OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Preventive Medicine is 38. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Household food insecurity and in-utero and early life smoke exposure: Data from NHANES 2003–2016	236
Issues surrounding incentives and penalties for COVID-19 vaccination: The Israeli experience	166
Patterns of household gun ownership and firearm suicide among black men compared to white men	127
Editorial note Acknowledging our Reviewers	118
Sex differences in tobacco use, attempts to quit smoking, and cessation among dual users of cigarettes and e-cigarettes: Longitudinal findings from the US Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health S	113
Food insecurity and substance use among young adults in the United States	105
Firearm possession among emergency department youth and young adults: A latent class analysis	104
Disease incidence and not case fatality drives the rural disadvantage in myocardial-infarction-related mortality in Germany	98
The cumulative effect of multiple dimensions of lifestyle on risky drinking during the Covid-19 pandemic	95
How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected the delivery of preventive healthcare? An interrupted time series analysis of adults in English primary care from 2018 to 2022	91
Clustering of behavioral economic biases in decision-making and risk for cigarette smoking and other substance use in women and men	88
Birth defects among offspring of California firefighters, 2007–2019	86
Human papillomavirus-associated cancers, precancers, and genital warts in Denmark, 2000–2022 – Current burden of disease and population impact of multi-cohort HPV vaccination	85
Publisher’s note	84
Appraisal of Kenya's excisable goods management system using interrupted time series analysis: A case of cigarettes and cigars excise tax revenue	83
OIP5-AS1 accelerates apoptosis of hippocampal neurons in cell models of epilepsy by modulating MiR-128-3p/BAX axis	79
Societal values and mask usage for COVID-19 control in the US	73
Metabolically healthy obesity increases the prevalence of stroke in adults aged 40 years or older: Result from the China National Stroke Screening survey	66
Perceived neighborhood factors, health behaviors, and related outcomes in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos	62
A scoping review of whole-of-community interventions on six modifiable cancer prevention risk factors in youth: A systems typology	62
Human papillomavirus vaccination uptake among 27-to-45-year-olds in the United States	60
Physical activity trajectories, autonomic balance and cognitive function: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study	57
Telework and 24-hour movement behaviours among adults living in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic	56
Less than ideal cardiovascular health among adults is associated with experiencing adverse childhood events: BRFSS 2019	56
Countering online marketing and user endorsements with enhanced cannabis warning labels: An online experiment among at-risk youth and young adults	53

Effect of flavored E-cigarette bans in the United States: What does the evidence show?	53
Prioritizing cervical cancer screening services during the COVID-19 pandemic: Response of an academic medical center and a public safety net hospital in California	46
Firearm ownership, attitudes, and safe storage practices among a nationally representative sample of older U.S. adults age 50 to 80	45
Health behaviours associated with healthy body composition among Aboriginal adolescents in Australia in the ‘Next Generation: Youth Well-being study’	44
Associations between severe food insecurity and disordered eating behaviors from adolescence to young adulthood: Findings from a 10-year longitudinal study	44
Longer-term use of electronic cigarettes when provided as a stop smoking aid: Systematic review with meta-analyses	44
Editorial Board	43
Sex-specific population attributable risk factors for cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in the general population: Findings from the China PEACE million persons project	43
The COVID-19 pandemic and depression among medical students: Barriers and solutions	43
Urban design and cardio-metabolic risk factors	40
Use patterns of flavored non-cigarette tobacco products among US adults, 2010–2019	40
COVID-19 and the disruption of cancer screening programs: Key lessons for the recovery	40
Long working hours and cardiovascular disease mortality: Prospective evidence from the United States	40
Cumulative vulnerabilities as a potential moderator of response to reduced nicotine content cigarettes	38