OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Rural Health is 5. 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
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Racial and gender differences in relapse potential and treatment acceptance among rural residents in a substance use disorder treatment program	35
Ambulatory care utilization in the first 24 months’ postpartum by rurality and pregnancy‐related conditions: A prospective cohort study from Maine	34
Trends in and factors associated with family physician‐performed screening colonoscopies in the United States: 2016‐2021	34
Medicare Advantage and rural hospital profitability	33
Hearing aid acquisition patterns among US Veterans who use VA health care	28
Well‐being interventions for rural health professionals: A scoping review	25
Degree of rurality moderates the association of sedentary time with cognitive function in rural patients with cardiac diseases and depressive symptoms	25
Urban–rural differences in cancer mortality: Operationalizing rurality	21
Anxiety, depression, stress, burnout, and professional quality of life among the hospital workforce during a global health pandemic	20
Association between the geographic accessibility of PrEP and PrEP use among MSM in nonurban areas	20
Missed opportunities for human papillomavirus vaccination using Iowa's Immunization Registry Information System	19
How rural is All of Us? Comparing characteristics of rural participants in the National Institute of Health's All of Us Research Program to other national data sources	18
Rural disparities in the quality of clinical care are notable and larger for males	18
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SARS‐CoV‐2 infection and long COVID among California farmworkers	17
Adult perceptions of mental health access barriers facing youth in rural Washington State: A group concept mapping study	15
Sleep well and live well: Impact of sleep hygiene intervention on sleep duration in a rural community: A randomized controlled trial (THE SWELL STUDY)	15
Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on rural and urban cancer patients' experiences, health behaviors, and perceptions	15
I offer “Ambulatory Surgical Center‐as‐Collaborator” to expand availability of colonoscopy with family physicians	15
Financial resilience of rural hospitals: Prepandemic vulnerabilities and Provider Relief Funds’ role during COVID‐19	14
Social determinants of contraception use among rural adolescents: Implications for addressing disparities	14
Understanding the relationship between social capital, health, and well‐being in a southern rural population	14
Transactional sex among rural, justice‐involved Appalachian women who use drugs	14
Stress and suicidal ideation among first‐generation farmers: A cross‐sectional study with 1,288 farmers in Georgia	14

Retaining CRNAs who provide obstetrics services in rural communities: Results from a national survey	14
Rural and urban differences in treatment on demand for substance use treatment involving medications for opioid use disorder	13
The US dementia belt: Commentary on “Alzheimer's disease and related dementia among Medicare beneficiaries aged ≥ 65 years in rural America, by census region and select demographic characteristics: 20	13
Broadband internet subscription rates and opioid prescribing via telemedicine during the COVID‐19 pandemic	13
Community Health Worker‐delivered tobacco cessation in a small rural county	13
Cross‐sectional population‐based estimates of a rural‐urban disparity in prevalence of long COVID among Michigan adults with polymerase chain reaction‐confirmed COVID‐19, 2020‐2022	13
Video versus audio telehealth in safety net clinic patients: Changes by rurality and time	13
The urban–rural gap in older Americans’ healthy life expectancy	12
“I don't think that a medication is going to help someone long‐term stay off opioids”: Treatment and recovery beliefs of rural Vermont family members of people with opioid use disorder	12
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What happens to rural hospitals during a ransomware attack? Evidence from Medicare data	12
High‐risk surgery among Medicare beneficiaries living in health professional shortage areas	12
Medicaid expansion and access to naloxone in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas	11
A comparison of critical access hospitals and other rural acute care hospitals in Pennsylvania	11
Association of rurality and health professional shortages with the clinicopathologic characteristics of melanoma in North Carolina	11
Obstetric care in rural critical access hospitals: A domestic application of the World Health Organization Emergency Obstetric Care framework in rural communities	11
Qualitative analysis of cancer care experiences among rural cancer survivors and caregivers	11
Colorectal cancer screening barriers, facilitators, and promotion recommendations by Alaska Native people who are non‐adherent to colorectal cancer screening	11
Travel burden and bypassing closest site for surgical cancer treatment for urban and rural oncology patients	10
The interplay of financial toxicity, health care team communication, and psychosocial well‐being among rural cancer patients and survivors	10
Rural reinvestment: A path forward to addressing geographic health inequities	10
A comparison of traumatic injury characteristics in rural and urban adults living in Wisconsin	10
Examining geographic disparities in access to no‐cost naloxone in North Carolina: A cross‐sectional survey of naloxone distribution programs	10
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The Women Farmer Stress Inventory: Examining women farmer stress in the United States Corn Belt	10
Rural–urban disparities in health care delivery for children with medical complexity and moderating effects of payer, disability, and community poverty	10
Clinic‐level differences in human papillomavirus vaccination rates among rural and urban Oregon primary care clinics	10
Rural and urban differences in disparities in substance use and substance use disorders affecting sexual minority populations	10
Rural‐urban differences in distress, quality of life, and social support among Canadian young adult cancer survivors: A Young Adults with Cancer in Their Prime (YACPRIME) study	9
Closure of Labor & Delivery units in rural counties is associated with reduced adequacy of prenatal care, even when prenatal care remains available	9
The impact of the removal of the low‐wage index hospital policy on urban and rural hospitals	9
