OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Medical Education Online is 25. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Digital competencies for Singapore’s national medical school curriculum: a qualitative study	253
Novel COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and acceptance, and associated factors, amongst medical students: a scoping review	139
Characterizing the initial effects of the single accreditation system merge on the ophthalmology residency match	93
Advancing health professions education: a review of holistic admissions and competency-based admissions practices	75
Multi-institutional exploration of pediatric residents’ perspectives on anti-racism curricula: a qualitative study	57
Trainee perspectives on diversity, equity, and inclusion: a group concept mapping study	54
Development of clinical teaching competency framework and scale for physician teachers in China: an exploratory sequential mixed methods study	51
Near-peer mentorship for newly qualified doctors; what are the benefits, and what methods can be used to overcome the pitfalls?	51
Ambiguous motivations in medical school applicants: a retrospective study from Japan	44
‘Early identification of struggling pre-clerkship learners using formative clinical skills OSCEs: an assessment for learning program.’	43
Impact of COVID-19 on medical education in different income countries: a scoping review of the literature	39
Faculty knowledge, actions, and perceptions of sponsorship: an institutional survey study	38
COVID-19 related disruptions to medical education and perceived clinical capability of new resident physicians: a nationwide study of over 1200 first-year residents	35
Development and evaluation of a pre-clerkship spiral curriculum: data from three medical school classes	32
Feedback, fairness, and validity: effects of disclosing and reusing multiple-choice questions in medical schools	31
COVID-19 vaccination telephone outreach: an analysis of the medical student experience	31
Social justice in medical education: a student-led approach to addressing COVID-19 vaccine equity in the Hispanic/Latinx community	31
The impact of teacher’s presence on learning basic surgical tasks with virtual reality headset among medical students	29
The influencing factors of stigma towards people with mental illness among nursing students: a mixed‐method systematic review	28
A critical narrative review of the experiences of Latinas, Hispanic, or Spanish origin (LHS+) women in medical field using Latina/Chicana feminist perspective	27
Progress or stagnation? Is neurosurgery remaining a men’s world?	27
Students’ learning in clinical practice – a scoping review of characteristics of research in the Nordic countries	26
The impact of exposure to scientific research and inclusive mentoring style on medical undergraduates’ perceptions of critical thinking, communication, and passion	26
Optimizing cost-effectiveness in remote objective structured clinical examinations through targeted double scoring methodologies	26
Analyzing diversity, equity, and inclusion content on dermatology fellowship program websites	25

Considering medical students’ perception, concerns and needs for e-exam during COVID-19: a promising approach to improve subject specific e-exams	25
Strategies to foster stakeholder engagement in residency coaching: a CFIR-Informed qualitative study across diverse stakeholder groups	25