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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
An exploration of how fake news is taking over social media and putting public health at risk	226
The Covid‐19 ‘infodemic’: a new front for information professionals	187
The COVID‐19 (Coronavirus) pandemic: reflections on the roles of librarians and information professionals	102
Health literacy and COVID‐19	68
Health literacy predicts Covid‐19 awareness and protective behaviours of university students	24
How to keep up to date with medical information using web‐based resources: a systematised review and narrative synthesis	23
Global responses of health science librarians to the COVID‐19 (Corona virus) pandemic: a desktop analysis	20
Socio‐demographic characteristics affect health information seeking on the Internet in Turkey	19
Health information diffusion on Twitter: The content and design of WHO tweets matter	16
How do Cochrane authors conduct web searching to identify studies? Findings from a cross‐sectional sample of Cochrane Reviews	16
Students' increased time spent on social media, and their level of coronavirus anxiety during the pandemic, predict increased social media addiction	15
A qualitative study of the maternal health information‐seeking behaviour of women of reproductive age in Mpwapwa district, Tanzania	14
Dog and cat owners’ use of online Facebook groups for pet health information	11
Finding useful cancer information may reduce cancer information overload for Internet users	11
Development of a validated search filter for Ovid Embase for degenerative cervical myelopathy	10
Visual abstracts do not increase some impact scores more than conventional abstracts of clinical research: A retrospective cohort study	9
A survey of health information source use in rural communities identifies complex health literacy barriers	8
Classification of all pharmacological interventions tested in trials relevant to people with schizophrenia: A study‐based analysis	8
Screening everyday health information literacy among four populations	8
Adoption of peer review of literature search strategies in knowledge synthesis from 2009 to 2018: An overview	8
Literature searching methods or guidance and their application to public health topics: A narrative review	7
Interest in dentistry in early months of the COVID‐19 global pandemic: A Google Trends approach	7
Study of health information needs among adolescents in Croatia shows distinct gender differences in information seeking behaviour	7
Librarians collaborate successfully with nursing faculty and a writing centre to support nursing students doing professional doctorates	6
Information behaviour of the millennial generation: a scoping review of medical residents and their use of social media	6

Personal, technical and organisational factors affect whether physicians seek answers to clinical questions during patient care: a literature review	6
COVID‐19 information seeking needs and behaviour among citizens in Isfahan, Iran: A qualitative study	6
Mental health clinicians’ views of summary and systematic review utility in evidence‐based practice	5
A comparative study of medical ebook and print book prices	4
Familiarity with the internet and health apps, and specific topic needs are amongst the factors that influence how online health information is used for health decisions amongst adolescents	4
Training needs of medical librarians in Nigeria: A survey	4
A clinical librarian in a hospital critical care unit may generate a positive return on investment	4
General practitioners' wellbeing during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Novel methods with social media data	4
The visual abstract: A social media fad or the future of dissemination	4
An alternative screening approach for Google Search identifies an accurate and manageable number of results for a systematic review (case study)	4
Validation of a generic impact survey for use by health library services indicates the reliability of the questionnaire	4
Effectiveness of bibliotherapy in alleviating examination stress on college students: a quasi‐experimental trial	4
Digital Health Interventions: New opportunities for health science librarians	4
Information seeking behaviour differences indicate which US population groups lack information about human papilloma virus and associated cancer risks	4
Community, risk assessment, prevention and control: Black American college students' information seeking on COVID‐19	4
A survey of medical researchers indicates poor awareness of research data management processes and a role for data librarians	4
Bibliometric analysis of COVID‐19 publications shows the importance of telemedicine and equitable access to the internet during the pandemic and beyond	4
An analysis of ALA‐accredited MLS curricula indicates deficiencies in the initial training provided for public librarians	3
An evaluation of the quality of COVID‐19 websites in terms of HON principles and using DISCERN tool	3
Algorithmic literacy in medical students – results of a knowledge test conducted in Germany	3
Caregivers of children feel confident about using the Internet for health information	3
Increasing participation by National Health Service knowledge and library services staff in patient and public information: The role of Knowledge for Healthcare, 2014–2019	3
A 10‐year follow‐up survey of US academic libraries highlights the COVID‐19 experience and greater interest in health information outreach	3
Patient‐centred e‐health supports value cocreation and quality of medical care in Taiwan	3
A survey of health information seeking by cancer patients indicates some problems over medical explanations and terminology	3
New nurses apply only basic source evaluation criteria but realize their skills are lacking: More sophisticated approaches to teaching evaluation skills are required	3
Using an artificial intelligence tool can be as accurate as human assessors in level one screening for a systematic review	3
Infodemiology for oral health and disease: A scoping review	3
NHS knowledge and library services in England in the digital age	3
Peer‐led information literacy training: a qualitative study of students’ experiences of the NICE Evidence search Student Champion Scheme	3
Improving patient engagement by fostering the sharing of activity tracker data with providers: a qualitative study	3
Academic integrity among medical students and postgraduate trainees in the teaching hospitals of South Punjab Pakistan	2
A systematic review case study of urgent and emergency care configuration found citation searching of Web of Science and Google Scholar of similar value	2
Medical students and residents appreciate ebooks’ convenience, but prefer the print book reading experience	2
A method for translating search strategies efficiently into HMIC and SPP	2
Transforming and extending library services by embracing technology and collaborations: A case study	2
Library Jargon Creates Barriers for Potential Users of Health Library and Information Services	2
Barriers and facilitators of implementing an information system for health grey literature in Iran: Experts’ views and perspectives	2
The impact of health information management professionals on patient safety: A systematic review	2
Finding and evaluating randomised controlled trials in nursing conducted by Spanish research teams: A scoping review	2
Findings from a training needs analysis survey to support health professionals across the research lifecycle	2
Medical and health informatics services during and after the COVID‐19 pandemic should be virtual, tailored, responsive and interactive: a case study in Belgium	2
Information seeking patterns of psychiatrists during clinical practice	2
Application of text mining to the development and validation of a geographic search filter to facilitate evidence retrieval in Ovid MEDLINE: An example from the United States	2
Regional and rural allied health professionals in Australia need better information services training and support for evidence‐based practice	2
Characterizing the research data management practices of NIH biomedical researchers indicates the need for better support at laboratory level	2
Criteria for the selection, evaluation and application of traditional knowledge in contemporary health practice, education, research and policy: A systematic review	2
Shane Godbolt, 9 December 1943 ‐ 24 November 2019	2
Critical incident technique helps determine how health library and information services influence clinical decision making and patient care: A literature review	2
Patient education information material assessment criteria: A scoping review	2

Library and knowledge staff in England share similar perceptions of the roles and personal characteristics of the clinical librarian	2
Health literacy: The role of NHS library and knowledge services	2
Bibliometric analysis confirms expected trends in consumer health information publications	2
Google is goodish: An information literacy course designed to teach users why Google may not always be the best place to search for evidence	2
NHS librarians collaborate to develop a search bank peer reviewing and sharing COVID‐19 searches: an evaluation	2
Global trends health science libraries: Part 1	2
Assessing return on investment in health libraries requires lateral thinking	2
Collaborative updating of an organizational health literacy tool confirms medical librarians’ leadership roles	2
Outreach marketing may be a successful strategy for NHS libraries	2
Graduate students in public health predict their actual usage of different library services and resources quite accurately	2