Measuring disparities to emergency medicine with 200 million voter records: The case of rural hospital closures	9
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Cognitive impairment and limited health literacy are associated with poor health outcomes among patients with heart failure residing in rural areas	9
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From believers to skeptics: Latent class analysis of COVID‐19 protective practices and perceptions among agricultural community members	9
Communities with an anchor institution have higher coronavirus vaccination rates	8
The provision of tele‐behavioral health services by critical access hospitals and short‐term acute care hospitals during the COVID‐19 public health emergency	8
Clinical outcomes and profitability following rural hospital mergers and acquisitions	8
Rural‐urban disparities in human papillomavirus vaccination: Findings from a cross‐sectional survey of 13 southern US states, December 2019‐January 2020	8
Community responses and adaptations following the closure of a rural pharmacy and primary care facility	8
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Rural health and rural industries: Opportunities for partnership and action	8
An analysis of syringe service programs across the rural‐urban continuum in the United States	8
Drive time to care and retention in HIV care: Rural–urban differences among Medicaid enrollees in the United States South	7
Rural‐urban disparities in the prevalence of chronic pain in adults: Associations with demographic and socioeconomic characteristics	7
Health care access barriers among metropolitan and nonmetropolitan populations of eight geographically diverse states, 2018	7
Psychometric properties of the Telepsych User Experience Scale (TUES)	7
Broadband access within Medically Underserved Areas and its implication for telehealth utilization	7

“I'm tired of seeing my friends die”: Barriers and facilitators to participating in clinical trials among rural people who use drugs in the United States	7
Telehealth among substance using justice‐involved persons on community supervision: Benefits, challenges, and suggestions for future use	7
Understanding rural‐urban differences in veterans’ internet access, use and patient preferences for telemedicine	7
Evaluation of the Ask Suicide‐Screening Questions (ASQ) tool, Item 9 of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ), pain, and opioid screening to detect suicide risk among rural adult primary care patient	7
The struggles that are faced with a rural cancer diagnosis: My personal story	7
What drives advanced practice nurses to stay in rural America? Insights from the 2022 National Survey of Registered Nurses	7
Investigation of rural–urban differences in hospitalization for ambulatory care‐sensitive conditions: Analysis of linked survey, hospitalization, and tax data from Canada	7
The influence of rurality on self‐reported physical therapy utilization among patients with severe chronic back pain in the United States	7
Integrated care models for co‐occurring alcohol use disorders and alcohol‐associated liver disease in rural communities: Telehealth considerations and opportunities	7
Rural Health Research in the 21st Century: One Health Considerations	6
Rural reticence to inform physicians of cannabis use	6
Not enough: Medicaid expansion, medical debt, and cost avoidance in rural American Indian and Alaska Native households	6
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Rural disparities impact response to a web‐based physical activity self‐management intervention in COPD: A secondary analysis	6
Perceived risks and benefits of telePrEP interventions: An interview study with rural sexual minority men in Texas	6
Leveraging Cooperative Extension Services as a population health approach to reduce health disparities	6
Health care, social support, and pregnancy‐related anxiety in urban and rural and remote Australian women	6
Variations in antibiotic prescribing among children enrolled in North Carolina Medicaid, 2013‐2019	6
Veterans with blood cancers: Clinical trial navigation and the challenge of rurality	6
Home health utilization in the Veterans Health Administration: Are there rural and urban differences?	6
Substance use disorder treatment and technology access among people who use drugs in rural areas of the United States: A cross‐sectional survey	6
Bridging the gaps: Rural recovery community centers and their role in addressing substance use disorders	6
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Hospital closures in rural communities of color: A double dose of inequality	6
Trends in mental health care utilization in rural and nonrural areas, 2019‐2023	5
A closer examination of the “rural mortality penalty”: Variability by race, region, and measurement	5
Revisiting the effects of state anesthesia policy interventions: A comprehensive look at certified registered nurse anesthetist service provision in U.S. hospitals from 2010 to 2021	5
Geographic disparities in unpaid caregiving	5
Broadband access and telemedicine adoption for opioid use disorder treatment in the United States	5
Is Walk Score a useful tool for measuring walkability in rural communities?	5
Evaluating policies to improve access to mental health services in rural areas	5
Barriers to health care among rural adults by disability status	5
Rural‐urban differences in family and paid caregiving utilization in the United States: Findings from the Cornell National Social Survey	5
Implementation and evaluation of a multilevel intervention to increase uptake of the human papillomavirus vaccine among rural adolescents	5
Weaving the rural health safety net: Voices from the field	5
Medicare telehealth utilization by Rural Health Clinics and Federally Qualified Health Centers prior to and during the COVID‐19 pandemic	5
Perceptions of access to care after a rural hospital closure in an economically distressed county of Appalachian Tennessee	5
Rural‐urban differences in dietary intake across pregnancy trimesters: A multisite prospective cohort study	5
The COVID‐19 pandemic impact on independent and provider‐based rural health clinics’ operations and cancer prevention and screening provision in the United States	5
A novel approach to incorporate frontier areas into urban–rural geographic classifications: Integrated Metropolitan‐to‐Frontier Area Codes	5
Evaluating implementation by rural clinics of evidence‐based interventions to promote HPV vaccination	5
Clarifying rural‐urban disparities in alcohol‐related emergency department visits and hospitalizations in Ontario, Canada: A spatial analysis	5