OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Globalization and Health is 12. 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
Selective empathy and the genocide in Gaza: the silence of health and academic associations	150
Cross-border utilization of cancer care by patients in the US and Mexico – a survey of Mexican oncologists	103
National governance and excess mortality due to COVID-19 in 213 countries: a retrospective analysis and perspectives on future pandemics	78
Rain, rain, go away, come again another day: do climate variations enhance the spread of COVID-19?	72
Capturing sources of health system legitimacy in fragmented conflict zones under different governance models: a case study of northwest Syria	68
Constructing public–private partnerships to undermine the public interest: critical discourse analysis of Working Together published by the International Alliance for Responsible Drinking	64
Intellectual property licensing of therapeutics during the COVID-19 crisis: lessons learnt for pandemic preparedness and response	58
North Korea’s COVID-19 policy dilemma: epidemic prevention conflicting with trade	51
Characteristics and outcomes of the drug patent linkage system in China	51
The politics of glyphosate regulation: lessons from Sri Lanka’s short-lived ban	49
From proposal to compromise: the TRIPS waiver debate and the crisis of WTO decision-making	49
From isolation to revival: trade recovery amid global health crises	48
Securing the rights and health of domestic workers: the importance of ratifying the ILO’s C189	47
Global smoking-related deaths averted due to MPOWER policies implemented at the highest level between 2007 and 2020	46
Back home, beyond borders: a bioecological study of returnee public health scholars in a globalized health system	43
Food industry degrowth as a public health strategy: the case of ultra processed baked goods	43
Reserve antibiotics: overcoming limitations of evidence generated from regulatory approval trials	40
Challenges and barriers to effective COVID-19 screening at Iran’s air border crossings: a qualitative study and proposed solutions	40
“We have to look deeper into why”: perspectives on problem identification and prioritization of women’s and girls’ health across United Nations agencies	39
Learning from COVID-19: government leaders’ perspectives to improve emergency risk communication	34
Future health expenditure in the BRICS countries: a forecasting analysis for 2035	30
Food insecurity, COVID-19 and diets in Fiji – a cross-sectional survey of over 500 adults	29
From rupture to recourse: building a new economic order for health	29
Financing of health services for undocumented immigrants in Iran: common challenges and potential solutions	27
Translating global evidence into local implementation through technical assistance: a realist evaluation of the Bloomberg philanthropies initiative for global Road safety	26

“When there is no money, that is when I vomit blood”: the domino effect and the unfettered lethal exploitation of Black labor on Dominican sugar plantations	25
Safeguarding health in bilateral investment treaties: the Uruguayan experience	25
GDP per capita and physician migration across world regions, 2000–2021	25
Incremental financial costs of strengthening large-scale child nutrition programs in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Vietnam: retrospective expenditure analysis	25
Geographical and practical challenges in the implementation of digital health passports for cross-border COVID-19 pandemic management: a narrative review and framework for solutions	24
Structure, functions, performance and gaps of event-based surveillance (EBS) in Sudan, 2021: a cross-sectional review	24
COVID-19 crisis interlinkage with past pandemics and their effects on food security	24
Experiences of violence while in insecure migration status: a qualitative evidence synthesis	24
Correction: Mapping study for health emergency and disaster risk management competencies and curricula: literature review and cross-sectional survey	23
Governance, structure, and access: a Bayesian hierarchical analysis of water, sanitation, and hygiene in South Asia	23
A monetary model of global peace and health	22
Sugar, power and policy: The political economy of a health and economic ‘win–win’ in Fiji’s sugar-sweetened beverage tax	22
AMR and Sustainable Development Goals: at a crossroads	21
Which government policies to create sustainable food systems have the potential to simultaneously address undernutrition, obesity and environmental sustainability?	21
Research on artificial intelligence, machine and deep learning in medicine: global characteristics, readiness, and equity	21
The discriminatory politics of knowledge production	21
Comparative effectiveness of financing models in development assistance for health and the role of results-based funding approaches: a scoping review	20
Advocacy counterstrategies to tobacco industry interference in policymaking: a scoping review of peer-reviewed literature	20
Tool for assessing food industry commitments and practices to address the double burden of malnutrition: a Delphi study	20
Health expenditure, governance and SDG3 nexus: a longitudinal analysis in BRICS economies	20
Mental health knowledge production on Palestinians: a historical and analytical study (1948–2024)	20
“Favoring those who contributed to their political campaigns”: an analysis of the incentives received by the food industry in Colombia in the period of 2018—2020	20
