OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of General Internal Medicine is 40. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
What Did the COVID Stress Test Reveal About How We Should Deliver Care in the USA?	201
When Functional Impairment Develops Early: Perspectives from Middle-Aged Adults	151
Cuando el acceso es la mayor barrera: La determinación de Bessie de mantenerse sana (When Access is the Main Barrier: Bessie’s Determination to Stay Healthy)	149
Correction to: The Association of Subspecialty and Sex with Industry Payments to Internal Medicine Physicians Who Recently Completed Training	124
The Rookie Resident and the First Neonatal Air Transport	119
The Naming: Tell Me How You Say It, and I’ll Tell You What You Think	112
An Opportunity for Change: Principles for Reforming Internal Medicine Inpatient Conferences	109
Reply to Letter to the Editor: Re: The Role of Gender in Careers in Medicine: a Systematic Review and Thematic Synthesis of Qualitative Literature	107
René Magritte’s The Healer, bronze, 1967	92
A Seat at the Table: Gender and Medical Journal Editorial Leadership	85
Effects of a Gender-Balancing Strategy on Resident Panels in a Primary Care Setting	82
Correction: Clinical Outcomes of Rural Patients with Diabetes Treated by ECHO-Trained Providers Versus an Academic Medical Center	78
Should Legal Status Determine Mortality? The Experience of Undocumented Individuals Denied a Curative Stem Cell Transplant Because of Uninsurance	73
Healthcare Utilization and Chronic Disease Management for Non-Medicaid-Eligible Patients in a City-Wide Safety-Net Healthcare Access Program	73
Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 on Women Hospitalists: A Mixed-Gender Qualitative Analysis	70
Association Between SGLT2 Inhibitor Use and Change in Hemoglobin Among Adults with Diabetes: A Nationwide Cohort Study	69
Relational Harm Reduction for Internists: A Call to Action	65
Longer-term Benefits and Risks of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors in Type 2 Diabetes: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis	63
Health Care Use Among Patients Retroactively Insured via a Hospital-Based Insurance Linkage Program	60
Healthcare Worker Mental Health After the Initial Peak of the COVID-19 Pandemic: a US Medical Center Cross-Sectional Survey	57
Historic Residential Redlining and Present-Day Social Determinants of Health, Home Evictions, and Food Insecurity within US Neighborhoods	55
User-Centered Design of a Clinical Tool for Shared Decision-making About Diet in Primary Care	54
Healthcare Utilization Among Patients Diagnosed with COVID-19 in a Large Integrated Health System	53
Survey of Physician Practices, Attitudes, and Knowledge Regarding Recombinant Zoster Vaccine	53
Skin Changes of POEMS	49

Physicians Should Stop Breaking Bad News	49
The Impact of Neighborhood and Built Environment on Cardiovascular Health	48
Outpatient-Based Opioid Treatment Engagement and Attendance: A Prospective Cohort Study of Homeless-Experienced Adults	47
Mpox and Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing in the Outpatient Primary Care Setting—Why LGBTQ Health Is Global Health	45
Prevalence and Management of Medication Interactions with Nirmatrelvir-Ritonavir at a Large Urban Academic Medical Center: An Observational Study	45
Exploring the Association of Metabolic Syndrome with In-Hospital Survival of Older Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19: Beyond Chronological Age	44
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Perceived Diabetes Risk and Reasons for Perceived Risk: A Cross-Sectional Study	44
Understanding Patients’ Preferences and Experiences During an Electronic Health Record Transition	43
Starting Two or More Drugs Concurrently in Primary Care: How Often Is It Done, How Often Is It Needed?	43
Identifying Patterns of Primary Care In-Person and Telemedicine Use in the Veterans Health Administration: A Latent Class Analysis	42
Diagnosis Documentation Done Right: Cross-Specialty Standard for the Diagnosis Section in German Discharge Summaries — A Mixed-Methods Study	41
A Virtual-First Telehealth Treatment Model for Opioid Use Disorder	41
Extending Arts-Based Interventions in Graduate Medical Education through the Positive Humanities: the Re-FRAME Workshop	41
A New Attitude Towards Treatment Measure Predicts Survival Over 17 Years	40
My Calling	40
Response to the Letter to the Editor: “Proton Pump Inhibitor Use and Worsening Kidney Function: A Retrospective Cohort Study Including 122,606 Acid-Suppressing Users”	40