OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Womens Health is 28. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
“I wanted information”: navigating breast Cancer and its treatment in Lima, Peru	113
Recurrence rates and associated risk factors after conservative surgery for adenomyosis: a retrospective study	76
Role Of Ovarian Metastases In Colorectal Cancer (ROMIC): a Dutch study protocol to evaluate the effect of prophylactic salpingo-oophorectomy in postmenopausal women	75
Methods women use for induced abortion and sources of services: insights from poor urban settlements of Accra, Ghana	55
Mothers with depressed mood: help-seeking from husbands and child-rearing behaviors	50
Comparison of cervical cancer screening by self-sampling papillomavirus test versus pap-smear in underprivileged women in France	46
Precancerous lesion determinants in women attending cervical cancer screening at public health facilities in North Shoa Zone, Amhara, Ethiopia: an unmatched case-control study	43
Imaging characteristics of ovarian sclerosing stromal tumor	41
Translation and validation of Persian version of sexual function: vaginal changes questionnaire (SVQ) for women with gynecologic cancers	39
Endometriosis in an ectopic kidney: a rare case report and literature review	38
Characteristics of submucosal leiomyomas that could cause severe hemorrhage with relugolix: an observational study	36
Internal growth of women with recurrent miscarriage: a qualitative descriptive study based on the post-traumatic growth theory	35
Dietary quality index and the risk of breast cancer: a case-control study	34
Postmenopausal hyperandrogenism due to an ovarian sex cord-stromal tumour causing elevated dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate: a case report	34
Anastrozole and levonorgrestrel-releasing intrauterine device in the treatment of endometriosis: a randomized clinical trial	34
Cross-sectional assessment of government health center needs to implement long-acting reversible contraception services in rural Rwanda	33
Hysteroscopic removal of intrauterine device in early pregnancy	33
Significant increased isolation of Escherichia coli in Iranian women with endometriosis: a case control – study	33
Effect of mentorship and a mHealth application in updating provider skills and knowledge in maternal and newborn care in two informal settlements of Nairobi	32
The effect of educational intervention based on theory of planned behavior on behavioral responses of premenopausal women in prevention of osteoporosis	32
‘I was eager to do anything I could to improve the situation’: a qualitative study of patients’ experiences and views of prehabilitation for ovarian cancer surgery	32
Quality of life and its associated factors among women with pelvic organ prolapse who attend gynecology clinics Southern Ethiopia 2022	31
Continuous chains: childhood maltreatment and intimate partner violence victimization among displaced women in a war context	30
Low self-esteem is related to depression and anxiety during recovery from an ectopic pregnancy	29
Polymorphism of the Insulin Resistin (RETN) gene in susceptibility to Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) in an Iranian population	29

Performance of Aptima-HPV in the cervical cancer screening program of Portugal: a cost-analysis	29
Sexual assault and vulnerability to sexually transmitted infections among homeless Brazilian women: a cross sectional qualitative study	28
Primary yolk sac tumor of the endometrium combined with situs inversus totalis: a case report and literature review	28