OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology is 43. 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
Escalating infection control response to the rapidly evolving epidemiology of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) due to SARS-CoV-2 in Hong Kong	316
Identification of COVID-19 can be quicker through artificial intelligence framework using a mobile phone–based survey when cities and towns are under quarantine	256
Bacterial and fungal coinfections in COVID-19 patients hospitalized during the New York City pandemic surge	175
The impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on healthcare-associated infections in 2020: A summary of data reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network	157
Air and environmental sampling for SARS-CoV-2 around hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)	135
Current knowledge of COVID-19 and infection prevention and control strategies in healthcare settings: A global analysis	116
COVID-19: Protecting Healthcare Workers is a priority	112
Bacterial and fungal infections in COVID-19 patients: A matter of concern	110
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in Iran: Actions and problems	108
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, central-line–associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI), and catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI): The urgent need to refocus on hardwiring	102
Effect of ambient air pollutants and meteorological variables on COVID-19 incidence	100
Impact of COVID-19 infection on pregnancy outcomes and the risk of maternal-to-neonatal intrapartum transmission of COVID-19 during natural birth	92
Protecting Chinese healthcare workers while combating the 2019 novel coronavirus	91
Strategies to prevent central line-associated bloodstream infections in acute-care hospitals: 2022 Update	90
Antibiotic prescription during the COVID-19 pandemic: A biphasic pattern	85
Fighting fear in healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic	83
Involving antimicrobial stewardship programs in COVID-19 response efforts: All hands on deck	82
Deaths from COVID-19 in healthcare workers in Italy—What can we learn?	80
Nosocomial infection among patients with COVID-19: A retrospective data analysis of 918 cases from a single center in Wuhan, China	79
Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in healthcare workers at a London NHS Trust	78
Understanding viral shedding of severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2): Review of current literature	75
Containment of COVID-19 cases among healthcare workers: The role of surveillance, early detection, and outbreak management	73
Level of underreporting including underdiagnosis before the first peak of COVID-19 in various countries: Preliminary retrospective results based on wavelets and deterministic modeling	72
Impact of anxiety and fear for COVID-19 toward infection control practices among Thai healthcare workers	66
Impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on nosocomial Clostridioides difficile infection	64

Strategies to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia, ventilator-associated events, and nonventilator hospital-acquired pneumonia in acute-care hospitals: 2022 Update	62
Universal masking is an effective strategy to flatten the severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) healthcare worker epidemiologic curve	58
Impact of COVID-19 on traditional healthcare-associated infection prevention efforts	57
Understanding public perception of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) social distancing on Twitter	56
Borderless collaboration is needed for COVID-19—A disease that knows no borders	54
Deactivation of SARS-CoV-2 with pulsed-xenon ultraviolet light: Implications for environmental COVID-19 control	54
The difference in the incubation period of 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) infection between travelers to Hubei and nontravelers: The need for a longer quarantine period	53
Carbapenem-resistant bacteria in an intensive care unit during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: A multicenter before-and-after cross-sectional study	51
Absence of contamination of personal protective equipment (PPE) by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)	49
Coinfections with SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory pathogens	48
The role of masks and respirator protection against SARS-CoV-2	47
Assessing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) transmission to healthcare personnel: The global ACT-HCP case-control study	47
Decontamination and reuse of surgical masks and N95 filtering facepiece respirators during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review	46
Monkeypox transmission following exposure in healthcare facilities in nonendemic settings: Low risk but limited literature	45
Continued increases in the incidence of healthcare-associated infection (HAI) during the second year of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic	45
COVID-19 and gender-specific difference: Analysis of public surveillance data in Hong Kong and Shenzhen, China, from January 10 to February 15, 2020	44
COVID-19 affects healthy pediatricians more than pediatric patients	43
Why people failed to adhere to COVID-19 preventive behaviors? Perspectives from an integrated behavior change model	43