OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making is 41. 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
Whole-cycle management of women with epilepsy of child-bearing age: ontology construction and application	380
Providing evidence-based knowledge on nursing interventions at the point of care: findings from a mapping project	273
Patients’ and plastic surgeons’ experiences with an online patient decision aid for breast reconstruction: considerations for nationwide implementation	219
Analytical validation of Exandra: a clinical decision support system for promoting guideline-directed therapy of type-2 diabetes in primary care – a collaborative study with experts from Diabetes Cana	202
From algorithms to action: improving patient care requires causality	178
An exploration into physician and surgeon data sensemaking: a qualitative systematic review using thematic synthesis	128
Task-Technology Fit of Artificial Intelligence-based clinical decision support systems: a review of qualitative studies	124
In silico clinical trials for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis with MS TreatSim	120
AMPDECIDE amputation level patient decision aids: a feasibility study	119
Hypercubes to identify geomarkers of rapid cystic fibrosis lung disease progression	111
Using artificial intelligence to identify patients with migraine and associated symptoms and conditions within electronic health records	95
Evaluation of an ARF diagnosis calculator: a survey and content analysis	94
Explainable AI for enhanced accuracy in malaria diagnosis using ensemble machine learning models	94
Detecting cognitive impairment in cerebrovascular disease using gait, dual tasks, and machine learning	91
Early prediction of mortality upon intensive care unit admission	88
Validation of a computerized decision support system to review pharmacotherapy treatment: scheduling guidelines	86
SEM model analysis of diabetic patients’ acceptance of artificial intelligence for diabetic retinopathy	83
Lactate dehydrogenase to albumin ratio and poor prognosis after thrombolysis in ischemic stroke patients: developing a novel nomogram	76
A retrospective analysis using comorbidity detecting algorithmic software to determine the incidence of International Classification of Diseases (ICD) code omissions and appropriateness of Diagnosis-R	74
Value of normative belief in intention to use workplace health promotion apps	70
Prediction of lymphedema occurrence in patients with breast cancer using the optimized combination of ensemble learning algorithm and feature selection	69
Insights into prescribing patterns for antidepressants: an evidence-based analysis	68
Mortality and morbidity patterns in Yaoundé, Cameroon: an ICD-11 classification-based analysis	66
Derivation and validation of a clinical predictive model for longer duration diarrhea among pediatric patients in Kenya using machine learning algorithms	66
Utilizing machine learning algorithms to predict subject genetic mutation class from in silico models of neuronal networks	65

ProtoMAP: prototypical network based few-shot learning for missed abortion prediction	65
Construction and SHAP interpretability analysis of a risk prediction model for feeding intolerance in preterm newborns based on machine learning	61
The development and phase 1 evaluation of a Decision Aid for elective egg freezing	60
Improving computerized decision support system interventions: a qualitative study combining the theoretical domains framework with the GUIDES Checklist	57
Building a trustworthy AI differential diagnosis application for Crohn’s disease and intestinal tuberculosis	56
A treatment recommender clinical decision support system for personalized medicine: method development and proof-of-concept for drug resistant tuberculosis	55
Real-time non-invasive hemoglobin prediction using deep learning-enabled smartphone imaging	55
Cervical cancer screening uptake and its associated factor in Sub-Sharan Africa: a machine learning approach	50
Risk prediction of heart failure in patients with ischemic heart disease using network analytics and stacking ensemble learning	49
Patients’ views of shared decision making in inflammatory bowel disease: a survey in China	48
Second opinion machine learning for fast-track pathway assignment in hip and knee replacement surgery: the use of patient-reported outcome measures	47
Deep learning-based classification of dementia using image representation of subcortical signals	47
Interoperability of heterogeneous health information systems: a systematic literature review	44
Advanced AI-driven approach for enhanced brain tumor detection from MRI images utilizing EfficientNetB2 with equalization and homomorphic filtering	44
Data-driven decision making in patient management: a systematic review	44
Mean generation function model in AIDS epidemic estimation	43
The impact of a patient decision aid for patients with advanced laryngeal carcinoma – a multicenter study	41
Application of artificial intelligence medical imaging aided diagnosis system in the diagnosis of pulmonary nodules	41