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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Issue Information	96
Racial and gender differences in relapse potential and treatment acceptance among rural residents in a substance use disorder treatment program	69
Urban–rural differences in cancer mortality: Operationalizing rurality	67
Use of electronic health records to manage tobacco screening and treatment in rural primary care	47
Telephone veteran peer coaching for mental health treatment engagement among rural veterans: The importance of secondary outcomes and qualitative data in a randomized controlled trial	34
Well‐being interventions for rural health professionals: A scoping review	29
Trends in and factors associated with family physician‐performed screening colonoscopies in the United States: 2016‐2021	26
Ambulatory care utilization in the first 24 months’ postpartum by rurality and pregnancy‐related conditions: A prospective cohort study from Maine	25
Medicare Advantage and rural hospital profitability	25
Nurse practitioner scope of practice and the prevention of foot complications in rural diabetes patients	23
Anxiety, depression, stress, burnout, and professional quality of life among the hospital workforce during a global health pandemic	22
Association between the geographic accessibility of PrEP and PrEP use among MSM in nonurban areas	20
SARS‐CoV‐2 infection and long COVID among California farmworkers	20
Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on rural and urban cancer patients' experiences, health behaviors, and perceptions	20
Rural disparities in the quality of clinical care are notable and larger for males	19
I offer “Ambulatory Surgical Center‐as‐Collaborator” to expand availability of colonoscopy with family physicians	18
Adult perceptions of mental health access barriers facing youth in rural Washington State: A group concept mapping study	17
Sleep well and live well: Impact of sleep hygiene intervention on sleep duration in a rural community: A randomized controlled trial (THE SWELL STUDY)	17
Issue Information	17
Stress and suicidal ideation among first‐generation farmers: A cross‐sectional study with 1,288 farmers in Georgia	17
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	15
Rural‐urban differences in hospitalizations for opioid use‐associated infective endocarditis in Kentucky, 2016‐2019	15
Cross‐sectional survey study of primary care clinics on evidence‐based colorectal cancer screening intervention use	14
Missed opportunities for human papillomavirus vaccination using Iowa's Immunization Registry Information System	14
Social determinants of contraception use among rural adolescents: Implications for addressing disparities	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
Understanding the relationship between social capital, health, and well‐being in a southern rural population	13
Community Health Worker‐delivered tobacco cessation in a small rural county	13
The urban–rural gap in older Americans’ healthy life expectancy	12
Left behind again: Rural home health services in a Medicaid pediatric accountable care organization	12
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	12
Broadband internet subscription rates and opioid prescribing via telemedicine during the COVID‐19 pandemic	12
Retaining CRNAs who provide obstetrics services in rural communities: Results from a national survey	12
A comparison of critical access hospitals and other rural acute care hospitals in Pennsylvania	11
Transactional sex among rural, justice‐involved Appalachian women who use drugs	11
What happens to rural hospitals during a ransomware attack? Evidence from Medicare data	11
Issue Information	11
Video versus audio telehealth in safety net clinic patients: Changes by rurality and time	11
High‐risk surgery among Medicare beneficiaries living in health professional shortage areas	10
Potential directions for farm stress research: A systematic review of educational interventions to reduce psychosocial stress among farm and rural populations	10
Association of rurality and health professional shortages with the clinicopathologic characteristics of melanoma in North Carolina	10
“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	10
Clinic‐level differences in human papillomavirus vaccination rates among rural and urban Oregon primary care clinics	9
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Medicaid expansion and access to naloxone in metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas	9
Trends in access to care among rural patients served at HRSA‐funded health centers	9
Rural differences in psychiatric medication prescribing in veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder	9
Travel burden and bypassing closest site for surgical cancer treatment for urban and rural oncology patients	9
Qualitative analysis of cancer care experiences among rural cancer survivors and caregivers	9
A comparison of traumatic injury characteristics in rural and urban adults living in Wisconsin	8
