OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Health Security is 3. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Rapid Presumptive Identification of Burkholderia mallei and Burkholderia pseudomallei Clinical Isolates Using a Highly Specific Lateral Flow Assay	39
Viral Disinfection of Porous Fomites Utilizing a Bacteriophage Model and Chlorine Dioxide Gas	39
Introduction to the Global Catastrophic Biological Risks Special Feature	24
Managing Interhospital Referrals During a COVID-19 Patient Surge in Japan: Creating Available Beds by Exchanging Patients	16
A New Paradigm for Threat Agnostic Biodetection: Biological Intelligence (BIOINT)	13
Recognizing the Impact of Medical Reserve Corps Volunteers on the COVID-19 Pandemic Response	11
Implementing an Organizational Culture of Biosafety and Biosecurity in the ŞAP Institute	11
Underreporting or Failed Notification? Global Botulism Reporting, 2000-2022	11
Validation of Opportunities to Strengthen the National Disaster Medical System: The Military–Civilian NDMS Interoperability Study Quantitative Step	11
A Checklist to Address Implicit Bias in Healthcare Settings During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The PLACE Strategy	11
Introduction to the Special Feature, Part 2: Enabling and Implementing Threat Agnostic Approaches to Biodefense and Public Health	10
iGEM and Gene Drives: A Case Study for Governance	10
Correction to: Health Security 2023;21(4):323-328	10
Modeling on the Effects of Deliberate Release of Aerosolized Inhalational Bacillus anthracis (Anthrax) on an Australian Population	10
Health Security Planning: Developing the Cameroon National Action Plan for Health Security	9
Public Willingness to Mask and Vaccinate in the Future: Results From a 2023 Nationally Representative Survey of US Adults	9
Effective Pandemic Response: Lessons from Kauai	9
Functional Simulation Exercise on Functionality of National Public Health Emergency Operations Centers in the African Region: Review of Strengths and Gaps	9
Optimization of a Patient Distribution Framework: Second Wave COVID-19 Preparedness and Challenges in the Amsterdam Region	9
The Evolution of the National Special Pathogen System of Care	8
Routine Decontamination of Working Canines: A Study on the Removal of Superficial Gross Contamination	8
Managing the Transition to Widespread Metagenomic Monitoring: Policy Considerations for Future Biosurveillance	8
Maryland's Integration of Public Health and Primary Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Case Study and Lessons Learned	8
State of Disaster Science: A Review on Management of Large-Scale Patient Surge	8
Laboratory Response to Pandemic Threats: Challenges, Needs, and Solutions	8

A Closing Window of Opportunity for Gene Drive Governance in the United States	7
Iran and the Challenge of Afghan Immigrants and Refugees With Tuberculosis	7
Applying the Plan-Do-Study-Act Approach to Support Healthcare Facilities in the Early COVID-19 Pandemic Response	7
Parasitic Resilience: The Next Phase of Public Health Preparedness Must Address Power Imbalances Between Communities	7
Pandemic Exercises: Lessons for a New Era in Pandemic Preparedness	7
Innovations in Fatality Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic	7
They Will Come, You Must Build It: A Modified Delphi Process Applied to Preparing Acute Care Facilities Infrastructure for High-Consequence Infectious Diseases	6
First Round of External Quality Assessment Scheme for SARS-CoV-2 Laboratories During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Thailand	6
Call for Special Feature Papers: Threat Agnostic Approaches to Biodefense and Public Health	6
New Challenges, Evolved Approach: The Public Health Response Readiness Framework	6
On the Mark: Modeling and Forecasting for Public Health Impact	6
Advancing Systematic Change in the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS): Early Implementation of the US Department of Defense NDMS Pilot Program	6
Development of a Subnational Health Security Capacities Assessment Tool: Lessons From Nigeria and Implications for the Implementation of the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response Strategy	6
Emergency Legal Preparedness and Response: United States Supreme Court Impacts	5
Feasibility Assessment of a Novel Isolation Care Tent in Uganda During the 2022 Sudan ebolavirus Outbreak	5
The Role of High-Level Isolation Units in Response to High-Consequence and Emerging Infectious Diseases: Experience of the German STAKOB Network	5
Global High-Consequence Infectious Disease Readiness and Response: An Inventory of High-Level Isolation Units	5
Podcasting as a Tool for Crisis Communications: The Story of Public Health On Call	5
Why Global Health Security Should be Managed as a Value-Based Enterprise	5
High-Consequence Infectious Disease Patient Transport Concept of Operations for US Department of Health and Human Services Region 2	5
Enhancing the BWC Through Scientific Communities and Networks of New Actors in the Era of Emerging Science and Technology	5
Terrorist Attacks Against Firefighters, 1970-2019	5
