OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness is 30. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Changes in Body Weight, Physical Activity, and Lifestyle During the Semi-lockdown Period After the Outbreak of COVID-19 in China: An Online Survey	89
Outbreak Trends of Coronavirus Disease–2019 in India: A Prediction	82
Psychological Effects and Associated Factors of COVID-19 in a Mexican Sample	73
COVID-19: Are We Ready for the Second Wave?	70
COVID-19 Community Stabilization and Sustainability Framework: An Integration of the Maslow Hierarchy of Needs and Social Determinants of Health	67
Public Health Communication in Time of Crisis: Readability of On-Line COVID-19 Information	67
How Is COVID-19 Affecting South Korea? What Is Our Current Strategy?	63
Optimizing Pandemic Preparedness and Response Through Health Information Systems: Lessons Learned From Ebola to COVID-19	60
Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: Health System and Community Response to a Text Message (Text4Hope) Program Supporting Mental Health in Alberta	55
Reduced Emergency Department Utilization During the Early Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Viral Fear or Lockdown Effect?	53
Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Body Weight, Eating Habits, and Physical Activity of Jordanian Children and Adolescents	47
Text4Hope: Receiving Daily Supportive Text Messages for 3 Months During the COVID-19 Pandemic Reduces Stress, Anxiety, and Depression	44
COVID-19 as a Natural Disaster: Focusing on Exposure and Vulnerability for Response	44
Social Network Analysis of COVID-19 Public Discourse on Twitter: Implications for Risk Communication	42
The COVID-19 Pandemic and Mental Well-Being of Pregnant Women in Japan: Need for Economic and Social Policy Interventions	42
COVID-19 Models for Hospital Surge Capacity Planning: A Systematic Review	42
Psychological Impairment and Coping Strategies During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Students in Pakistan: A Cross-Sectional Analysis	41
Pooled Testing for Expanding COVID-19 Mass Surveillance	40
Mexico and the COVID-19 Response	37
Mitigating the Twin Threats of Climate-Driven Atlantic Hurricanes and COVID-19 Transmission	34
Limited Early Warnings and Public Attention to Coronavirus Disease 2019 in China, January–February, 2020: A Longitudinal Cohort of Randomly Sampled Weibo Users	34
Transition to Virtual Learning During the Coronavirus Disease–2019 Crisis in Iran: Opportunity Or Challenge?	33
Incorporating Issues of Elderly Loneliness into the Coronavirus Disease–2019 Public Health Response	33
Food Delivery Service During Social Distancing: Proactively Preventing or Potentially Spreading Coronavirus Disease–2019?	32
Applications of Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Digital Technologies During COVID-19: A Review	32

South Korea’s COVID-19 Infection Status: From the Perspective of Re-positive Test Results After Viral Clearance Evidenced by Negative Test Results	31
Use of Incident Command System for Disaster Preparedness: A Model for an Emergency Department COVID-19 Response	31
The Mental Health Consequences of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic in Dentistry	30
Why May COVID-19 Overwhelm Low-Income Countries Like Pakistan?	30
Delayed Primary and Specialty Care: The Coronavirus Disease–2019 Pandemic Second Wave	30