OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Womens Health is 33. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Characteristics of submucosal leiomyomas that could cause severe hemorrhage with relugolix: an observational study	136
The effect of educational intervention based on theory of planned behavior on behavioral responses of premenopausal women in prevention of osteoporosis	93
Continuous chains: childhood maltreatment and intimate partner violence victimization among displaced women in a war context	70
Translation and validation of Persian version of sexual function: vaginal changes questionnaire (SVQ) for women with gynecologic cancers	57
Increased use of analgesics in midlife women but no association with mental stress: observations from the Prospective Population Study of Women in Gothenburg	54
Are physicians creating a barrier to pre-conception care access? A qualitative study exploring patients’ experiences and perspectives around pre-conception care	53
‘I don’t want to be a guinea pig’ - Swedish women’s experiences of breast abscess treatment	50
Cross-sectional assessment of government health center needs to implement long-acting reversible contraception services in rural Rwanda	48
Hysteroscopic removal of intrauterine device in early pregnancy	48
Performance of Aptima-HPV in the cervical cancer screening program of Portugal: a cost-analysis	48
Changes of bone turnover markers and bone mineral density among postmenopausal Thai women with osteoporosis receiving generic risedronate	47
Role Of Ovarian Metastases In Colorectal Cancer (ROMIC): a Dutch study protocol to evaluate the effect of prophylactic salpingo-oophorectomy in postmenopausal women	47
Global burden, regional disparities, and decomposition analysis of metabolic risk-attributable diseases among women of reproductive age: GBD 2021	46
Muslim women’s views and experiences of family planning in Saudi Arabia: a qualitative study	44
Infiltrative solid papillary carcinoma of the breast with axillary lymph node metastasis: a case report	42
Psycho-social experience of oocyte recipient women: a qualitative study	40
The levels of women’s awareness, experience, acceptability and preference for Vaginal Human Papillomavirus (HPV) self-sampling in three provinces of China: a cross-sectional study	39
Human papillomavirus vaccination related knowledge, and recommendations among healthcare providers in Southern China: a cross-sectional survey	39
Barriers to physical activity in women from ethnic minority groups: a systematic review	37
The impact of gynecological cancers on women’s marital satisfaction, spousal support, and quality of life: a cross-sectional comparative study	36
Exploring diagnosis and treatment of premenstrual dysphoric disorder in the U.S. healthcare system: a qualitative investigation	36
Predictors of Desire to Avoid Pregnancy: The Roles of Marital Satisfaction and Fear of Childbirth	36
Recurrence rates and associated risk factors after conservative surgery for adenomyosis: a retrospective study	35
Intimate partner violence and mental health outcomes among ever-married women in Mozambique	35
Feasibility of promoting physical activity using mHEALTH technology in rural women: the step-2-it study	35

Relationship between premenstrual syndrome symptoms, anthropometric measurements, and eating behaviors in women of childbearing age: Turkish sample	34
Postmenopausal hyperandrogenism due to an ovarian sex cord-stromal tumour causing elevated dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate: a case report	34
Breast carcinoma in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1 and huge plexiform neurofibroma of the contralateral breast: a case report	34
Agency and role models: do they matter for adolescent girls’ sexual and reproductive health?	34
Dietary quality index and the risk of breast cancer: a case-control study	34
Primary yolk sac tumor of the endometrium combined with situs inversus totalis: a case report and literature review	33
Primary ovarian carcinoid arising in associated mature cystic teratoma	33
Lived experiences of refugee women with vaginal fistula in Nakivale and Oruchinga refugee settlements, Isingiro District, Uganda	33
HIV status and knowledge of cervical cancer among women in Ghana	33
Prevalence and factors associated with early childbearing in sub-saharan Africa: evidence from demographic and health surveys of 31 countries	33
Is hysterosalpingo-foam sonography (HyFoSy) more tolerable in terms of pain and anxiety than hysterosalpingography (HSG)? A prospective real-world setting multicentre study	33