OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Midwifery is 25. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 500 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2019-11-01 to 2023-11-01.)

Article	Citations
The impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on maternity care in Europe	124
Midwives in the United Kingdom: Levels of burnout, depression, anxiety and stress and associated predictors	100
Sustaining quality midwifery care in a pandemic and beyond	73
Mental Health & Parental Concerns during COVID-19: The Experiences of New Mothers Amidst Social Isolation	51
The impact of covid-19 on midwives’ practice in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania: A reflective account	46
Pregnancy and birth planning during COVID-19: The effects of tele-education offered to pregnant women on prenatal distress and pregnancy-related anxiety	43
Women's experiences of maternity service reconfiguration during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative investigation	41
Lessons from past epidemics and pandemics and a way forward for pregnant women, midwives and nurses during COVID-19 and beyond: A meta-synthesis	39
Becoming a mother in the ‘new’ social world in Australia during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic	38
New understandings of fathers’ experiences of grief and loss following stillbirth and neonatal death: A scoping review	38
The association between breastfeeding and attachment: A systematic review	36
“Anxious and traumatised”: Users’ experiences of maternity care in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic	35
Exclusive breastfeeding, breastfeeding self-efficacy and perception of milk supply among mothers in Singapore: A longitudinal study	34
Pre-service and in-service education and training for maternal and newborn care providers in low- and middle-income countries: An evidence review and gap analysis	34
Minority stress adds an additional layer to fear of childbirth in lesbian and bisexual women, and transgender people	32
Changes in social support of pregnant and postnatal mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic	32
Variations in health behaviors among pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic	31
Neonatal outcomes and its association among gestational diabetes mellitus with and without depression, anxiety and stress symptoms in Malaysia: A cross-sectional study	31
Vitamin D, preeclampsia and prematurity: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational and interventional studies	29
Women's decision-making autonomy in the household and the use of maternal health services: An Indonesian case study	29
Women's successful transition to motherhood during the early postnatal period: A qualitative systematic review of postnatal and midwifery home care literature.	27
The impact of COVID-19 on prenatal care in the United States: Qualitative analysis from a survey of 2519 pregnant women	27
The provision of midwife-led care in low-and middle-income countries: An integrative review	27
Maternal vaccines during the Covid-19 pandemic:A qualitative interview study with UK pregnant women	27
Restructuring maternal services during the covid-19 pandemic: Early results of a scoping review for non-infected women	26

The effectiveness of telemedicine interventions, delivered exclusively during the postnatal period, on postpartum depression in mothers without history or existing mental disorders: A systematic revie