OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Preventive Medicine is 42. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
HPV vaccination introduction worldwide and WHO and UNICEF estimates of national HPV immunization coverage 2010–2019	386
Contributing factors to personal protective equipment shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic	328
Vaccination against COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis of acceptability and its predictors	215
A longitudinal study of psychological distress in the United States before and during the COVID-19 pandemic	159
Impact of COVID-19 lockdown policy on homicide, suicide, and motor vehicle deaths in Peru	139
A portrait of the early and differential mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada: Findings from the first wave of a nationally representative cross-sectional survey	137
Potential health-related behaviors for pre-school and school-aged children during COVID-19 lockdown: A narrative review	136
Increased alcohol use during the COVID-19 pandemic: The effect of mental health and age in a cross-sectional sample of social media users in the U.S.	132
Worldwide use of HPV self-sampling for cervical cancer screening	120
COVID-19 impact on screening test volume through the National Breast and Cervical Cancer early detection program, January–June 2020, in the United States	104
Provider communication and HPV vaccine uptake: A meta-analysis and systematic review	103
Willingness, refusal and influential factors of parents to vaccinate their children against the COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis	102
Measuring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on organized cancer screening and diagnostic follow-up care in Ontario, Canada: A provincial, population-based study	91
A call to action: Improving urban green spaces to reduce health inequalities exacerbated by COVID-19	91
The role of trust in the likelihood of receiving a COVID-19 vaccine: Results from a national survey	90
COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among health care workers in Palestine: A call for action	88
Tobacco harm reduction: Past history, current controversies and a proposed approach for the future	87
Cervical cancer screening in the United States: Challenges and potential solutions for underscreened groups	86
Effects of fact-checking social media vaccine misinformation on attitudes toward vaccines	86
Suicidal behaviors and ideation during emerging viral disease outbreaks before the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic rapid review	85
Screen time and extracurricular activities as risk and protective factors for mental health in adolescence: A population-level study	78
The relationship between government trust and preventive behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic in China: Exploring the roles of knowledge and negative emotion	77
Addressing the critical need for long-term mental health data during the COVID-19 pandemic: Changes in mental health from April to September 2020	76
Impact of COVID-19 on cervical cancer screening: Challenges and opportunities to improving resilience and reduce disparities	74
The three-step theory of suicide: Description, evidence, and some useful points of clarification	71

The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on breast cancer early detection and screening	68
The association between adherence to cancer screening programs and health literacy: A systematic review and meta-analysis	65
Personalized mobile technologies for lifestyle behavior change: A systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression	64
Contributing factors to suicide: Political, social, cultural and economic	61
Systematic review of risk and protective factors for suicidal and self-harm behaviors among children and adolescents involved with cyberbullying	61
Electronic health literacy and health-related outcomes among older adults: A systematic review	59
The fourth wave of the US opioid epidemic and its implications for the rural US: A federal perspective	56
Do predictors of adherence to pandemic guidelines change over time? A panel study of 22,000 UK adults during the COVID-19 pandemic	56
National implementation of HPV vaccination programs in low-resource countries: Lessons, challenges, and future prospects	55
Impact of the suspension and restart of the Dutch breast cancer screening program on breast cancer incidence and stage during the COVID-19 pandemic	52
The positive influence of sense of control on physical, behavioral, and psychosocial health in older adults: An outcome-wide approach	50
To curb research misreporting, replace significance and confidence by compatibility	49
Characteristics and impact of theory of planned behavior interventions on smoking behavior: A systematic review of the literature	47
Increasing knowledge on dementia risk reduction in the general population: Results of a public awareness campaign	45
U.S. healthcare spending attributable to cigarette smoking in 2014	45
Understanding COVID-19 impact on cervical, breast, and colorectal cancer screening among federally qualified healthcare centers participating in “Back on track with screening” quality improvement proj	43
An examination of preferred messengers on firearm safety for suicide prevention	43