OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Hospital Infection is 30. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
A predictive score for the result of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales and vancomycin-resistant enterococci screening	81
Risk assessment of the mechanical spread of bacterial pathogens due to Lasius neglectus ants infesting a tertiary hospital	66
How reliable are test results from 17 laboratories on the basis of EN 1500 for a hand rub based on 80% (w/w)?	63
The novel application and effect of an ultraviolet light decontamination strategy on the healthcare acquisition of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales in a hospital setting	49
Editorial Board	46
What techniques are recommended to undertake procedures that require asepsis? Content and cluster analysis of information supplied in international guidance	45
Risk of carbapenemase acquisition and bacteraemia in patients with carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales in haematology wards under cohort isolation with different carbapenemase types: a retrospect	44
Editorial Board	44
A proposed classification system for opportunistic pathogens for improved healthcare infection prevention and control risk assessments	42
Educational intervention to improve infection prevention and control practices in four companion animal clinics in Switzerland	41
Antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance in Enterobacterales and Enterococcus faecium: a time series analysis	40
Compliance with a novel hand hygiene protocol tailored to non-sterile healthcare workers in the operating theatre	40
Novel scores relevant to antimicrobial resistance and hospital-acquired infections developed with data from a multi-hospital consortium in the Parisian region of France	39
The cost-effectiveness of temporary single-patient rooms to reduce risks of healthcare-associated infection	38
Catheter salvage strategies in children with central venous catheter-related or -associated bloodstream infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis	38
Monkeypox virus isolation from longitudinal samples from four patients to infer risk of onwards transmission: an interim analysis	38
Review of decontamination protocols for shared non-critical objects in 35 policies of UK NHS acute care organizations	37
Burden of surgical management of prosthetic joint infections following hip and knee replacements in Alberta, Canada: an analysis and comparison of two major urban centres	36
Nurses' attitudes, behaviours, and enablers of intravenous to oral switching (IVOS) of antibiotics: a mixed-methods survey of nursing staff in secondary care hospitals across the Midlands region of En	36
Specialists' opinion regarding factors related to wet loads after steam sterilization	35
Infection prevention and control risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection in health workers: a global, multi-centre, case–control study	35
Knowledge, attitudes, practices, and perceived challenges for healthcare workers on waterless intensive care unit (ICU) care at a neonatal ICU in Singapore	34
Invasive fungal infection is associated with antibiotic exposure in preterm infants: a multi-centre prospective case–control study	34
Bacterial contamination of bone allografts in the tissue banks: a systematic review and meta-analysis	33
Which antiseptic to use for a caesarean section? A systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	32

Drain decontamination using in-situ-generated ozone	32
Validation of electronic hand hygiene monitoring systems: the IPC community must agree on four essentials	32
Longitudinal mpox virus surface sampling in an outpatient setting	31
Central- and peripheral-line-associated bloodstream infections in Victorian neonatal intensive care units: findings from a comprehensive Victorian surveillance network, 2008–2024	30
Regarding “Optimization and evaluation of new decontamination procedures inactivating human prions” recently published by Herzog and colleagues	30