OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Human Fertility is 3. 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
The future of sperm: a biovariability framework for understanding global sperm count trends	22
COVID-19 and hypogonadism: secondary immune responses rule-over endocrine mechanisms	21
Management of recurrent implantation failure: British Fertility Society policy and practice guideline	17
Probiotic effects on sperm parameters, oxidative stress index, inflammatory factors and sex hormones in infertile men	17
Effectiveness of the flexible progestin primed ovarian stimulation protocol compared to the flexible GnRH antagonist protocol in women with decreased ovarian reserve	16
Women’s vitamin D levels and IVF results: a systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis, considering three categories of vitamin status (replete, insufficient and deficient)	14
Relationships between infertility-related stress, family sense of coherence and quality of life of couples with infertility	13
Seminal inflammasome activity in the adult varicocele	13
Socioeconomic status and fertility treatment outcomes in high-income countries: a review of the current literature	12
In vitro rescue immature oocytes – a literature review	11
Construction and cryopreservation of an artificial ovary in cancer patients as an element of cancer therapy and a promising approach to fertility restoration	10
The psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on fertility care: a qualitative systematic review	10
Endometrial miRNome profile according to the receptivity status and implantation failure	9
Changes in the T-helper 1 and 2 cell populations during pregnancy in tacrolimus-treated women with repeated implantation failure and recurrent pregnancy loss	9
Meeting multiple same-donor offspring: psychosocial challenges	9
Hysteroscopy and female infertility: a fresh look to a busy corner	9
Risk of embryo aneuploidy is affected by the increase in sperm DNA damage in recurrent implantation failure patients under ICSI-CGH array cycles	8
The microbiome and male infertility: looking into the past to move forward	8
The link between infertility-related distress and psychological distress in couples awaiting fertility treatment: a dyadic approach	7
What do Sunni Muslims think about religiously forbidden reproductive options?	7
Does the ultrasound appearance of the endometrium during treatment with assisted reproductive technologies influence pregnancy outcomes?	6
Fertility awareness and parenting intentions among Mexican undergraduate and graduate university students	6
‘Womb for work' experiences of Thai women and gestational surrogacy practice in Thailand	6
The effect of obesity on human reproductive health and foetal life	6
The effect of COVID-19 vaccinations on menstrual cycle and serum anti-Mullerian hormone levels in reproductive age women	6

Two-dimensional hysterosalpingo-contrast-sonography compared to three/four-dimensional hysterosalpingo-contrast-sonography for the assessment of tubal occlusion in women with infertility/subfertility:	6
Quality of life and related constructs in a group of infertile Hungarian women: a validation study of the FertiQoL	6
Pronuclear and blastocyst morphology are associated age-dependently with embryo ploidy in in vitro fertilization cycles	6
Role of endometriosis in defining cardiovascular risk: a gender medicine approach for women’s health	6
The pros and cons of fertility awareness and information: a generational, Swedish perspective	6
‘Battery hens’ or ‘nuggets of gold’: a qualitative study on the barriers and enablers for altruistic egg donation	6
‘Doing it in the right order’: childless men’s intentions regarding family formation	5
The novel use of fertility quality of life (FertiQoL) treatment subscale to assess treatment acceptability in social egg freezing	5
Strictly selected Mono- and non-pronuclear blastocysts could result in appreciable clinical outcomes in IVF cycles	5
The intrauterine perfusion of granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) before frozen-thawed embryo transfer in patients with two or more implantation failures	5
Prevalence of subtle distal Fallopian tube abnormalities and their association with endometriosis in infertility patients: a prospective cohort study	5
SARS-CoV-2 effects on male reproduction: should men be worried??	5
Fertility preservation decisions in young women with breast cancer: a qualitative study of health care professionals’ views and experiences	5
Taking fertility for granted – a qualitative exploration of fertility awareness among young, childless men in Denmark and Sweden	5
Is low anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) level a risk factor of miscarriage in women <37 years old undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF)?	5
Motivations for egg donation to previously unknown recipients: donation as a personal, relational act of giving	5
Maternal and child-health outcomes in different endometrial preparation methods for frozen-thawed embryo transfer: a retrospective study	5
A review of varicocele treatment and fertility outcomes	5
Endometrial scratching in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom (UK): a follow-up survey	5
Endometrial compaction is associated with the increased live birth rate in artificial frozen-thawed embryo transfer cycles	5
The first 25 years of Human Fertility	4
Gene pathway analysis of the endometrium at the start of the window of implantation in women with unexplained infertility and unexplained recurrent pregnancy loss: is unexplained recurrent pregnancy l	4
Elective single versus double blastocyst-stage embryo transfer in women aged 36 years or older: a retrospective cohort study	4
Pregnancy and birth outcomes of single versus multiple embryo transfer in gestational surrogacy arrangements: a systematic review and meta-analysis	4
Maternal spindle transfer for mitochondrial disease: lessons to be learnt before extending the method to other conditions?	4
Sperm DNA fragmentation on the day of fertilisation is not associated with assisted reproductive technique outcome independently of gamete quality	4
CFTR gene variants as a reason for impaired spermatogenesis: a pilot study and a Meta-analysis of published data	4
Anogenital distance and anti-Müllerian hormone combined improves the diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome	4
The relationship between endometriosis and diet	4
Occupational health issues experienced by UK embryologists: informing improvements in clinical reproductive science practice	4
Survey of fertility counselling provision in UK licensed treatment centres during the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic	4
Fertility knowledge and its related factors among married men and women in Zanjan, Iran	4
Identification of long non-coding RNA biomarkers and signature scoring, with competing endogenous RNA networks- targeted drug candidates for recurrent implantation failure	4
Effectiveness of a video-based education on fertility awareness: a randomized controlled trial with partnered women	4
Reproductive health education in the schools of the four UK nations: is it falling through the gap?	3
Genetic variants in varicocele-related male infertility: a systematic review and future directions	3
Diagnostic value of miR-199a and miR-21 in the plasma of infertile women with dysregulated AMH levels	3
Retrospective analysis of the endometrial preparation protocols for frozen-thawed embryo transfers in women with endometrial polyps	3
Management of congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism in females	3
The impact of emotional health on assisted reproductive technology outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis	3
A thank you to Jane Denton!	3
Sperm donors versus long-term mates: a comparison of preferences of heterosexual and lesbian women	3
Multiple pregnancy rate in patients undergoing treatment with clomifene citrate for WHO group II ovulatory disorders: a systematic review	3
Step-by-step decision-making process in third party assisted reproduction: a qualitative study	3
The effects of tobacco and cannabis use on semen and endocrine parameters in infertile males	3
‘How did you cope with such concerns?’: insights from a monitored online infertility peer support forum	3
Research funding for male reproductive health and infertility in the UK and USA [2016 – 2019]	3
Performance of ovarian response prediction index (ORPI) in predicting ovarian response and livebirth in the in-vitro fertilisation cycle using a standard stimulation with corifollitropin alpha in a Gn	3
Zooming in on the endometrial factor of recurrent implantation failure	3
Fertility preservation discussions, referral and follow-up in male-to-female and female-to-male adolescent transgender patients	3