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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

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	270
Factors that influence scope of practice of the five largest health care professions in Australia: a scoping review	167
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	59
Achieving universal health coverage and sustainable development goals by 2030: investment estimates to increase production of health professionals in India	52
Primary health care coverage in Portugal: the promise of a general practitioner for all	46
Activity-based planning of primary care utilization in a model of prospective demand for workforce	45
Mitigating health workforce migration in Romania: policy lessons for Europe	42
Strategies for maintaining and strengthening the health care workers during epidemics: a scoping review	39
The association between health workforce availability and HIV-program outcomes in Côte d’Ivoire	38
Self-reported continuing professional development needs of medical laboratory professionals in Ghana	38
Prestige of disciplines within the field of nursing: a cross-sectional study	36
Application of workload indicators to assess the allocation of orthopedists in a national referral hospital in Brazil	35
Capacity building models for managing multiple long-term conditions in low-and-middle-income countries: a systematic review and gap analysis	34
Attracting adolescents to become doctors and nurses: differential importance of personal and environmental factors in 61 economies	31
Assessing competence of mid-level providers delivering primary health care in India: a clinical vignette-based study in Chhattisgarh state	30
Online faculty development in low- and middle-income countries for health professions educators: a rapid realist review	30
The influence of hospital accreditation on nurses’ perceptions of patient safety culture	30
Assessment of staffing needs for registered nurses and licensed practical nurses at primary care units in Brazil using Workload Indicators of Staffing Need (WISN) method	30
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	29
Global estimate of burnout among the public health workforce: a systematic review and meta-analysis	28
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	28
Development of an impact evaluation framework and planning tool for field epidemiology training programs	27
Exploring financial difficulty and help-seeking behaviour among medics in the United Kingdom: a cross-sectional survey	27
Love over gold and mind over matter? Identifying capabilities that preserve medical assistants’ sustainable employability	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