OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Human Resources for Health is 24. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Are doctors from the complementary and alternative systems of medicine less equal than their allopathic counterparts? Public sector doctors’ experiences of recruitment from two Indian states	298
Self-reported continuing professional development needs of medical laboratory professionals in Ghana	75
Activity-based planning of primary care utilization in a model of prospective demand for workforce	72
Primary health care coverage in Portugal: the promise of a general practitioner for all	61
Strategies for maintaining and strengthening the health care workers during epidemics: a scoping review	59
The professionalisation paradox: retaining the health advantages of community-based providers in task shifting and task sharing initiatives	52
Understanding the scope of practice of physician associate/physician associate comparable professions using the World Health Organization global competency and outcomes framework for universal health	50
Achieving universal health coverage and sustainable development goals by 2030: investment estimates to increase production of health professionals in India	50
Mitigating health workforce migration in Romania: policy lessons for Europe	49
Factors that influence scope of practice of the five largest health care professions in Australia: a scoping review	48
Feasibility and effectiveness of the mindfulness-based stress reduction programs on relieving burnout of healthcare providers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a pilot randomized controlled trial in China	42
Prestige of disciplines within the field of nursing: a cross-sectional study	41
The influence of hospital accreditation on nurses’ perceptions of patient safety culture	39
From implementation to learning: a process-oriented framework to evaluate innovative global health capacity building in fragile and conflict-affected settings	39
Capacity building models for managing multiple long-term conditions in low-and-middle-income countries: a systematic review and gap analysis	32
Effectiveness of interventions by non-professional community-level workers or family caregivers to improve outcomes for physical impairments or disabilities in low resource settings: systematic review	32
Global estimate of burnout among the public health workforce: a systematic review and meta-analysis	32
Attracting adolescents to become doctors and nurses: differential importance of personal and environmental factors in 61 economies	27
Equivalence between physicians and associate clinicians in the frequency of iatrogenic urogenital fistula following cesarean section in Tanzania and Malawi	27
Resilience, sense of danger, and reporting in wartime: a cross-sectional study of healthcare personnel in a general hospital	26
Development of an impact evaluation framework and planning tool for field epidemiology training programs	25
Mismatch between registration possibilities and patients’ local health needs, a simulated patient survey in the Paris metropolitan area	25
Consistency and quality in written accreditation protocols for pediatrician training programs: a mixed-methods analysis of a global sample, and directions for improvement	24
Promotion or prevention: regulatory foci as moderators in the job demands–resources model	24
Ophthalmology workforce over a decade in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: demographics, distribution, and future challenges	24