OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Preventing Chronic Disease 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
A Community-Engaged, Mixed-Methods Approach to Prioritizing Needs in a Statewide Assessment of Community Cancer Needs	82
Racial and Ethnic Differences Among Active-Duty Service Members in Use of Mental Health Care and Perceived Mental Health Stigma: Results From the 2018 Health Related Behaviors Survey	75
Linking Adverse Childhood Experiences and Other Risk Factors to Subjective Cognitive Decline in an Aging Population	71
Forgone Health Care for Non–COVID-19–Related Needs Among Medicare Beneficiaries During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Summer 2020–Winter 2021	61
Mapping Geographic Access to Illinois Birthing Hospitals, 2016–2023	60
Prevalence of Testing for Diabetes Among US Adults With Overweight or Obesity, 2016–2019	57
By the Seat of Our Pants: the Experience of Small Businesses in the COVID-19 Pandemic, Washington State, March–October 2020	55
Food Insecurity and Health-Related Concerns Among Elementary Schoolteachers During the COVID-19 Pandemic	49
Employment Loss and Food Insecurity — Race and Sex Disparities in the Context of COVID-19	47
Rural–Urban Disparities in State-Level Diabetes Prevalence Among US Adults, 2021	45
Changes in Policy Supports for Healthy Food Retailers, Farmers Markets, and Breastfeeding Among US Municipalities, 2014–2021: National Survey of Community-Based Policy and Environmental Supports for H	43
Stroke Mortality and Stroke Hospitalizations: Racial Differences and Similarities in the Geographic Patterns of High Burden Communities Among Older Adults	37
Vitamin D Deficiency and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Among American Indian Adolescents: The Strong Heart Family Study	36
Comorbidity Among Adults With Epilepsy — United States, 2021–2022	34
Health Care Access and Use Among Adults With and Without Vision Impairment: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2018	33
Food Insecurity Trajectories in the US During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic	32
COVID-19 Severity and Mortality Among Chronic Liver Disease Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	32
Coping With Discrimination Among African Americans With Type 2 Diabetes: Factor Structure and Associations With Diabetes Control, Mental Distress, and Psychosocial Resources	32
Linking Local-Level Chronic Disease and Social Vulnerability Measures to Inform Planning Efforts: A COPD Example	29
Associations Between Social Vulnerability and Providing Evidence-Based Diabetes Prevention and Management Activities in South Carolina, 2019	29
Factors Associated with Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake Among Young Children – United States, 2021	27
The CDC Worksite Health ScoreCard: A Tool to Advance Workplace Health Promotion Programs and Practices	26
Changes in Depressive Symptoms, Perceived Stress, and Food Security Among Study Participants With Metabolic Syndrome During a COVID-19–Mandated Research Pause	25
Impact of Geography and Rurality on Preconception Health Status in the United States	24
Mapping Changes in Inequities in COVID-19 Vaccinations Relative to Deaths in Chicago, Illinois	24

A Toolkit to Facilitate the Selection and Measurement of Health Equity Indicators for Cardiovascular Disease	24
Erratum, Volume 21, May 16 Release	24