key population-led health service settings	123

Experiences and challenges of pre-exposure prophylaxis initiation and retention among high-risk populations: qualitative insights among service providers in Thailand	121
Image segmentation using transfer learning and Fast R-CNN for diabetic foot wound treatments	121
Correlation between night sweats and season fluctuation in China	116
Correct administration aid for oral liquid medicines: Is a household spoon the right choice?	114
The relationship between parental depression and child internalizing and externalizing problems: The roles of parenting stress and child maltreatment	112
Knowledge of obstetric danger signs and its associated factors among husbands residing in the Raya Kobo district, Ethiopia	112
Accelerating systems thinking in health: Perspectives from the region of the Americas	110
Association between N, N-diethyl-m-toluamide exposure and the odds of kidney stones in US adults: a population-based study	109
Prevalence of hyperuricemia in patients with severe obesity and the relationship between serum uric acid and severe obesity: A decade retrospective cross-section study in Chinese adults	106
Corrigendum: Tooth loss, denture use, and all-cause and cause-specific mortality in older adults: a community cohort study	101
Risky sexual practice and associated factors among street children of Wonago town, Gedeo zone, Southern Ethiopia	101
The causality between leisure sedentary behaviors, physical activity and obstructive sleep apnea: a bidirectional Mendelian randomization study	100
Comparative effectiveness of school-based exercise interventions on physical fitness in children and adolescents: a systematic review and network meta-analysis	100
Does social isolation mediate the association between hearing loss and cognition in adults? A systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies	98
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on physical activity, smoking, alcohol use, and mental well-being—A longitudinal study of nursing students at Wroclaw Medical University in Poland	97
Editorial: Metaverse going beyond adoption: the next frontier for global healthcare	96
United Kingdom aid cuts: implications for financing health systems	95
Study on anxiety, depression, and sleep conditions and their interrelations among vocational college students during the COVID-19 pandemic management normalization	93
Movement restrictions, vaccine coverage, and reduction of the COVID-19 incidence rate in the fourth wave of the pandemic: Analysis results from 63 provinces in Vietnam	93
Sources of strength: a process evaluation of a university-high school partnership to promote mental health protective factors	91
Qualitative assessment in the third month of life allows for a better prognosis of the achievement of motor milestones versus assessment of pathological reflexes- prospective studies on Polish childre	88
Mental, neurological and substance use disorders among the Latino migrant population in the United States who visited the Health Windows and Mobile Health Units in 2021	87
MRI brain tumor segmentation using residual Spatial Pyramid Pooling-powered 3D U-Net	87
Exploring the typology of decision-makers, institutions, and incentives that shape health decisions in Pakistan and insulate decision makers from citizens feedback	86
The effect of juggling on the proprioceptive and attentional abilities among older women	84
The impact of older adult care policy mixes on the construction of senior centers	83
Life-safety disparity index: a comprehensive, valid, and reliable tool to assess Chinese people’s life-safety performance	83
Variations in cognition by human capital characteristics: a cross-sectional analysis of Brazilian older adults	82
Development and validation of a nomogram to predict depression in older adults with heart disease: a national survey in China	82
The coupling coordination between health service supply and regional economy in China: spatio-temporal evolution and convergence	82
Knowledge of health risks, safety practices, acute pesticide poisoning, and associated factors among farmers in rural irrigation areas of northeastern Ethiopia	80
Long-term care needs and hospitalization costs with long-term care insurance: a mixed-sectional study	79
Protective effectiveness of previous infection against subsequent SARS-Cov-2 infection: systematic review and meta-analysis	79
COVID-19 vaccination: challenges in the pediatric population	79
Evolution of psychopathology, purpose in life, and moral courage in healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a longitudinal study	78
Measured and perceived food environment influences on women’s nutritional health in marginalized areas of northern Mexico: a structural equation modeling analysis	78
Frailty and suicidal ideation among older adults living alone in the community: a moderated mediation model of perceived burdensomeness and positive emotions	78
Evaluation of noise pollution impact on health in Dhaka city, Bangladesh	78
Sex differences in mobility recovery after hip fracture: a time series analysis	77
Psychological screening, providing social security or strengthening training? How can government and labor unions protect the mental health of young employees	77
The causal configurations of provincial health policy innovation in China: an analysis of the food safety standard filing policy	77
The feasibility and satisfaction study of 5G-based robotic teleultrasound diagnostic system in health check-ups	76
Substance use disorders and COVID-19: reflections on international research and practice changes during the “poly-crisis”	76
Analysis of university students' participation in emergency education and its influencing factors in Shandong province	76
Does obesity create a relative sense of excess poverty?	75
Editorial: Asian health sector growth in the next decade—Optimism despite challenges ahead	75
Occupational stress profiles of prehospital and clinical staff in emergency medicine—a cross-sectional baseline study	74
Identify the direct and indirect impacts of the community built environment on the health of older adults	73
Accelerating implementation of adolescent digital health prevention programs: analysis of insights from Australian stakeholders	73
The association between the lifestyle risk score and metabolically healthy and unhealthy obesity phenotype in Iranian women with overweight and obesity: a cross-sectional study	73

Evaluating the implementation of a community engaged telehealth based intervention to improve health equity for the unhoused