OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Annual Review of Public Health is 39. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Public Health and Online Misinformation: Challenges and Recommendations	422
Understanding and Responding to Health Literacy as a Social Determinant of Health	294
Extreme Weather and Climate Change: Population Health and Health System Implications	271
Vaccine Hesitancy, Acceptance, and Anti-Vaccination: Trends and Future Prospects for Public Health	210
Measures of Racism, Sexism, Heterosexism, and Gender Binarism for Health Equity Research: From Structural Injustice to Embodied Harm—An Ecosocial Analysis	200
Social Media– and Internet-Based Disease Surveillance for Public Health	162
Sleep Health: An Opportunity for Public Health to Address Health Equity	162
Disparities in Access to Oral Health Care	158
Early Childhood Adversity, Toxic Stress, and the Impacts of Racism on the Foundations of Health	136
Prediabetes and What It Means: The Epidemiological Evidence	115
Adverse Cardiovascular Effects of Traffic Noise with a Focus on Nighttime Noise and the New WHO Noise Guidelines	113
Built Environment, Physical Activity, and Obesity: Findings from the International Physical Activity and Environment Network (IPEN) Adult Study	110
Machine Learning in Epidemiology and Health Outcomes Research	104
Sedentary Behavior and Public Health: Integrating the Evidence and Identifying Potential Solutions	101
Improving Access to Care: Telemedicine Across Medical Domains	98
Climate Change Disinformation and How to Combat It	87
Partnerships, Processes, and Outcomes: A Health Equity–Focused Scoping Meta-Review of Community-Engaged Scholarship	83
Social Connection as a Public Health Issue: The Evidence and a Systemic Framework for Prioritizing the “Social” in Social Determinants of Health	82
Psychosocial Stressors and Telomere Length: A Current Review of the Science	77
Autonomous Vehicles and Public Health	75
Addressing Social Needs in Health Care Settings: Evidence, Challenges, and Opportunities for Public Health	75
Environmental Factors Influencing COVID-19 Incidence and Severity	72
Mobile Health (mHealth) in Low- and Middle-Income Countries	71
Eliminating Explicit and Implicit Biases in Health Care: Evidence and Research Needs	68
Designing for Dissemination and Sustainability to Promote Equitable Impacts on Health	67

Addressing Health Equity in Public Health Practice: Frameworks, Promising Strategies, and Measurement Considerations	67
Impacts of Coal Use on Health	66
Green Infrastructure and Health	56
The Health of Undocumented Latinx Immigrants: What We Know and Future Directions	55
Environmental Influences on the Human Microbiome and Implications for Noncommunicable Disease	54
Declining Life Expectancy in the United States: Missing the Trees for the Forest	54
Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Reduction Policies: Progress and Promise	53
Mental Health of Refugee Children and Youth: Epidemiology, Interventions, and Future Directions	52
Effects of Electronic Cigarettes on Indoor Air Quality and Health	51
Population-Based Approaches to Mental Health: History, Strategies, and Evidence	50
Air Quality in Africa: Public Health Implications	47
Climate Change, Food Supply, and Dietary Guidelines	46
Health-Related Quality of Life Measurement in Public Health	44
A Review of the Quality and Impact of Mobile Health Apps	40
Expanding Implementation Research to Prevent Chronic Diseases in Community Settings	39
Active Aging and Public Health: Evidence, Implications, and Opportunities	39