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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Recognizing the Impact of Medical Reserve Corps Volunteers on the COVID-19 Pandemic Response	39
Healthcare as a Target for Violence: From Conflicts to Pandemics	32
Rapid Presumptive Identification of Burkholderia mallei and Burkholderia pseudomallei Clinical Isolates Using a Highly Specific Lateral Flow Assay	28
A Checklist to Address Implicit Bias in Healthcare Settings During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The PLACE Strategy	24
Viral Disinfection of Porous Fomites Utilizing a Bacteriophage Model and Chlorine Dioxide Gas	21
Introduction to the Global Catastrophic Biological Risks Special Feature	19
Validation of Opportunities to Strengthen the National Disaster Medical System: The Military–Civilian NDMS Interoperability Study Quantitative Step	16
Managing Interhospital Referrals During a COVID-19 Patient Surge in Japan: Creating Available Beds by Exchanging Patients	15
Implementing an Organizational Culture of Biosafety and Biosecurity in the ŞAP Institute	13
Underreporting or Failed Notification? Global Botulism Reporting, 2000-2022	12
Introduction to the Special Feature, Part 2: Enabling and Implementing Threat Agnostic Approaches to Biodefense and Public Health	11
A New Paradigm for Threat Agnostic Biodetection: Biological Intelligence (BIOINT)	11
iGEM and Gene Drives: A Case Study for Governance	11
Correction to: Health Security 2023;21(4):323-328	10
Effective Pandemic Response: Lessons from Kauai	10
Health Security Planning: Developing the Cameroon National Action Plan for Health Security	10
Modeling on the Effects of Deliberate Release of Aerosolized Inhalational Bacillus anthracis (Anthrax) on an Australian Population	10
Public Willingness to Mask and Vaccinate in the Future: Results From a 2023 Nationally Representative Survey of US Adults	9
Routine Decontamination of Working Canines: A Study on the Removal of Superficial Gross Contamination	9
Optimization of a Patient Distribution Framework: Second Wave COVID-19 Preparedness and Challenges in the Amsterdam Region	9
Managing the Transition to Widespread Metagenomic Monitoring: Policy Considerations for Future Biosurveillance	9
The Evolution of the National Special Pathogen System of Care	9
Functional Simulation Exercise on Functionality of National Public Health Emergency Operations Centers in the African Region: Review of Strengths and Gaps	9
Laboratory Response to Pandemic Threats: Challenges, Needs, and Solutions	9
A Closing Window of Opportunity for Gene Drive Governance in the United States	8

State of Disaster Science: A Review on Management of Large-Scale Patient Surge	8
Maryland's Integration of Public Health and Primary Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Case Study and Lessons Learned	8
Applying the Plan-Do-Study-Act Approach to Support Healthcare Facilities in the Early COVID-19 Pandemic Response	8
Iran and the Challenge of Afghan Immigrants and Refugees With Tuberculosis	8
Innovations in Fatality Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic	8
Parasitic Resilience: The Next Phase of Public Health Preparedness Must Address Power Imbalances Between Communities	7
Call for Special Feature Papers: Threat Agnostic Approaches to Biodefense and Public Health	7
Pandemic Exercises: Lessons for a New Era in Pandemic Preparedness	6
African National Public Health Institutes Responses to COVID-19: Innovations, Systems Changes, and Challenges	6
Evaluation of an Electrochemiluminescence Assay for the Rapid Detection of Ricin Toxin	6
New Challenges, Evolved Approach: The Public Health Response Readiness Framework	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
Terrorist Attacks Against Firefighters, 1970-2019	6
Advancing Systematic Change in the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS): Early Implementation of the US Department of Defense NDMS Pilot Program	6
Psychological Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh: Analysis of a Cross-Sectional Survey	6
On the Mark: Modeling and Forecasting for Public Health Impact	6
They Will Come, You Must Build It: A Modified Delphi Process Applied to Preparing Acute Care Facilities Infrastructure for High-Consequence Infectious Diseases	5
Podcasting as a Tool for Crisis Communications: The Story of Public Health On Call	5
High-Consequence Infectious Disease Patient Transport Concept of Operations for US Department of Health and Human Services Region 2	5
First Round of External Quality Assessment Scheme for SARS-CoV-2 Laboratories During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Thailand	5
The Role of High-Level Isolation Units in Response to High-Consequence and Emerging Infectious Diseases: Experience of the German STAKOB Network	5
Emergency Legal Preparedness and Response: United States Supreme Court Impacts	5
Terrorist Attacks Against Healthcare Facilities: A Review	5