Evaluation of an Electrochemiluminescence Assay for the Rapid Detection of Ricin Toxin	5
Results of a 2020 Survey on Reporting Requirements and Practices for Biocontainment Laboratory Accidents	5
Past and Future Utilities of Biological Weapons	5
Estimated N95 Respirator Needs for Nonhealthcare Essential Workers in the United States During Communicable Respiratory Infectious Disease Pandemics	4
Exploring List-Based Approaches and Potential Threat Agnostic Applications in US Biodefense and Public Health—Toward a Hybrid Approach	4
Reviewing Health Security Capacities in Nigeria Using the Updated WHO Joint External Evaluation and WHO Benchmarks Tool: Experience from a Country-Led Self-Assessment Exercise	4
Review of Restricted Experiment Requests, Division of Select Agents and Toxins, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2014-2021	4
Independent Community Pharmacies and Public Health Preparedness: A Novel Engagement Structure and Recommendations for Ongoing Partnerships	4
Frontline Leadership: Nurses in Special Pathogens Preparedness and Response	4
Preparing the Frontlines: Delivering Special Pathogen Training to Maryland Hospital Staff	4
Regional Health System Coordination via a Hospital Association: A Successful Model for Managing Downstate New York's Second COVID-19 Wave	4
The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe COVID-19 Pandemic Response: A Case Study	4
Seven Opportunities for Effective Biosafety and Biosecurity Governance	4
Reimagining Preparedness Through Systems Approaches	4
The Role of a Tertiary Level Safety Net Hospital in New York City's 2022 Mpox Outbreak	4
Implementation of a High-Level Isolation Unit Readiness Checklist in the Irish Setting	4
The BWC at 50: Exploring OSINT Opportunities and Challenges in the BWC Ecosystem	4
US Academic and NGO Engagement in Pandemic Preparedness and Response	4
Lessons Learned from the Development and Demonstration of a PPE Inventory Monitoring System for US Hospitals	4
Epidemic-Ready Primary Healthcare and the Application of 7-1-7 Metrics: A Case Study on a Measles Outbreak in Sierra Leone, January to March 2024	4
A Century of Assessment: The Collection of Biothreat Risk Assessments (COBRA)	4
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Learnings	4
Now Is the Time to Update Emergency Response Plans	4
Moving From Assessment of Global Health Security to Implementation	4
Developing a Rapid Response Single IRB Model for Conducting Research During a Public Health Emergency	4
How the IHR (2005) Shaped the COVID-19 Pandemic Response in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: What Went Well and What Did Not	3
World Health Organization Event-Based Surveillance During the First 4 Months of the 2022 Ukraine Crisis	3
Operational Innovation in the Provision of Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children	3

A COVID-19 Lesson: Better Health Emergency Preparedness Standards Are Needed	3
Computational and Systems Biology Advances to Enable Bioagent Agnostic Signatures	3
The BWC at 50: Envisioning the Next 50 Years of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention	3
Communication Preferences of Parents and Caregivers of Children and Youth With Special Healthcare Needs During a Hypothetical Infectious Disease Emergency	3
Case Investigation and Contact Tracing in US State and Local Public Health Agencies: Sustaining Capacities and Applying Lessons Learned From the COVID-19 Pandemic and 2022 Mpox Outbreak	3
A Framework for Assessing Viral Pathogens: A Key Element of the BARDA Emerging Infectious Diseases Strategy	3
Climate Change and Health Security: A Special Feature in Health Security	3
Beyond Biosecurity by Taxonomic Lists: Lessons, Challenges, and Opportunities	3
Plague Meningitis: A Systematic Review of Clinical Course, Antimicrobial Treatment, and Outcomes	3
Maintaining Cross-Border Cargo Movements Between Jordan and Saudi Arabia During the COVID-19 Pandemic	3
Facilitating the Conversation: Gene Drive Classification	3
Twenty Years of International Research on First Aid: A Bibliometric Visualization of Scientific Outputs	3
Impact of a Newly Established Revolving Outbreak Investigation Fund on Timeliness of Response to Public Health Emergencies in Nigeria	3
Assessing US Congressional Exposure to the Issue of Emerging Infectious Disease Risk Prior to 2020	3
A Radiological Emergency Health and Safety Plan for City Agencies Without First Response Responsibilities	3
New York State, New York City, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands' Health Department Experiences Promoting Health Equity During the Initial COVID-19 Omicron Variant Period, 2021-2022	3
Next Generation Public Health Emergency Readiness: Standardized Tools and a Threat Agnostic Biosurveillance System	3
A Modular-Incremental Approach to Improving Compliance Verification With the Biological Weapons Convention	3
Lack of Alignment Between WHO Joint External Evaluation and State Party Self-Assessment Scores Undermines Utility as Evaluation Tools for the Department of Defense	3
The Need for a New Approach to MCI Readiness in the Era of Emergency Department and Hospital Crowding	3