OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Reproductive 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Women’s voice on changes in childbirth care practices: a qualitative approach to women’s experiences in Brazilian private hospitals participating in the Adequate Childbirth Project	103
Measuring the effects of community polygyny on intimate partner violence: a multilevel modeling using nationally representative cross-sectional data	66
Reproductive health literacy scale: a tool to measure the effectiveness of health literacy training	63
Assessing parental marital quality and divorce related to youth sexual experiences and adverse reproductive health outcomes among 50,000 Chinese college students	56
Sexual and reproductive health and rights in humanitarian settings: a matter of life and death	55
“I am not shy anymore”: A qualitative study of the role of an interactive mHealth intervention on sexual health knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of South African adolescents with perinatal HIV	55
Optimizing screening practice for gestational diabetes mellitus in primary healthcare facilities in Tanzania: research protocol	55
Involving the health sector in the prevention and care of female genital mutilation: results from formative research in Guinea	48
Exposure to family planning messages and teenage pregnancy: results from the 2017 Philippine National Demographic and Health Survey	47
Genital self-image as a correlate of sexual function in pregnancy: multivariable cross-sectional findings	43
Association of grand multiparity with adverse birth outcomes and sociodemographic characteristics: an analysis of nationwide birth data in Japan	42
Effects of COVID-19 lockdowns on unintended pregnancies among adolescent girls and young women in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review	40
An ecological model of barriers to accessing care for pregnancy resulting from sexual violence: a rapid review	40
Catching babies, carrying traditions: the voices and practices of traditional birth attendants in Mayuge District, East central Uganda	38
Fertility awareness, perceived factors and approaches to improve contraceptive uptake among sexually active adolescent girls in Phalombe, Malawi: a mixed-methods study	37
Unravelling the complexity: a systematic review of complications and implications of adolescent pregnancy in India	37
‘The tabloid test’: a qualitative interview study on the function and purpose of termination of pregnancy review committees in Victoria, Australia	35
Developing and validating an artificial intelligence-based application for predicting some pregnancy outcomes: a multi-phase study protocol	32
The sociocultural context of sexual and reproductive health literacy among women living in Sanandaj, western Iran: a qualitative study	31
Contraceptive behavior of women in India after induced abortion	29
INSIGHT-2: mechanistic studies into pregnancy complications and their impact on maternal and child health—study protocol	29
Physician attitudes and system factors associated with non-medically indicated cesarean sections in Thailand: a prospective implementation study	29
A 20 year experience in the management of non-tubal ectopic pregnancies in a tertiary hospital – a retrospective review	28
“Sexuality education is a double edge-sword…”: a qualitative study on perceptions of school teachers on sexual and reproductive health of adolescent girls in Eastern India	28
The lasting effects of fear of childbirth: parous women’s experiences of postponing or avoiding subsequent pregnancies	27

Parent-young communication on sexual and reproductive health issues and its associated factors: experience of students in Agaro Town, Ethiopia	27
Evaluation of labor and childbirth care by nurse-midwives in Brazilian private hospitals: results of a quality improvement project	26
“They talked to me rudely”. Women perspectives on quality of post-abortion care in public health facilities in Kenya	26
Acceptance and attitude of Lebanese lawyers and medical students toward surrogate pregnancy: a cross-sectional study	26
Geographic and socioeconomic inequalities in the coverage of contraception in Uttar Pradesh, India	26
Home delivery among women with adequate antenatal care: insights from a multilevel analysis of the 2019 Ethiopian mini demographic and health survey	26