OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific is 35. 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
Effectiveness of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against hypoxic pneumonia and hospitalisation in Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea: An observational cohort study	97
Intensive blood pressure control in isolated systolic hypertension: a post hoc analysis of a cluster randomized trial	94
Compulsory Community Treatment Orders in New Zealand and the provision of care: An examination of national databases and predictors of outcome	93
Unlocking the potential: boosting SGLT2 inhibitor uptake to prevent the cardiorenal consequences of chronic kidney disease	85
Cost and cost-effectiveness analysis of mass drug administration compared to school-based targeted preventive chemotherapy for hookworm control in Dak Lak province, Vietnam	80
Alcohol consumption: failures and opportunities in the Western Pacific region	68
Human infections with neglected vector-borne pathogens in China: A systematic review	67
Prediction of lymphovascular invasion in breast cancer with non-mass enhancement by DCE-MRI and clinicopathological features: a retrospective case-control study	66
Construction and application of case management platform for breast cancer extended care led by oncology specialist nurses	66
Paclitaxel liposome, cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil-based induction chemotherapy followed by de-escalated intensity-modulated radiotherapy with concurrent cisplatin in stage IVA–IVB childhood nasopharyn	60
How outbreaks in different settings contribute to the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the era of “living with COVID”: the case of Japan	59
Development and external validation of a prognostic model for survival of people living with HIV/AIDS initiating antiretroviral therapy	57
Provincial variations in catastrophic health expenditure and medical impoverishment in China: a nationwide population-based study	56
Lung cancer survival in China and world-wide: results from CONCORD-3	53
Twelve-month prevalence of DSM-5 mental disorders and the psychosocial correlates- a child and adolescent psychiatric epidemiologic survey in Hong Kong SAR	53
Co-designing interventions to strengthen the primary health care system for the management of hypertension and type 2 diabetes in China	49
Transgender-related stigma and gender minority stress-related health disparities in Aotearoa New Zealand: hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, myocardial infarction, stroke, diabetes, and general healt	49
Violence in childhood and community contexts: a multi-level model of factors associated with women's intimate partner violence experience in Samoa	46
Development, validation, and clinical application of a machine learning model for risk stratification and management of cervical cancer screening based on full-genotyping hrHPV test (SMART-HPV): a mod	43
The impact of alcohol pricing policies on public health in Hong Kong, China: A modelling study	42
Assessment and recalibration of seventeen lung cancer risk prediction models in approximately one million Chinese population utilising healthcare big data: a retrospective cohort analysis	42
COVID-19: An opportunity to combat the burden of poor mental health in Australian workplaces	41
The spatiotemporal dynamics and disease burden of liver cancer among the elderly in Yunnan of China, 2012-2020	41
The impact of multiple non-pharmaceutical interventions on controlling COVID-19 outbreak without lockdown in Hong Kong: A modelling study	41
Economic burden of breast cancer in Chinese women: analysis o from 2016 to 2018 using national health insurance data	40

Online distribution of HIV self-testing kits to promote HIV testing among men who have sex with men discontinuing pre-exposure prophylaxis after demonstration project completion in China: a multicentr	39
Antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of invasive bacterial infections among children from low- and middle-income countries in the Western Pacific Region (WPRO) – a systematic review and meta-analysis	39
The impact of sodium glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors and glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists on insulin utilisation and costs in Australia: a national retrospective observational cross-secti	38
The burden of nicotine-dependent smokers in China: The role of primary healthcare providers	37
Brand inequity in access to COVID-19 vaccines	37
Secular trends in physical fitness and cardiovascular risks among Chinese college students: an analysis of five successive national surveys between 2000 and 2019	37
Toward a third term of Health Japan 21 – implications from the rise in non-communicable disease burden and highly preventable risk factors	37
Author response: effect of temperature changes between neighboring days on acute aortic dissection in non-heating periods	37
The clinicopathological features of thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome following ChAdOx1-S (AZD1222) vaccination and case outcomes in Australia: a population-based study	37
Changing epidemiology of hand, foot, and mouth disease in China, 2013−2019: a population-based study	36
Magnetically controlled capsule gastroscopy and serology for screening precancerous high-risk events of gastric cancer: a cross-sectional study (SIGES)	35