OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Palliative Medicine is 28. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Where to for core outcome sets for best care for the dying person?	108
Assessing the suitability of the Carer Support Needs Assessment Tool (CSNAT-Paediatric) for use with parents of children with a life-limiting condition: A qualitative secondary analysis	70
Palliative care for teenagers and young adults - the need for more evidence	61
WITHDRAWAL – Administrative Duplicate Publication: Tribute to Derek Doyle and Cynthia Goh	51
A therapist-supported internet-based intervention for bereaved siblings: A randomized controlled trial	50
Practice review: Evidence-based and effective management of fatigue in patients with advanced cancer	48
Inequities of palliative care availability and access to opioids in low- and middle-income countries	47
Over a third of palliative medicine physicians meet burnout criteria: Results from a survey study during the COVID-19 pandemic	46
Motor neurone disease: A point-prevalence study of patient reported symptom prevalence, severity and palliative care needs	46
A tribute to Derek Doyle and Cynthia Goh	46
Development of a palliative paramedicine framework to standardise best practice: A Delphi study	45
Recognising dying in motor neurone disease: A scoping review	45
Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the Integrated Palliative Care Outcome Scale in Hindi: Toward capturing palliative needs and concerns in Hindi speaking patients	45
A good death in the child with life shortening illness: A qualitative multiple-case study	42
Effects of advance care planning in care dependent community-dwelling older persons (STADPLAN): A cluster-randomised controlled trial	40
Evaluation of the integration of palliative care in a fragile setting amongst host and refugee communities: Using consecutive rapid participatory appraisals	39
Integration of primary care and palliative care services to improve equality and equity at the end-of-life: Findings from realist stakeholder workshops	39
Combining realist evaluation and transformative evaluation to advance research in palliative care: The case of end of life companionship	38
The potential of experience sampling methods in palliative care	34
End of life skin care – Research informing theory to traverse between Scylla and Charybdis?	33
Perceptions and experiences of clinicians and correctional officers facilitating palliative care for people in prison: A systematic review and meta-synthesis	32
Health professionals’ experiences of rapport during telehealth encounters in community palliative care: An interpretive description study	32
Variation in end-of-life care and hospital palliative care among hospitals and local authorities: A preliminary contribution of big data	32
Telehealth requires improved evidence to achieve its full potential in palliative care	30
Components of home-based palliative and supportive care for adults with heart failure: A scoping review	29

‘You have a little human being kicking inside you and an unbearable pain of knowing there will be a void at the end’: A meta-ethnography exploring the experience of parents whose baby is diagnosed ant	29
The cost of providing care by family and friends (informal care) in the last year of life: A population observational study	28
Prognostic performance of the Karnofsky Performance Status for predicting in-hospital mortality among unselected patients who receive palliative care consultations	28
Subcutaneous sodium valproate in palliative care: A systematic review	28