OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Human Resources for Health is 26. 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 2020-10-01 to 2024-10-01.)

Article	Citations
The prevalence of stress, anxiety and depression within front-line healthcare workers caring for COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-regression	336
A global overview of healthcare workers’ turnover intention amid COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review with future directions	162
Health care workers’ experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review	110
Size, composition and distribution of health workforce in India: why, and where to invest?	105
Barriers and facilitators to online medical and nursing education during the COVID-19 pandemic: perspectives from international students from low- and middle-income countries and their teaching staff	103
The COVID-19 pandemic presents an opportunity to develop more sustainable health workforces	79
Interventions for health workforce retention in rural and remote areas: a systematic review	78
Employment and working conditions of nurses: where and how health inequalities have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic?	72
Challenges and policy opportunities in nursing in Saudi Arabia	72
Training in communication skills for self-efficacy of health professionals: a systematic review	64
Conceptual framework for task shifting and task sharing: an international Delphi study	57
The experiences of female surgeons around the world: a scoping review	52
Burnout and depression among psychiatry residents during COVID-19 pandemic	46
Regulating health professional scopes of practice: comparing institutional arrangements and approaches in the US, Canada, Australia and the UK	42
Maternal and newborn care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya: re-contextualising the community midwifery model	37
The State of the World’s Midwifery 2021 report: findings to drive global policy and practice	36
Virtual adaptation of traditional healthcare quality improvement training in response to COVID-19: a rapid narrative review	35
COVID-19 vaccine uptake among health care workers in Ghana: a case for targeted vaccine deployment campaigns in the global south	34
The cost of health workforce gaps and inequitable distribution in the Ghana Health Service: an analysis towards evidence-based health workforce planning and management	33
WHO competency framework for health authorities and institutions to manage infodemics: its development and features	32
Harnessing the digital potential of the next generation of health professionals	32
Occupational stress and burnout among physiotherapists: a cross-sectional survey in Cadiz (Spain)	31
More public health service providers are experiencing job burnout than clinical care providers in primary care facilities in China	29
Depression among healthcare workers in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: a systematic review and meta-analysis	27
Current status and related factors of turnover intention of primary medical staff in Anhui Province, China: a cross-sectional study	27

Workplace violence toward resident doctors in public hospitals of Syria: prevalence, psychological impact, and prevention strategies: a cross-sectional study