OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Infection and Public Health is 45. 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
COVID-19 and comorbidities: Deleterious impact on infected patients	615
Antibiotic resistance in microbes: History, mechanisms, therapeutic strategies and future prospects	447
Immune response in COVID-19: A review	276
Epidemiologic surveillance for controlling Covid-19 pandemic: types, challenges and implications	151
Global emerging Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2: Impacts, challenges and strategies	142
The SARS-CoV-2 mutations versus vaccine effectiveness: New opportunities to new challenges	139
Biosynthesis, characterization, and antibacterial activity of gold nanoparticles	132
Antimicrobial Resistance Threats in the emerging COVID-19 pandemic: Where do we stand?	127
Antibiotics in treatment of COVID-19 complications: a review of frequency, indications, and efficacy	123
The outbreak of the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2): A review of the current global status	120
Public sentiment analysis and topic modeling regarding COVID-19 vaccines on the Reddit social media platform: A call to action for strengthening vaccine confidence	119
Medical students’ acceptance and perceptions of e-learning during the Covid-19 closure time in King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah	106
Assessment of physician’s knowledge, perception and willingness of telemedicine in Riyadh region, Saudi Arabia	100
Comparative analysis of TOPSIS, VIKOR and COPRAS methods for the COVID-19 Regional Safety Assessment	100
The interrelationships between antimicrobial resistance, COVID-19, past, and future pandemics	84
Essential oils as an effective alternative for the treatment of COVID-19: Molecular interaction analysis of protease (Mpro) with pharmacokinetics and toxicological properties	76
Can the cycle threshold (Ct) value of RT-PCR test for SARS CoV2 predict infectivity among close contacts?	73
Monkeypox (mpox) virus: Classification, origin, transmission, genome organization, antiviral drugs, and molecular diagnosis	71
Prevalence and predictors of anxiety among healthcare workers in Saudi Arabia during the COVID-19 pandemic	70
COVID-19 transmission and blood transfusion: A case report	69
COVID-19 infection prevalence in pediatric population: Etiology, clinical presentation, and outcome	67
Attitudes and intentions towards COVID-19 vaccines and associated factors among Egyptian adults	65
Based on T-spherical fuzzy environment: A combination of FWZIC and FDOSM for prioritising COVID-19 vaccine dose recipients	64
The estimations of the COVID-19 incubation period: A scoping reviews of the literature	64
Gum mediated synthesis and characterization of CuO nanoparticles towards infectious disease-causing antimicrobial resistance microbial pathogens	63

Prevalence and risk factor for long COVID in children and adolescents: A meta-analysis and systematic review	62
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) and the coronavirus pandemic: Current knowledge and implications for public health	61
Changing epidemiology of influenza and other respiratory viruses in the first year of COVID-19 pandemic	60
Clinical characteristics of non-intensive care unit COVID-19 patients in Saudi Arabia: A descriptive cross-sectional study	57
Relationship between population density and COVID-19 incidence and mortality estimates: A county-level analysis	56
Bacterial and fungal ventilator associated pneumonia in critically ill COVID-19 patients during the second wave	55
Synthesis of silver nanoparticles using gum Arabic: Evaluation of its inhibitory action on Streptococcus mutans causing dental caries and endocarditis	54
Adoption of telemedicine applications among Saudi citizens during COVID-19 pandemic: An alternative health delivery system	54
Persistent neurological manifestations in long COVID-19 syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis	54
Vaccine hesitancy towards childhood immunizations as a predictor of mothers’ intention to vaccinate their children against COVID-19 in Saudi Arabia	53
Anti-biofilm activity of plant derived extracts against infectious pathogen-Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1	53
SARS-CoV-2 infection during pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions: Concerns, challenges, management and mitigation strategies–a narrative review	51
Malaysia's approach in handling COVID-19 onslaught: Report on the Movement Control Order (MCO) and targeted screening to reduce community infection rate and impact on public health and economy	50
Comparative epidemiology between the 2009 H1N1 influenza and COVID-19 pandemics	50
Covid-19 and Artificial Intelligence: Genome sequencing, drug development and vaccine discovery	48
Efficacy and safety of lopinavir-ritonavir in COVID-19: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials	48
Machine learning decision tree algorithm role for predicting mortality in critically ill adult COVID-19 patients admitted to the ICU	47
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on multidrug resistant gram positive and gram negative pathogens: A systematic review	46
Combating COVID-19: The role of drug repurposing and medicinal plants	45
Raltegravir, Indinavir, Tipranavir, Dolutegravir, and Etravirine against main protease and RNA-dependent RNA polymerase of SARS-CoV-2: A molecular docking and drug repurposing approach	45