OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health is 23. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Poverty trajectories and child and mother well-being outcomes in Ireland: findings from an Irish prospective cohort	77
Early-life death of a sibling and primary care utilisation during middle age: a population-wide cohort study	61
Associations between cohort study participation and self-reported health and well-being: the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 Study	53
Sex differences in adverse events following seasonal influenza vaccines: a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials	52
Estimating the risk reduction in disability incidence by adhering to recommendation-based physical activity in older adults: a cohort study	52
Economic connectedness and fetal and infant death: a population-based cross-sectional study of California	49
Commentary on: ‘ Mortality by income in the elderly population in Italy: new evidence from an innovative micro-data integration ’	48
Racial and ethnic trends in mental health service utilisation and perceived unmet need in the USA	45
State-level association between income inequality and mortality in the USA, 1989–2019: ecological study	44
Prenatal and postnatal correlates of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in midlife: evidence from the 1970 British Cohort Study	41
Nucleus of fairness: epigenetic ageing, social determinants of health and the imperative for proactive preventive measures	40
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the incidence of cardiometabolic risk factors among workers: results from the Japan Epidemiology Collaboration on Occupational Health study	37
Health literacy by occupation in Korea	35
Early parental death and its association with children’s mental and economic well-being in adulthood: a nationwide population-based register study	35
Impact of informal caregiving on depressive symptoms among a national cohort of men	33
Downstream healthcare use following breast cancer screening: a register-based cohort study	32
Age, period and cohort-related trends in prescription opioid use in the USA, 1999–2018	32
Testing and refining middle-range theory in evaluations of public-health interventions: evidence from recent systematic reviews and trials	30
Bearing the burden of austerity: how do changing mortality rates in the UK compare between men and women?	30
Children’s views of obesity, body size and weight: systematic review of UK qualitative evidence	29
Employment status and self-rated health among Chinese middle-aged and older workers: results from a nationwide longitudinal study	28
Multimorbidity as assessed by reporting of multiple causes of death: variations by period, sociodemographic characteristics and place of death among older decedents in England and Wales, 2001–2017	27
Impact of offspring and their educational level on readmission and death among older adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a nationwide cohort study using multistate survival models	23
Eligibility criteria for the UK Winter Fuel Payment: are we targeting the right people?	23