OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Health Information and Libraries Journal is 2. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
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Global trends health science libraries: Part 1	26
UK survey demonstrates a wide range of impacts attributable to clinical librarian services	22
How research into healthcare staff use and non‐use of e‐books led to planning a joint approach to e‐book policy and practice across UK and Ireland healthcare libraries	19
General practitioners' wellbeing during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Novel methods with social media data	16
Forthcoming papers	13
Using infographics in disseminating healthy lifestyle information on social media is likely to increase uptake and sharing	13
A qualitative study of the health information seeking behaviour of adolescent girls in Iran indicates that public libraries could help supply information required about puberty	12
Issue Information Covers	11
Retracted publications in autism research are mostly concerned with ethical misconduct	11
Core collections: Essential titles for health libraries	11
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Criteria for the selection, evaluation and application of traditional knowledge in contemporary health practice, education, research and policy: A systematic review	9
Using the pet health information behaviour intervention model should make information prescriptions for pet guardians more effective	8
Mental health clinicians’ views of summary and systematic review utility in evidence‐based practice	8
Content analysis of medical college library websites in Pakistan indicates necessary improvements	7
Characterizing the research data management practices of NIH biomedical researchers indicates the need for better support at laboratory level	7
Infodemiology for oral health and disease: A scoping review	7
Digital Health Interventions: New opportunities for health science librarians	6
Expert searchers identified time, team, technology and tension as challenges when carrying out supplementary searches for systematic reviews: A thematic network analysis	6
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Development and validation of search filters to retrieve medication discontinuation articles in Medline and Embase	6
Information retrieval at the point of care of community family physicians in Arab countries	5
Dog and cat owners’ use of online Facebook groups for pet health information	5
Forthcoming papers	5

Collaborative updating of an organizational health literacy tool confirms medical librarians’ leadership roles	5
Acknowledgement	5
Barriers and facilitators of implementing an information system for health grey literature in Iran: Experts’ views and perspectives	5
Issue Information	5
In this issue…	5
Facilitating knowledge transfer to policy makers and front‐line workers during a pandemic: Implementation, impact and lessons learned	4
Understanding clinical library services as knowledge mobilisation activities: Mixed method evaluation of an Evidence Access service in a mental health trust	4
Using an artificial intelligence tool can be as accurate as human assessors in level one screening for a systematic review	4
Forthcoming papers	4
Bibliometric analysis of COVID‐19 publications shows the importance of telemedicine and equitable access to the internet during the pandemic and beyond	4
Socio‐demographic characteristics affect health information seeking on the Internet in Turkey	4
New to health information, library or knowledge work …	4
Wanted! Health information students & early career health information workers new to writing for publication	4
An overview of the capabilities of ChatGPT for medical writing and its implications for academic integrity	4
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Library research support services in China’s universities of traditional medicine: Understanding user requirements	4
Who is blocking access to PubMed? Educational ‘Escape Room’ for medical residents	4
A survey of medical researchers indicates poor awareness of research data management processes and a role for data librarians	4
Regional and rural allied health professionals in Australia need better information services training and support for evidence‐based practice	3
Evaluation of the usefulness and understandability of information leaflets on fall prevention from the perspective of hospital patients and their relatives	3
Dissertations into Practice: 10 years on, 40 articles later	3
Promoting evidence‐based practice and nursing excellence: How involvement in a Magnet4Europe® research study led to development of critically appraised topics sessions for health care staff	3
Forthcoming Papers	3
Google is goodish: An information literacy course designed to teach users why Google may not always be the best place to search for evidence	3
Internet and social media preferences of orthopaedic patients vary according to factors such as age and education levels	3
Topics of questions and community interaction in social Q&A during the COVID‐19 pandemic	3
A 10‐year follow‐up survey of US academic libraries highlights the COVID‐19 experience and greater interest in health information outreach	3
An analysis of ALA‐accredited MLS curricula indicates deficiencies in the initial training provided for public librarians	3
Validation of a generic impact survey for use by health library services indicates the reliability of the questionnaire	3
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COVID‐19, health librarianship and the wider context	2
Using technology to promote the development of health science libraries in China	2
‘Evidence’ within local authority decision making	2
Issue Information Covers	2
Search Club: Using peer support to develop search skills and share knowledge in a specialist NHS team	2
Forthcoming Papers	2
Understanding how and why users might use NHS repositories: A mixed methods study	2
Government document citations in top nursing journals: A bibliometric analysis	2
Information literacy instruction by librarians is integrated into the doctor of pharmacy curriculum in the USA but requires evidence of impact	2
Health information seeking behaviour and decision making by patients undergoing breast cancer surgery: A qualitative study	2
A method for translating search strategies efficiently into HMIC and SPP	2
Mental health‐related internet use by people with a diagnosis of chronic psychiatric disorder, attending community mental health centres	2
Embedded librarians: An innovative experience in health and wellness communication	2
Application‐based big data development framework for health sciences libraries	2
Issue Information Covers	2
Focus groups revealed how community health workers in North Carolina find, verify, and process health information for migrant and seasonal farmworkers	2
Information‐seeking behaviour of primary care clinicians in Singapore at the point‐of‐care: A qualitative study	2
Refining the online health information searcher typology: Applying the patient health engagement model	2
Transforming and extending library services by embracing technology and collaborations: A case study	2
NHS librarians collaborate to develop a search bank peer reviewing and sharing COVID‐19 searches: an evaluation	2

Acknowledgements	2
Text mining applications to support health library practice: A case study on marijuana legalization Twitter analytics	2
Issue Information	2
Bibliometric analysis confirms expected trends in consumer health information publications	2