Rural–urban disparities in health care delivery for children with medical complexity and moderating effects of payer, disability, and community poverty	8
The interplay of financial toxicity, health care team communication, and psychosocial well‐being among rural cancer patients and survivors	8
Rural and urban differences in disparities in substance use and substance use disorders affecting sexual minority populations	8
Rural reinvestment: A path forward to addressing geographic health inequities	8
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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	8
The Women Farmer Stress Inventory: Examining women farmer stress in the United States Corn Belt	8
Rural‐urban differences in HPV testing for cervical cancer screening	8
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Measuring disparities to emergency medicine with 200 million voter records: The case of rural hospital closures	7
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Clinical outcomes and profitability following rural hospital mergers and acquisitions	7
Community responses and adaptations following the closure of a rural pharmacy and primary care facility	7
Rural‐urban differences in uptake of diabetes self‐management education among Medicare beneficiaries: Results from the 2016 to 2018 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey	7
Communities with an anchor institution have higher coronavirus vaccination rates	7
Cognitive impairment and limited health literacy are associated with poor health outcomes among patients with heart failure residing in rural areas	7
Issue Information	7
An assessment of the rural‐urban differences in the crash response time and county‐level crash fatalities in the United States	7
Rural/urban differences in the prevalence of stroke risk factors: A cross‐sectional analysis from the REGARDS study	7
Rural health and rural industries: Opportunities for partnership and action	7
Closure of Labor & Delivery units in rural counties is associated with reduced adequacy of prenatal care, even when prenatal care remains available	7
From believers to skeptics: Latent class analysis of COVID‐19 protective practices and perceptions among agricultural community members	7
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Rural‐urban disparities in human papillomavirus vaccination: Findings from a cross‐sectional survey of 13 southern US states, December 2019‐January 2020	7
Rural‐urban differences in informal caregiving and health‐related quality of life	7

The struggles that are faced with a rural cancer diagnosis: My personal story	7
The effect of broadband access on electronic patient engagement activities: Assessment of urban‐rural differences	6
Investigation of rural–urban differences in hospitalization for ambulatory care‐sensitive conditions: Analysis of linked survey, hospitalization, and tax data from Canada	6
Broadband access within Medically Underserved Areas and its implication for telehealth utilization	6
The influence of rurality on self‐reported physical therapy utilization among patients with severe chronic back pain in the United States	6
Drive time to care and retention in HIV care: Rural–urban differences among Medicaid enrollees in the United States South	6
Substance use disorders in the farming population: Scoping review	6
“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	6
Understanding rural‐urban differences in veterans’ internet access, use and patient preferences for telemedicine	6
Health care access barriers among metropolitan and nonmetropolitan populations of eight geographically diverse states, 2018	5
Integrated care models for co‐occurring alcohol use disorders and alcohol‐associated liver disease in rural communities: Telehealth considerations and opportunities	5
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Hospital closures in rural communities of color: A double dose of inequality	5
Geographic isolation predicts tobacco product use among youth: A latent class analysis	5
Variations in antibiotic prescribing among children enrolled in North Carolina Medicaid, 2013‐2019	5
Rural reticence to inform physicians of cannabis use	5
Health care, social support, and pregnancy‐related anxiety in urban and rural and remote Australian women	5
Rural disparities impact response to a web‐based physical activity self‐management intervention in COPD: A secondary analysis	5
Rural and racial disparities in colorectal cancer incidence and mortality in South Carolina, 1996 – 2016	5
Telehealth among substance using justice‐involved persons on community supervision: Benefits, challenges, and suggestions for future use	5
Psychometric properties of the Telepsych User Experience Scale (TUES)	5
Not enough: Medicaid expansion, medical debt, and cost avoidance in rural American Indian and Alaska Native households	5
The aging general surgeon of rural America	5
Veterans with blood cancers: Clinical trial navigation and the challenge of rurality	5