Feasibility Assessment of a Novel Isolation Care Tent in Uganda During the 2022 Sudan ebolavirus Outbreak	5
Global High-Consequence Infectious Disease Readiness and Response: An Inventory of High-Level Isolation Units	4
Biosafety Professionals: A Role in the Pandemic Response Team	4
Independent Community Pharmacies and Public Health Preparedness: A Novel Engagement Structure and Recommendations for Ongoing Partnerships	4
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Learnings	4
Moving From Assessment of Global Health Security to Implementation	4
Results of a 2020 Survey on Reporting Requirements and Practices for Biocontainment Laboratory Accidents	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
What Factors Influence Symptom Reporting and Access to Healthcare During an Emerging Infectious Disease Outbreak? A Rapid Review of the Evidence	4
Now Is the Time to Update Emergency Response Plans	4
Implementation of a High-Level Isolation Unit Readiness Checklist in the Irish Setting	4
Review of Restricted Experiment Requests, Division of Select Agents and Toxins, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2014-2021	4
Frontline Leadership: Nurses in Special Pathogens Preparedness and Response	4
Moving Forward from COVID-19: Organizational Dimensions of Effective Hospital Emergency Management	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
Lessons Learned from the Development and Demonstration of a PPE Inventory Monitoring System for US Hospitals	3
Behavioral Risk Modeling for Pandemics: Overcoming Challenges and Advancing the Science	3
Maintaining Cross-Border Cargo Movements Between Jordan and Saudi Arabia During the COVID-19 Pandemic	3
A Modular-Incremental Approach to Improving Compliance Verification With the Biological Weapons Convention	3
The Need for a New Approach to MCI Readiness in the Era of Emergency Department and Hospital Crowding	3
Developing a Rapid Response Single IRB Model for Conducting Research During a Public Health Emergency	3
Emerging Science, Personal Protective Equipment Guidance, and Resource Scarcity: Inaction and Inequity for Workers in Essential Industries	3
US Academic and NGO Engagement in Pandemic Preparedness and Response	3
Seven Opportunities for Effective Biosafety and Biosecurity Governance	3
A Framework for Assessing Viral Pathogens: A Key Element of the BARDA Emerging Infectious Diseases Strategy	3
Preparing the Frontlines: Delivering Special Pathogen Training to Maryland Hospital Staff	3

Next Generation Public Health Emergency Readiness: Standardized Tools and a Threat Agnostic Biosurveillance System	3
US Ventilator Allocation and Patient Triage Policies in Anticipation of the COVID-19 Surge	3
A COVID-19 Lesson: Better Health Emergency Preparedness Standards Are Needed	3
Facilitating the Conversation: Gene Drive Classification	3
Computational and Systems Biology Advances to Enable Bioagent Agnostic Signatures	3
Impact of a Newly Established Revolving Outbreak Investigation Fund on Timeliness of Response to Public Health Emergencies in Nigeria	3
The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe COVID-19 Pandemic Response: A Case Study	3
A Century of Assessment: The Collection of Biothreat Risk Assessments (COBRA)	3
Assessing US Congressional Exposure to the Issue of Emerging Infectious Disease Risk Prior to 2020	3
Communication Preferences of Parents and Caregivers of Children and Youth With Special Healthcare Needs During a Hypothetical Infectious Disease Emergency	3
Exploring List-Based Approaches and Potential Threat Agnostic Applications in US Biodefense and Public Health—Toward a Hybrid Approach	3
A Radiological Emergency Health and Safety Plan for City Agencies Without First Response Responsibilities	3
Regional Health System Coordination via a Hospital Association: A Successful Model for Managing Downstate New York's Second COVID-19 Wave	3
Twenty Years of International Research on First Aid: A Bibliometric Visualization of Scientific Outputs	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
Climate Change and Health Security: A Special Feature in Health Security	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
Evaluation of an Electrochemiluminescence Assay for the Rapid Detection of Abrin Toxin	3
Vaccine Equity for Healthcare Workers—Reaching All of the Frontline	3
Lessons Learned From a Large Cross-Border Field Simulation Exercise to Strengthen Emergency Preparedness in East Africa, 2019	3
The First Intra-Action Review of Indonesia's Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, August 2020	3
How the IHR (2005) Shaped the COVID-19 Pandemic Response in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: What Went Well and What Did Not	3
Estimated N95 Respirator Needs for Nonhealthcare Essential Workers in the United States During Communicable Respiratory Infectious Disease Pandemics	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