OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Patient Education and Counseling is 34. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Navigating obstetric bad news: Insights from tertiary care medical teams	221
Argumentative discourse in clinical dialogues: An interdisciplinary perspective	98
New Associate Editor of Patient Education and Counseling	92
Health literacy friendly organizations – A scoping review about promoting health literacy in a surgical setting	92
The effect of preoperative education on postoperative pain and function after orthopedic surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis	92
The role of accountability in adherence programs	85
Personalised written consultation summaries for patients: An ‘up-close, in-depth, inside-out’ exploration of a rheumatologist's patient-centred strategy	84
Practitioner accounts of end-of-life communication in Hong Kong, Mainland China and Taiwan: A systematic review	72
Studying clinical communication through multiple lenses: The underused potential of inter-disciplinary collaborations	67
Cancer care partners’ behavioral intention to use autonomy enhancing communication skills during accompanied visits after online skill training.	63
A nurse-led approach to testing and adapting a telehealth guide for e-empathy in goals of care conversations for Black patients with chronic kidney disease	59
Development and national consensus finding on patient-centred high stakes communication skills assessments for the Swiss Federal Licensing Examination in Medicine	58
Current communication practices for biomarker testing in non-small cell lung cancer: Exploring patient and clinician perspectives	54
The relationship between medical students’ empathy and burnout levels by gender and study years	53
Advancing communication skills in intensive care: Caring for relatives of critically ill patients	52
Prostate cancer, online health information and communication technology – Bibliometric analysis of field with research frontiers	51
GP laughter in lifestyle behaviour consultations: A conversation analytical study of general practice	48
Racial and ethnic disparities in communication study enrollment for young people with cancer: A descriptive analysis of the literature	46
Healthcare professionals’ behaviour regarding the implementation of shared decision-making in screening programmes: A systematic review	43
Dyadic concordance and other considerations for matching pairs for peer support diabetes prevention interventions: A mixed methods assessment	42
Corrigendum to “Instruments evaluating the duration and pace of clinical encounters: A scoping review” [Patient Educ Couns 131 (2025) 108591]	41
Exploring health advice by dental professionals in USA: A secondary data analysis of NHANES (2015–2018)	40
Involving caregivers in design and assessment of opioid risk and safety communication intervention in children	40
Investigating question-answer sequences in child mental health assessments: Engaging children and families through declarative question design	39
Innovative Communication Skills Training for First and Second Year Medical Students	39

“My gut feeling is…”: Identifying healthcare professionals communication about pain in rheumatology	38
Methods: to elicit and evaluate the attainment of patient goals in older adults: a scoping review	37
Train the trainer-certificate-programme for teachers of medical-therapeutic health professionals	37
Bringing personal perspective elicitation to the heart of shared decision-making: a scoping review	37
A communication training for pharmacy staff to improve the conversation about medication switches	37
The use of AccuRx in collection of Friends and Family Test data in a primary care network	35
Exploring uncertainties regarding unsolicited findings in genetic testing	35
Switching to remote public service interpreting with the help of training during the pandemic	35
Taking pause: Drawing from the history of neurology during COVID-19	35
Postpartum Blues	34