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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

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	296
Self-reported continuing professional development needs of medical laboratory professionals in Ghana	70
Activity-based planning of primary care utilization in a model of prospective demand for workforce	68
Primary health care coverage in Portugal: the promise of a general practitioner for all	58
Strategies for maintaining and strengthening the health care workers during epidemics: a scoping review	56
Mitigating health workforce migration in Romania: policy lessons for Europe	52
The professionalisation paradox: retaining the health advantages of community-based providers in task shifting and task sharing initiatives	50
Factors that influence scope of practice of the five largest health care professions in Australia: a scoping review	48
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	48
Achieving universal health coverage and sustainable development goals by 2030: investment estimates to increase production of health professionals in India	47
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	46
Attracting adolescents to become doctors and nurses: differential importance of personal and environmental factors in 61 economies	41
Prestige of disciplines within the field of nursing: a cross-sectional study	40
Assessing competence of mid-level providers delivering primary health care in India: a clinical vignette-based study in Chhattisgarh state	39
Capacity building models for managing multiple long-term conditions in low-and-middle-income countries: a systematic review and gap analysis	36
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	33
Global estimate of burnout among the public health workforce: a systematic review and meta-analysis	32
The influence of hospital accreditation on nurses’ perceptions of patient safety culture	31
Exploring financial difficulty and help-seeking behaviour among medics in the United Kingdom: a cross-sectional survey	30
Equivalence between physicians and associate clinicians in the frequency of iatrogenic urogenital fistula following cesarean section in Tanzania and Malawi	29
Mismatch between registration possibilities and patients’ local health needs, a simulated patient survey in the Paris metropolitan area	26
Consistency and quality in written accreditation protocols for pediatrician training programs: a mixed-methods analysis of a global sample, and directions for improvement	26
Love over gold and mind over matter? Identifying capabilities that preserve medical assistants’ sustainable employability	26
Development of the WHO eye care competency framework	24
Ophthalmology workforce over a decade in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: demographics, distribution, and future challenges	24

Resilience, sense of danger, and reporting in wartime: a cross-sectional study of healthcare personnel in a general hospital