OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Rural Health is 26. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Spatial Disparities in Coronavirus Incidence and Mortality in the United States: An Ecological Analysis as of May 2020	186
Community Susceptibility and Resiliency to COVID‐19 Across the Rural‐Urban Continuum in the United States	169
Progression of COVID‐19 From Urban to Rural Areas in the United States: A Spatiotemporal Analysis of Prevalence Rates	120
Rural and Urban Differences in COVID‐19 Prevention Behaviors	119
COVID‐19 Death Rates Are Higher in Rural Counties With Larger Shares of Blacks and Hispanics	85
A Commentary on Rural‐Urban Disparities in COVID‐19 Testing Rates per 100,000 and Risk Factors	79
Rural‐urban and within‐rural differences in COVID‐19 vaccination rates	59
COVID‐19 During the Opioid Epidemic – Exacerbation of Stigma and Vulnerabilities	54
Susceptibility of Southwestern American Indian Tribes to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID‐19)	47
Half of Rural Residents at High Risk of Serious Illness Due to COVID‐19, Creating Stress on Rural Hospitals	46
Preventing Suicide in Rural Communities During the COVID‐19 Pandemic	46
Evaluating Telehealth Adoption and Related Barriers Among Hospitals Located in Rural and Urban Areas	46
Unequal Distribution of COVID‐19 Risk Among Rural Residents by Race and Ethnicity	44
Telemedicine Services During COVID‐19: Considerations for Medically Underserved Populations	42
Geographic, racial/ethnic, and socioeconomic inequities in broadband access	41
American Indian and Alaska Native People: Social Vulnerability and COVID‐19	41
Deaths From COVID‐19 in Rural, Micropolitan, and Metropolitan Areas: A County‐Level Comparison	40
Rapid Scale‐Up of Telehealth During the COVID‐19 Pandemic and Implications for Subspecialty Care in Rural Areas	38
The Association of Social Determinants of Health With COVID‐19 Mortality in Rural and Urban Counties	38
Disparities in digital access among American rural and urban households and implications for telemedicine‐based services	37
Tracking the geographic distribution and growth of clinicians with a DEA waiver to prescribe buprenorphine to treat opioid use disorder	36
Suicide in the Time of COVID‐19: A Perfect Storm	34
The Importance of Video Visits in the Time of COVID‐19	29
The role of digital health technology in rural cancer care delivery: A systematic review	29
An examination of telehealth policy impacts on initial rural opioid use disorder treatment patterns during the COVID‐19 pandemic	28

Health Care Disparities Across the Urban‐Rural Divide: A National Study of Individuals with COPD	27
Community Attitudes Toward Opioid Use Disorder and Medication for Opioid Use Disorder in a Rural Appalachian County	26