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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

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	106
Measuring the effects of community polygyny on intimate partner violence: a multilevel modeling using nationally representative cross-sectional data	69
Assessing parental marital quality and divorce related to youth sexual experiences and adverse reproductive health outcomes among 50,000 Chinese college students	65
“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	57
Optimizing screening practice for gestational diabetes mellitus in primary healthcare facilities in Tanzania: research protocol	57
Involving the health sector in the prevention and care of female genital mutilation: results from formative research in Guinea	57
Genital self-image as a correlate of sexual function in pregnancy: multivariable cross-sectional findings	56
Association of grand multiparity with adverse birth outcomes and sociodemographic characteristics: an analysis of nationwide birth data in Japan	54
An ecological model of barriers to accessing care for pregnancy resulting from sexual violence: a rapid review	51
The lasting effects of fear of childbirth: parous women’s experiences of postponing or avoiding subsequent pregnancies	44
Parent-young communication on sexual and reproductive health issues and its associated factors: experience of students in Agaro Town, Ethiopia	42
“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	40
Contraceptive behavior of women in India after induced abortion	38
A 20 year experience in the management of non-tubal ectopic pregnancies in a tertiary hospital – a retrospective review	38
Physician attitudes and system factors associated with non-medically indicated cesarean sections in Thailand: a prospective implementation study	38
INSIGHT-2: mechanistic studies into pregnancy complications and their impact on maternal and child health—study protocol	33
Unravelling the complexity: a systematic review of complications and implications of adolescent pregnancy in India	30
Developing and validating an artificial intelligence-based application for predicting some pregnancy outcomes: a multi-phase study protocol	30
Reproductive health literacy scale: a tool to measure the effectiveness of health literacy training	29
Catching babies, carrying traditions: the voices and practices of traditional birth attendants in Mayuge District, East central Uganda	29
The design and use of ACASI to elicit sexual behaviour in the PHASE survey – the Gambian experience	28
Predicting short birth intervals in Bangladesh using stacked machine learning and SHAP explainability: evidence from BDHS 2022	27
Effects of COVID-19 lockdowns on unintended pregnancies among adolescent girls and young women in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review	27
Fertility awareness, perceived factors and approaches to improve contraceptive uptake among sexually active adolescent girls in Phalombe, Malawi: a mixed-methods study	27
‘The tabloid test’: a qualitative interview study on the function and purpose of termination of pregnancy review committees in Victoria, Australia	27

Sexual and reproductive health and rights in humanitarian settings: a matter of life and death	27
Evaluation of labor and childbirth care by nurse-midwives in Brazilian private hospitals: results of a quality improvement project	26
Exposure to family planning messages and teenage pregnancy: results from the 2017 Philippine National Demographic and Health Survey	26
The sociocultural context of sexual and reproductive health literacy among women living in Sanandaj, western Iran: a qualitative study	26