OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Medical Education Online is 24. 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
Ambiguous motivations in medical school applicants: a retrospective study from Japan	245
Multi-institutional exploration of pediatric residents’ perspectives on anti-racism curricula: a qualitative study	128
Digital competencies for Singapore’s national medical school curriculum: a qualitative study	82
Novel COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and acceptance, and associated factors, amongst medical students: a scoping review	61
‘Early identification of struggling pre-clerkship learners using formative clinical skills OSCEs: an assessment for learning program.’	54
Characterizing the initial effects of the single accreditation system merge on the ophthalmology residency match	52
Trainee perspectives on diversity, equity, and inclusion: a group concept mapping study	47
Advancing health professions education: a review of holistic admissions and competency-based admissions practices	45
Impact of COVID-19 on medical education in different income countries: a scoping review of the literature	43
Faculty knowledge, actions, and perceptions of sponsorship: an institutional survey study	40
COVID-19 vaccination telephone outreach: an analysis of the medical student experience	39
Optimizing cost-effectiveness in remote objective structured clinical examinations through targeted double scoring methodologies	37
Feedback, fairness, and validity: effects of disclosing and reusing multiple-choice questions in medical schools	34
The impact of teacher’s presence on learning basic surgical tasks with virtual reality headset among medical students	34
Progress or stagnation? Is neurosurgery remaining a men’s world?	32
A critical narrative review of the experiences of Latinas, Hispanic, or Spanish origin (LHS+) women in medical field using Latina/Chicana feminist perspective	31
The impact of exposure to scientific research and inclusive mentoring style on medical undergraduates’ perceptions of critical thinking, communication, and passion	29
First-generation and continuing-generation college graduates’ application, acceptance, and matriculation to U.S. medical schools: a national cohort study	28
Development and evaluation of a pre-clerkship spiral curriculum: data from three medical school classes	27
Implementing a graduate medical education anti-racism workshop at an academic university in the Southern USA	27
COVID-19 related disruptions to medical education and perceived clinical capability of new resident physicians: a nationwide study of over 1200 first-year residents	27
Social justice in medical education: a student-led approach to addressing COVID-19 vaccine equity in the Hispanic/Latinx community	25
The influencing factors of stigma towards people with mental illness among nursing students: a mixed‐method systematic review	25
Students’ learning in clinical practice – a scoping review of characteristics of research in the Nordic countries	25
The Pittman Scholar Program for junior faculty recognition at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine	24

Preparing fourth year medical students to care for patients with opioid use disorder: how this training affects their intention to seek addiction care opportunities during residency