The successful scaling-up of antiretroviral therapy globally has many lessons for advancing universal health coverage: progress at risk	20
Building a case for accelerated clinical development of drugs and vaccines – what are the driving forces?	19
Exploring the perspectives and practices of humanitarian actors towards the Participation Revolution in humanitarian digital health responses: a qualitative study	19
Safeguarding global health security amidst a scramble for Africa’s minerals for the clean energy transition	19
Why do International Health Regulations self-assessment capacities (SPAR) scores not predict COVID-19 control outcomes? – analysis of the relationship between SPAR scores and COVID-19 resilience score	18
WHO’s 2026 emergency appeal and global health security	18
Towards mission-driven investment in new antimicrobials? What role for Chinese strategic industrial financing vehicles in responding to the challenge of antimicrobial resistance?	18
U.S. withdrawal from WHO and aid programs: implications and opportunities for Africa’s global health security	17
Association between Tobacco Industry Interference Index (TIII) and MPOWER measures and adult daily smoking prevalence rate in 30 countries	17
The biomedical securitization of global health	17
Food packaging: identifying the socio-economic drivers and reduction opportunities through system dynamics modelling	16
Comprehensive evaluation of community human settlement resilience and spatial characteristics based on the supply–demand mismatch between health activities and environment: a case study of downtown Sh	16
Women and working in healthcare during the Covid-19 pandemic in Brazil: bullying of colleagues	16
Strategies to strengthen a climate-resilient health system: a scoping review	16
Canadian mines, global issues: examining health impacts, demanding action	16
Redefining Debt-to-Health, a triple-win health financing instrument in global health	16
A social determination framework for mental health	16
Registering transparency: the making of the international clinical trial registry platform by the world health organization (2004–2006)	15
Does unequal economic development contribute to the inequitable distribution of healthcare resources? Evidence from China spanning 2001–2020	15
Associated factors and global adherence of cervical cancer screening in 2019: a systematic analysis and modelling study	15
Predictors of changing patterns of adherence to containment measures during the early stage of COVID-19 pandemic: an international longitudinal study	15
Equity of National Essential Public Health Services (NEPHS) in Mainland China, 2019: a cross-sectional study based on the NEPHS database	15
Health policy competencies in regional organizations: a retrospective analysis for 76 regional organizations from 1945 to 2015	15
How are sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC) addressed in UN conventions, treaty bodies, and decisions: a scoping review	14
In the aftermath of the adoption of the landmark Pandemic Accord: what are the strategic options for its effective implementation in Africa?	14
The COVID-19 quandemic	14
Global norms, local institutions: a controlled comparative case study of WHO essential medicines policy adoption in Eastern Europe	14
Spatial–temporal trends in global childhood overweight and obesity from 1975 to 2030: a weight mean center and projection analysis of 191 countries	13

Constructing healthcare services markets: networks, brokers and the China-England engagement	13
Heatwaves: does global research reflect the growing threat in the light of climate change?	13
The challenges in protecting public health interests in multisectoral governance in the context of small island developing states: the case of tobacco control in Fiji and Vanuatu	13
Are we happy with our work in globalization? Globalization experience, achievement motivation, and job seniority as predictors of work satisfaction in a group of office workers	13
Examining the militarised hierarchy of Sierra Leone’s Ebola response and implications for decision making during public health emergencies	12
The multiple uses of telemedicine during the pandemic: the evidence from a cross-sectional survey of medical doctors in Brazil	12
The effect of COVID-19 on public confidence in the World Health Organization: a natural experiment among 40 countries	12
Faster and farther towards the abyss: global health accelerators instead of tangible changes	12
Digital activism in Kenya: moving from the digital center to the digital periphery of Long Covid experience	12
Cross-border precarity: the complex strain on expatriates and their families amidst public health crisis	12
Dynamics of factors associated with rates of COVID-19 cases and deaths in African countries	12
Pull me – push you? The disparate financing mechanisms of drug research in global health	12
China’s position and competitiveness in the global antibiotic value chain: implications for global health	12
Health information management systems and practices in conflict-affected settings: the case of northwest Syria	12
Continuity of maternal and newborn health service provision among private sector players following donor transition. Hope amidst challenging implementation experiences in Uganda	12
Does structural form matter? A comparative analysis of pooled procurement mechanisms for health commodities	12
The health consequences of informal employment among female workers and their children: a systematic review	12
Management of health information of nepalese labour migrants	12