OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Preventive Medicine 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Clustering of behavioral economic biases in decision-making and risk for cigarette smoking and other substance use in women and men	220
Birth defects among offspring of California firefighters, 2007–2019	130
Firearm possession among emergency department youth and young adults: A latent class analysis	115
Appraisal of Kenya's excisable goods management system using interrupted time series analysis: A case of cigarettes and cigars excise tax revenue	108
Health behaviours associated with healthy body composition among Aboriginal adolescents in Australia in the ‘Next Generation: Youth Well-being study’	106
Disease incidence and not case fatality drives the rural disadvantage in myocardial-infarction-related mortality in Germany	90
Inequities in food security by sexual orientation in the United States	68
Publisher’s note	68
Editorial note Acknowledging our Reviewers	62
OIP5-AS1 accelerates apoptosis of hippocampal neurons in cell models of epilepsy by modulating MiR-128-3p/BAX axis	59
Associations between state tobacco control measures and cigarette purchases by U.S. households, 2015–2021	59
Effect of flavored E-cigarette bans in the United States: What does the evidence show?	58
Physical activity trajectories, autonomic balance and cognitive function: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study	52
Health inequalities: Is adolescent involvement in the legal system associated with reduced health care access and usage during adulthood?	51
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	50
Patterns of household gun ownership and firearm suicide among black men compared to white men	49
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	49
Societal values and mask usage for COVID-19 control in the US	48
A scoping review of whole-of-community interventions on six modifiable cancer prevention risk factors in youth: A systems typology	45
Less than ideal cardiovascular health among adults is associated with experiencing adverse childhood events: BRFSS 2019	43
Perceived neighborhood factors, health behaviors, and related outcomes in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos	43
Response to commentary by Akhter et al. titled, “Beyond biomarkers: Underexplored considerations in SREC trials for people with HIV who smoke”	39
Countering online marketing and user endorsements with enhanced cannabis warning labels: An online experiment among at-risk youth and young adults	39
Firearm ownership, attitudes, and safe storage practices among a nationally representative sample of older U.S. adults age 50 to 80	38
Food insecurity and substance use among young adults in the United States	38

Issues surrounding incentives and penalties for COVID-19 vaccination: The Israeli experience	38
Human papillomavirus-associated cancers, precancers, and genital warts in Denmark, 2000–2022 – Current burden of disease and population impact of multi-cohort HPV vaccination	38
Telework and 24-hour movement behaviours among adults living in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic	37
Human papillomavirus vaccination uptake among 27-to-45-year-olds in the United States	37
Longer-term use of electronic cigarettes when provided as a stop smoking aid: Systematic review with meta-analyses	36
Associations between severe food insecurity and disordered eating behaviors from adolescence to young adulthood: Findings from a 10-year longitudinal study	36
Alcohol, Cannabis, and nicotine use during early pregnancy and infant hearing loss	35
Social network characteristics and type 2 diabetes self-management among Black/African American men: A cross-sectional analysis of support quality and communication patterns	35
Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease measures in foreign-born Latino patients by country of birth compared with U.S.-born Latinos	35
Stage at diagnosis and cancer-specific survival for stomach, lung, colorectal, and bladder cancers among Armenians in California	35
Sociodemographic predictors of missed and delayed health care among older Australians during the COVID-19 pandemic: Findings from the 45 and up COVID Insights study.	35
Long working hours and cardiovascular disease mortality: Prospective evidence from the United States	35