OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Women and Birth is 28. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Pregnant women voice their concerns and birth expectations during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy	148
The experiences of pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey: A qualitative study	113
The impact of COVID-19 on pregnant womens’ experiences and perceptions of antenatal maternity care, social support, and stress-reduction strategies	80
Perspectives on antenatal education associated with pregnancy outcomes: Systematic review and meta-analysis	59
Women’s experiences of birth trauma: A scoping review	58
Caring for the carers: Ensuring the provision of quality maternity care during a global pandemic	58
Perceived social support and prenatal wellbeing; The mediating effects of loneliness and repetitive negative thinking on anxiety and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic	57
“Overwhelmed and out of my depth”: Responses from early career midwives in the United Kingdom to the Work, Health and Emotional Lives of Midwives study	57
Psychological distress in pregnancy and postpartum	57
The childbirth experience: A systematic review of predictors and outcomes	57
The impact of COVID-19 on the provision of respectful maternity care: Findings from a global survey of health workers	52
Perspectives of pregnant women during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study	49
Receiving maternity care during the COVID-19 pandemic: Experiences of women’s partners and support persons	48
Midwives’ experiences of providing maternity care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia	45
Differences in levels of stress, social support, health behaviours, and stress-reduction strategies for women pregnant before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, and based on phases of pandemic restrict	42
The magnitude of the problem of obstetric violence and its associated factors: A cross-sectional study	40
Prenatal stress, health, and health behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic: An international survey	37
Developing and testing a mobile application for breastfeeding support: The Milky Way application	34
Women's experiences with breastfeeding in public: An integrative review	33
Effect of health literacy interventions on pregnancy outcomes: A systematic review	33
The future of the Australian midwifery workforce – impacts of ageing and workforce exit on the number of registered midwives	33
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on perinatal mental health in Spain: Positive and negative outcomes	32
Why do some health care providers disrespect and abuse women during childbirth in India?	32
The effects of the COVID 19 pandemic on vaccine decisions in pregnant women	32
The experiences of childbearing women who tested positive to COVID-19 during the pandemic in northern Italy	31

Experiences and attitudes of midwives during the birth of a pregnant woman with COVID-19 infection: A qualitative study	31
A qualitative study of first time mothers’ experiences of postnatal social support from health professionals in England	29
Childbirth experience in women participating in a continuity of midwifery care project	29
The outbreak of coronavirus disease in China: Risk perceptions, knowledge, and information sources among prenatal and postnatal women	28