OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Adolescent Health is 41. 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
Longitudinal Associations of Suicide Risk and Protective Factors Among Secondary School Students in Hong Kong: A Network Perspective	181
Assessing Readiness for Transition From Pediatric to Adult Gender Affirming Care	158
Meaningful Engagement of Adolescents Through Global Youth Meet on Health 2021	148
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Michigan’s School-Wide Sexually Transmitted Disease Screening Program in Four Detroit High Schools	124
Research Ethics of Involving Adolescents in Health Research Studies: Perspectives From Australia	106
Excess Hospital Burden Among Young People in Contact With Homelessness Services in South Australia: A Prospective Linked Data Study	96
Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatient Episodes and Subsequent Labor Market Trajectories	87
Associations Between Health Care Transition Preparation Among Youth in the U.S. and Other Components of a Well-Functioning System of Services	82
Snapchat Story—I Need a Heart Transplant: Benefits of Social Media Use in Serious Illness	79
Emergency Department Visits Increase in Transition-Age Patients Empaneled in a Primary Care Network at a Major Academic Medical Center	76
Gender Diverse Youth on Fertility and Future Family: A Qualitative Analysis	75
A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Demographic and Behavioral Risk Factors of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Seropositivity Among a Sample of U.S. College Students	75
Vaccine Effectiveness, School Reopening, and Risk of Omicron Infection Among Adolescents Aged 12–17 Years	73
Youth-Reported School Connection and Experiences of a Middle School–Based Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment Initiative: Preliminary Results From a Program Evaluation	73
State of Transgender Health Education and Provision of Gender-Affirming Care to Transgender and Gender Diverse Adolescents	72
Emerging Adult Mental Health During COVID: Exploring Relationships Between Discrete and Cumulative Individual and Contextual Stressors and Well-Being	68
Violence Against Children, Self-Harm, and Suicidal Behaviors: A Pooled and Country-Specific Analysis of Eight Low- and Middle-Income Countries	66
Acute HIV Diagnosis After Initiation of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis in a Young Adult Patient: A Case Report	65
How Parental Feeding Practices Relate to Young People's Intuitive Eating: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Associations by Gender and Weight Concern	65
Results of a Global Survey of Experts to Categorize the Suitability of Interventions for Inclusion in School Health Services	63
First-Generation College Students, Emotional Support, and Systemic Inflammation Following the College Transition	62
53. Assessing the Effects of Hormone Therapy on Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk in Transgender Adolescents	60
85. Young People's Experience of Virtual Outpatient Medical Appointments	60
Adolescent US Poison Center Exposure Calls During the COVID-19 Pandemic	60
30. The Association Between Extracurricular Activities and Perception of Risk of Harm from Adolescent Binge Drinking	58

197. “I feel like we're approaching a cliff": Perspectives on Health Care Transition among Parents of Internationally Adopted Children with HIV	55
20. In an Ethnically/Racially and Socioeconomically Diverse Sample of Adolescents, do Weight Stigma, Family Functioning, and Parenting Practices Predict Disordered Eating Behaviors Eight Years Later?	54
27. Using machine learning models and cross-national comparison to identify substance use screening items for Greek adolescents	54
182. Perceived Contraceptive Comfort Among Pediatric Subspecialists	53
157. Changes in Legal Responsibilities for Healthcare Decision-Making at Age 18: AYASHCN and Caregiver Knowledge, Satisfaction with Preparation Received, and Recommendations for Improvement	52
93. Institutional Benchmarking Survey: Registered Dietitian Practices in Outpatient Pediatric Eating Disorder Care	51
81. Trends and Socioeconomic Inequalities in Youth Mental Health, 2019 to 2022: Evidence from the Gallup World Poll	49
58. “You See, these Girls are Animals”: Storytelling as a Tool for Adolescent Wellbeing Among South Sudanese Refugee Adolescents Living in Uganda	48
84. Young People are not Hard to Reach, Services are: Participatory Development of a Comprehensive School- and Community-Based Health Screening Programme in Zimbabwe	47
54. Environmental and Behavioral Patterns in Patients with Problematic Interactive Media Use	45
Targeting Rural Adolescent Pregnancy: Modifiable Protective Factors and Contraceptive Use	45
Neurocognitive Latent Factors Associate With Early Tobacco and Alcohol Use Among Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study Youth	43
Adolescents' Depression Symptoms After Social Distancing and Restrictions: The EpiCoV French Longitudinal Population-Based Cohort	43
Confidentiality and Contraception: Protecting Adolescent Care in Response to One State's “Parents' Bill of Rights”	42
Risk and Protective Factors for the Evolution of Subthreshold Depression During Early Adolescence	41
Modern Dates	41