OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Global Health 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Duration of SARS-CoV-2 shedding: A systematic review	196
Post-discharge health education for patients with enterostomy: A nationwide interventional study	157
Improving complex health systems and lived environments for maternal and perinatal well-being in urban sub-Saharan Africa: the UrbanBirth Collective	149
Willingness and determinants of elder care modes among elderly individuals: insights from underdeveloped regions in Western China	139
Alkaline phosphatase of late pregnancy promotes the prediction of adverse birth outcomes	125
Pandemic preparedness in Vietnam: a review of health system resilience and areas for improvement	109
Current trends in household food insecurity, dietary diversity, and stunting among children under five in Asia: a systematic review	95
Population attributable fractions for modifiable risk factors of neonatal, infant, and under-five mortality in 48 low- and middle-income countries	85
The global burden of disease attributable to preterm birth and low birth weight in 204 countries and territories from 1990 to 2019: An analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study	80
Metabolomic characteristics and related pathways in patients with different severity of COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis	79
Newborn signal functions in Bangladesh: Identification through expert consultation and assessment of readiness among public health facilities	67
Influence and role of polygenic risk score in the development of 32 complex diseases	67
Exploring the intersection between country context and priority setting to prevent maternal mortality: A multi-methods study comparing expected vs observed priorities in five countries to validate the	65
Solidarity, Afro-communitarianism, and COVID-19 vaccination	60
Research priorities to address the global burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in the next decade	59
Measurement and projection of the burden of disease attributable to population aging in 188 countries, 1990-2050: A population-based study	51
Epidemiological factors affecting outpatient department service utilization and hospitalization in patients with diabetes: A time-series analysis from an Ethiopian hospital between 2018 and 2021	49
Success and time implications of SpO₂ measurement through pulse oximetry among hospitalised children in rural Bangladesh: Variability by various device-, provider- and patient-related facto	44
Prevalence and risk factors of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 infection in women and children in peri-urban communities in Pakistan: A prospective cohort study	44
Revisiting influenza-hospitalisation estimates from the Burden of Influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus Disease (BIRD) project using different extrapolation methods	41
Community case management of fast-breathing pneumonia with 3 days oral amoxicillin vs 5 days cotrimoxazole in children 2-59 months of age in rural Pakistan: A cluster randomized trial	39
Meaningful community engagement and involvement in global health and research: ‘Changing mindsets with a million conversations’ in Sierra Leone	39
Temporal trends of liver cancer burden, comparative analysis of risk factors and trend forecasts to 2024 in China, USA, the Republic of Korea, and Mongolia: an analysis based on multiple data sources	38
Synergized immunization programming: Pakistan’s road to polio eradication	38
Global antibiotic prescription practices in hospitals and associated factors: a systematic review and meta-analysis	37

Factors associated with underweight, overweight, and obesity in Chinese children aged 3–14 years using ensemble learning algorithms	36
A series of workshops to present research findings and fill knowledge gap among adolescent girls and young women on sexual and reproductive health in Lebanon: An example of active knowledge disseminat	35
Sustaining planetary health in the Anthropocene	34
The impact of sensory impairments and eye diseases on cognitive function in elderly Chinese: The mediating effects of social participation	34
The global burden of childhood and adolescent leukaemia and attributable risk factors: An analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019	33
The guiding principles for populational COVID-19 vaccine selection: A normative analysis through comparison of the strategies in Hong Kong and Singapore	30
Prevalence and perinatal outcomes of non-communicable diseases in pregnancy in a regional hospital in Haiti: A prospective cohort study	30
Neglected epidemics: The role of oral public health to advance global health	30
Estimating country-level spending on pandemic preparedness	30