OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making is 42. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Whole-cycle management of women with epilepsy of child-bearing age: ontology construction and application	366
Providing evidence-based knowledge on nursing interventions at the point of care: findings from a mapping project	326
Patients’ and plastic surgeons’ experiences with an online patient decision aid for breast reconstruction: considerations for nationwide implementation	254
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	204
Mortality and morbidity patterns in Yaoundé, Cameroon: an ICD-11 classification-based analysis	194
Derivation and validation of a clinical predictive model for longer duration diarrhea among pediatric patients in Kenya using machine learning algorithms	164
Data-driven decision making in patient management: a systematic review	149
From algorithms to action: improving patient care requires causality	121
AMPDECIDE amputation level patient decision aids: a feasibility study	115
ProtoMAP: prototypical network based few-shot learning for missed abortion prediction	115
An exploration into physician and surgeon data sensemaking: a qualitative systematic review using thematic synthesis	110
Building a trustworthy AI differential diagnosis application for Crohn’s disease and intestinal tuberculosis	110
Deep learning-based classification of dementia using image representation of subcortical signals	89
Task-Technology Fit of Artificial Intelligence-based clinical decision support systems: a review of qualitative studies	88
Learning from low-rank multimodal representations for predicting disease-drug associations	88
Patients’ views of shared decision making in inflammatory bowel disease: a survey in China	88
Advanced AI-driven approach for enhanced brain tumor detection from MRI images utilizing EfficientNetB2 with equalization and homomorphic filtering	88
Hypercubes to identify geomarkers of rapid cystic fibrosis lung disease progression	83
Evaluation of an ARF diagnosis calculator: a survey and content analysis	82
Using artificial intelligence to identify patients with migraine and associated symptoms and conditions within electronic health records	82
Explainable AI for enhanced accuracy in malaria diagnosis using ensemble machine learning models	75
Detecting cognitive impairment in cerebrovascular disease using gait, dual tasks, and machine learning	66
Validation of a computerized decision support system to review pharmacotherapy treatment: scheduling guidelines	64
SEM model analysis of diabetic patients’ acceptance of artificial intelligence for diabetic retinopathy	64
Lactate dehydrogenase to albumin ratio and poor prognosis after thrombolysis in ischemic stroke patients: developing a novel nomogram	62

Second opinion machine learning for fast-track pathway assignment in hip and knee replacement surgery: the use of patient-reported outcome measures	61
Cervical cancer screening uptake and its associated factor in Sub-Sharan Africa: a machine learning approach	61
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	61
Prediction of lymphedema occurrence in patients with breast cancer using the optimized combination of ensemble learning algorithm and feature selection	56
Value of normative belief in intention to use workplace health promotion apps	56
Risk prediction of heart failure in patients with ischemic heart disease using network analytics and stacking ensemble learning	55
A treatment recommender clinical decision support system for personalized medicine: method development and proof-of-concept for drug resistant tuberculosis	55
Insights into prescribing patterns for antidepressants: an evidence-based analysis	52
Construction and SHAP interpretability analysis of a risk prediction model for feeding intolerance in preterm newborns based on machine learning	51
Improving computerized decision support system interventions: a qualitative study combining the theoretical domains framework with the GUIDES Checklist	49
Early prediction of mortality upon intensive care unit admission	48
Real-time non-invasive hemoglobin prediction using deep learning-enabled smartphone imaging	48
Utilizing machine learning algorithms to predict subject genetic mutation class from in silico models of neuronal networks	46
The development and phase 1 evaluation of a Decision Aid for elective egg freezing	44
Participant characteristics and reasons for non-consent to health information linkage for research: experiences from the ATHENA COVID-19 study	43
Interoperability of heterogeneous health information systems: a systematic literature review	43
In silico clinical trials for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis with MS TreatSim	43