OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMJ Open is 54. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Anaesthetic and perioperative considerations for extrapleural pneumonectomy and extended pleurectomy/decortication: a scoping review protocol	470
Prevalence of mild cognitive impairment among former elite athletes without a history of sport-related concussions compared to the general older population: a protocol for a cross-sectional study with	373
Causes and determinants of infant mortality using verbal autopsy and social autopsy methods in a rural population of Odisha: a community-based matched case-control study	292
Palliative care burden and specialist service utilisation for individuals with cardiovascular disease in Australia: a national population-based observational study	219
Azithromycin to prevent acute lower respiratory infections among Australian and New Zealand First Nations and Timorese children (PETAL trial): study protocol for a multicentre, international, double-b	204
Role of the collagen scaffold in preventing intrauterine adhesion from recurrence after adhesiolysis: protocol for a multicentre, randomised, controlled, parallel-group, open-label, superiority clinic	185
Joint trajectories of body mass index and waist circumference in early-life to mid-life adulthood and incident hypertension: the China Health and Nutrition Survey	178
Impact of ambient temperature, diurnal temperature range on hyperventilation syndrome emergency admission: a time-series analysis in Beijing, China	154
Prognostic signature of multimorbidity, geriatric syndromes and resources cluster in older in- and outpatients: a pooled secondary analysis with a 6-month follow-up	152
Mentalising imagery therapy for family dementia caregivers: protocol for a scoping review	122
Prevalence of vitamin D and calcium deficiencies and their health impacts on women of childbearing age: a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis	121
Virtual reality and speech analysis for the assessment of impulsivity and decision-making: protocol for a comparison with neuropsychological tasks and self-administered questionnaires	115
Province-level distribution and drivers of infant mortality in mainland China: a Geodetector-based analysis of data from 2020	112
Use of the Vitiligo Extent Score: a protocol for a scoping review	111
Is the analogue cognitive test from the ISPOCD equivalent to the digital cognitive test Mindmore? A protocol for a randomised cross-over study including qualitative interviews with self-reported healt	109
Accelerating clinical development outside the usual regions for future pandemics: a comparative analysis of COVID-19 therapeutic development between the USA and Japan	105
Co-creating and testing a self-management digital solution for bladder health and urinary continence among people aged 50 and over: protocol for the international KOKU Bladder project	104
Effects of mental health interventions given at youth-friendly health services and integrated youth services: a systematic review protocol	99
Impact of C-level positions on hospital performance: a scoping review protocol	93
Patient-Reported Experience Measures in Vascular Surgery Enhancement (PREMIERE) study: protocol for a mixed-methods study to develop and validate a vascular surgery-specific patient-reported experienc	93
Study protocol for a feasibility study of microinterventions in smartphone-based assessments to reduce depressive rumination	89
Effect of free medicine distribution on ability to make ends meet: post hoc quantitative subgroup analysis and qualitative thematic analysis	88
Identifying factors explaining practice variation in secondary stroke prevention in primary care: a cohort study based on all patients with ischaemic stroke in the Stockholm region	87
Derivation and validation of clinical prediction rules for diagnosis of infectious mononucleosis: a prospective cohort study	86
Testing the efficacy of WORK-ON: vocational rehabilitation for people with chronic inflammatory arthritis in Denmark—protocol for a randomised controlled trial	83

Correlation of drug exposure and bacterial susceptibility with treatment response for Mycobacterium avium complex lung disease: protocol for a prospective observational cohort study	81
Association of serum magnesium levels with acute ischaemic stroke in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a propensity score-matched case–control study	76
Comparative efficacy of different acupuncture therapies on cancer-related insomnia: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis	75
Social inequalities in diabetes incidence and quality of care: results from a cohort study in the Lazio region, Italy	74
Parents’ experience of children with acquired brain injury undergoing neuro-rehabilitation: thematic synthesis protocol	74
The SEE-IT Trial: emergency medical services Streaming Enabled Evaluation In Trauma: study protocol for an interventional feasibility randomised controlled trial	72
Long COVID cognitive sequelae 6 months postinfection and beyond: a scoping review protocol	72
Effect of single versus multiple prophylactic antibiotic doses on prosthetic joint infections following primary total hip arthroplasty in patients with osteoarthritis at public and private hospitals i	71
High-grade cervical disease and cervical cancer in women aged 50 years and older compared with younger women: examining prevalence by HIV status in two large prospective cohorts in Botswana	70
Randomised multicentre effectiveness trial of rapid syndromic testing by panel assay in children presenting to European emergency departments with acute respiratory infections—trial protocol for the A	69
Prevalence of sudden unexpected death of infants and its subcategories in low- or middle-income countries: a systematic review protocol	68
Study protocol for a single-centre randomised controlled trial to investigate the effect of lung recruitment in paediatric patients after cardiac surgery	67
Surgery on the aortic arch and feasibility of electroencephalography (SAFE) monitoring in neonates: protocol for a prospective observational cohort study	67
Effects of head direction during prone position on postoperative delirium in elderly patients undergoing thoracolumbar spine surgery: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial	67
Early warning and stratification of the elderly cardiopulmonary dysfunction-related diseases: multicentre prospective study protocol	65
Realist evaluation of maternity waiting home intervention models in Inhambane, Mozambique: protocol for a comparative embedded case study, the Mozambique-Canada Maternal Health Project	65
Identifying, synthesising and appraising existing evidence relating to myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome and pregnancy: a mixed-methods systematic review	64
Association between dietary knowledge and muscle mass in Chinese older adults: a cross-sectional and longitudinal study	64
Cohort profile: the ADAPT study, a prospective study of pregnancy preferences, pregnancy, and health and well-being in the southwestern USA	64
Facilitators and barriers to codesigning social robots with older adults with dementia: a scoping review protocol	60
MINMON-J: a hybrid implementation pilot study evaluating a low-barrier hepatitis C treatment model in a jail setting	59
Regional variations in short stay urgent paediatric hospital admissions: a sequential mixed-methods approach exploring differences through data linkage and qualitative interviews	59
Impact of a peer-support programme to improve loneliness and social isolation due to COVID-19: does adding a secure, user friendly video-conference solution work better than telephone support alone? P	58
Multiarm, non-randomised, single-centre feasibility study—investigation of the differential biology between benign and malignant renal masses using advanced magnetic resonance imaging techniques (IBM-	57
Conditions for the success and the feasibility of health mediation for healthcare use by underserved populations: a scoping review	56
Sources, impacts and mechanisms of non-pharmacological artefacts in processed electroencephalography monitoring during anaesthesia and intensive care: a scoping review protocol	56
Intradialytic kinetics of cardiac biomarkers during high-flux haemodialysis and postdilution haemodiafiltration: study protocol for a randomised crossover trial	55
Argipressin for prevention of blood loss during liver resection: a study protocol for a randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blinded trial (ARG-01)	54
Studying both patient and staff experience to investigate their perceptions and to target key interactions to improve: a scoping review	54