OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMJ Quality & Safety is 24. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Towards comprehensive fidelity evaluations: consideration of enactment measures in quality improvement interventions	105
Can virtual reality simulations improve macrocognition?	82
COVID-19 hospital prevalence as a risk factor for mortality: an observational study of a multistate cohort of 62 hospitals	68
It’s time for the field of geriatrics to invest in implementation science	66
Prevention in adults of transmission of infection with multidrug-resistant organisms: an updated systematic review from Making Healthcare Safer IV	58
We will take some team resilience, please: Evidence-based recommendations for supporting diagnostic teamwork	52
Hip fracture in the COVID-19 era: what can we say about care and patient outcomes?	48
Interruptive alerts: only one part of the solution for clinical decision support	40
Pragmatic randomised trial assessing the impact of peer comparison and therapeutic recommendations, including repetition, on antibiotic prescribing patterns of family physicians across British Columbi	38
Unacceptable behaviours between healthcare workers: just the tip of the patient safety iceberg	37
How can we finally reduce repetitive routine laboratory tests for hospitalised patients?	37
Correction: The Irish National Adverse Event Study-2 (INAES-2): longitudinal trends in adverse event rates in the Irish healthcare system	35
Call for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity and protect health	34
Progressing patient safety in the Emergency Medical Services	33
Quality of care for secondary cardiovascular disease prevention in 2009–2017: population-wide cohort study of antiplatelet therapy use in Scotland	32
Quality and Safety in the Literature: November 2022	31
Quality and safety in the literature: January 2023	30
Have we forgotten the moral justification for patient-centred care?	29
Nursing implications of an early warning system implemented to reduce adverse events: a qualitative study	29
Practice or perfect? Coaching for a growth mindset to improve the quality of healthcare	27
Engagement and fidelity of a cardiovascular disease prevention-focused digital health intervention in cardiology outpatient waiting rooms: a mixed-methods study	27
Sustaining quality improvement efforts: emerging principles and practice	27
Quality of acute myocardial infarction care in England and Wales during the COVID-19 pandemic: linked nationwide cohort study	25
Helping healthcare teams to debrief effectively: associations of debriefers’ actions and participants’ reflections during team debriefings	25
Why hospital falls prevention remains a global healthcare priority	24

Barcode medication administration technology use in hospital practice: a mixed-methods observational study of policy deviations