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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

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	316
Self-reported continuing professional development needs of medical laboratory professionals in Ghana	90
Activity-based planning of primary care utilization in a model of prospective demand for workforce	80
Strategies for maintaining and strengthening the health care workers during epidemics: a scoping review	73
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	66
Primary health care coverage in Portugal: the promise of a general practitioner for all	65
The professionalisation paradox: retaining the health advantages of community-based providers in task shifting and task sharing initiatives	56
A time-to-practice metric for refugee clinician integration in receiving health systems: England as a worked example	56
Mitigating health workforce migration in Romania: policy lessons for Europe	54
Achieving universal health coverage and sustainable development goals by 2030: investment estimates to increase production of health professionals in India	53
Factors that influence scope of practice of the five largest health care professions in Australia: a scoping review	46
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
The influence of hospital accreditation on nurses’ perceptions of patient safety culture	41
Attracting adolescents to become doctors and nurses: differential importance of personal and environmental factors in 61 economies	39
From implementation to learning: a process-oriented framework to evaluate innovative global health capacity building in fragile and conflict-affected settings	35
Capacity building models for managing multiple long-term conditions in low-and-middle-income countries: a systematic review and gap analysis	33
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
Prestige of disciplines within the field of nursing: a cross-sectional study	30
Promotion or prevention: regulatory foci as moderators in the job demands–resources model	29
Global estimate of burnout among the public health workforce: a systematic review and meta-analysis	29
Mismatch between registration possibilities and patients’ local health needs, a simulated patient survey in the Paris metropolitan area	29
Ophthalmology workforce over a decade in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: demographics, distribution, and future challenges	28
Consistency and quality in written accreditation protocols for pediatrician training programs: a mixed-methods analysis of a global sample, and directions for improvement	28
Development of the WHO eye care competency framework	27
Exploring financial difficulty and help-seeking behaviour among medics in the United Kingdom: a cross-sectional survey	27

Leveraging community health workers as vaccinators: a case study exploring the role of Malawi’s Health Surveillance Assistants in delivering routine immunization services	26
Building health systems resilience in Central Asia through nursing and midwifery: evidence to inform policy action	26
Equivalence between physicians and associate clinicians in the frequency of iatrogenic urogenital fistula following cesarean section in Tanzania and Malawi	26