OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Supportive Care in Cancer is 29. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Reply to: “Dyadic effects of social support, illness uncertainty on anxiety and depression among lung cancer patients and their caregivers: a cross-sectional study”	115
Psychological interventions for patients living with prostate cancer	65
Virtual acupressure for symptom management in cancer populations during COVID-19: a retrospective analysis	64
Evaluating racial disparities in cancer patient-provider communication about cannabis in a state without a legal cannabis marketplace	60
The effect of healthcare professional-implemented interventions on adherence to oral targeted therapy in patients with cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis	58
Effects of Timing it Right Brain Tumor Support Program (TIRBTSP) on clinical outcome for patients diagnosed with sellar region tumors	53
Methodological considerations in association between malnutrition and anxiety in cancer patients—a retrospective study	51
Effectiveness of care transition strategies for colorectal cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis	46
Relationships of emerging biomarkers of cancer cachexia with quality of life, appetite, and cachexia	45
Evaluation of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in low, moderate, and highly emetogenic schemes between sexes	42
The meta-analysis and systematic review mirage: when data synthesis becomes data distortion	41
Experiences of financial toxicity among caregivers of cancer patients: a meta-synthesis of qualitative studies	38
Mindfulness-Based Cancer Recovery (MBCR) training: the efficacy on fatigue and sleep quality of Iranian female patients with cancer	37
Comment “Effectiveness of e-health interventions for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting: a systematic review and meta-analysis”	37
Afebrile chemotherapy-induced neutropenia: an international survey spots oncologists’ routine clinical practice versus the standard of care and the impact of COVID-19	37
Letter to the editor referencing Effect of inspiratory muscle training associated or not to physical rehabilitation in preoperative anatomic pulmonary resection: a systemic review and meta-analysis	36
Health-related quality of life and supportive care needs in young adult cancer survivors—a longitudinal population-based study	36
Efficacy of a support intervention designed to improve parents’ communication with children dealing with parental cancer: a randomized pilot trial	36
Socioeconomic inequality of health-related quality of life in cancer survivors in South Korea	35
Exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer-related distress among thoracic oncology patients at a rural cancer center	35
Evaluating the relationship between physical activity and quality of life in a racially diverse sample of breast cancer survivors	35
Differences in severity of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting between neoadjuvant and adjuvant chemotherapy in patients with breast cancer: analysis of data from two prospective observational st	33
Exercise in preventing falls for men with prostate cancer: a modelled cost-utility analysis	32
Fear of prognosis? How anxiety, coping, and expected burden impact the decision to have cytogenetic assessment in uveal melanoma patients	31
Reply to K. Kajiwara et al. concerning “Caregiver bereavement outcomes in advanced cancer: associations with quality of death and patient age”	30

Evaluation of the usefulness of protocol-based magnesium supplementation for hypomagnesemia in patients with advanced or recurrent colorectal cancer treated with panitumumab	30
Measuring symptoms and toxicities: a 35-year experience	30
Stakeholder perspectives on the role of caregivers in cancer clinical trial decision-making: results of a qualitative study	29
Ethical considerations in the relief of cancer pain	29
Influence of malnutrition according to the glim criteria on the chemotherapy toxicities in patients with advanced lung cancer	29
Symptom burden survey and symptom clusters in patients with cervical cancer: a cross-sectional survey	29
Letter to the editor: The role of glycemic control and symptoms and symptom clusters in breast cancer survivors with type 2 diabetes	29