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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Navigating obstetric bad news: Insights from tertiary care medical teams	153
Perspectives of international experts and the Danish citizens on the ‘relevant knowledge’ that citizens need for making informed choices about participation in cancer screening: Qualitative study	125
Argumentative discourse in clinical dialogues: An interdisciplinary perspective	108
Influence of patient-oriented organizational climate on physicians’ patient-centered behavior: The mediating role of patient-centeredness self-efficacy	91
GP laughter in lifestyle behaviour consultations: A conversation analytical study of general practice	71
Personalised written consultation summaries for patients: An ‘up-close, in-depth, inside-out’ exploration of a rheumatologist's patient-centred strategy	66
“Letter to my future self” as a device for assessing health education effectiveness	64
Innovative Communication Skills Training for First and Second Year Medical Students	61
A communication training for pharmacy staff to improve the conversation about medication switches	61
Switching to remote public service interpreting with the help of training during the pandemic	61
Bringing personal perspective elicitation to the heart of shared decision-making: a scoping review	61
Cancer care partners’ behavioral intention to use autonomy enhancing communication skills during accompanied visits after online skill training.	58
Train the trainer-certificate-programme for teachers of medical-therapeutic health professionals	52
The use of AccuRx in collection of Friends and Family Test data in a primary care network	52
Effects of a temporal self-regulation theory-based intervention on self-management in hemodialysis patients: A randomized controlled trial	50
Methods: to elicit and evaluate the attainment of patient goals in older adults: a scoping review	50
Information needs across time after a hematological cancer diagnosis: A qualitative study of patient and clinician perspectives	47
The role of accountability in adherence programs	47
Corrigendum to “Instruments evaluating the duration and pace of clinical encounters: A scoping review” [Patient Educ Couns 131 (2025) 108591]	46
Exploring health advice by dental professionals in USA: A secondary data analysis of NHANES (2015–2018)	46
Studying clinical communication through multiple lenses: The underused potential of inter-disciplinary collaborations	45
“My gut feeling is…”: Identifying healthcare professionals communication about pain in rheumatology	44
Psychometric properties of the revised Diabetes Knowledge Test using Rasch analysis	44
Applying the health belief model to the rational use of drugs for hemodialysis patients: A randomized controlled trial	44
Investigating question-answer sequences in child mental health assessments: Engaging children and families through declarative question design	43

Health literacy friendly organizations – A scoping review about promoting health literacy in a surgical setting	42
Content and quality of consumer websites providing information about human papillomavirus infection in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: An environmental scan	40
Introducing a brain health literacy framework to promote health equity for Latinos: A discussion paper	40
Nurse-patient communication in complex situations: development of dynamic, generalizable scenarios	39
Developing “The Health After Cancer Podcast” to amplify cancer survivors’ voices through digital storytelling	38
Communication work among young breast cancer survivors	37
Co-designing communication research within family practice: experiences from Basque Country, Spain	36
From 0 to 100: self-management in individuals with spinal cord injury after initial rehabilitation	36
Integrating natural language processing (NLP) into health communication research and practice	35
Patient-centred communication to improve patient safety	34