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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Changes in the global epidemiological characteristics of cystic echinococcosis over the past 30 years and projections for the next decade: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019	341
Duration of SARS-CoV-2 shedding: A systematic review	178
Post-discharge health education for patients with enterostomy: A nationwide interventional study	141
Revisiting influenza-hospitalisation estimates from the Burden of Influenza and Respiratory Syncytial Virus Disease (BIRD) project using different extrapolation methods	141
Improving complex health systems and lived environments for maternal and perinatal well-being in urban sub-Saharan Africa: the UrbanBirth Collective	117
Willingness and determinants of elder care modes among elderly individuals: insights from underdeveloped regions in Western China	101
Alkaline phosphatase of late pregnancy promotes the prediction of adverse birth outcomes	98
Pandemic preparedness in Vietnam: a review of health system resilience and areas for improvement	95
Current trends in household food insecurity, dietary diversity, and stunting among children under five in Asia: a systematic review	84
Population attributable fractions for modifiable risk factors of neonatal, infant, and under-five mortality in 48 low- and middle-income countries	82
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	70
Newborn signal functions in Bangladesh: Identification through expert consultation and assessment of readiness among public health facilities	66
Antibiotic resistance trends for common bacterial aetiologies of childhood diarrhoea in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review	64
Measurement and projection of the burden of disease attributable to population aging in 188 countries, 1990-2050: A population-based study	62
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	57
Lessons from COVID-19: Towards a global pandemic security partnership	49
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	48
Assessing the impact of Ramadan fasting on COVID-19 mortality in the UK	46
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
Meaningful community engagement and involvement in global health and research: ‘Changing mindsets with a million conversations’ in Sierra Leone	39
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	37
Cost of treating sick young infants (0-59 days) with Possible Serious Bacterial Infection in resource-constrained outpatient primary care facilities: An insight from implementation research in two dis	36
Synergized immunization programming: Pakistan’s road to polio eradication	33
How long should young infants less than two months of age with moderate-mortality-risk signs of possible serious bacterial infection be hospitalised for? Study protocol for a randomised controlled tri	32
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	32

The impact of sensory impairments and eye diseases on cognitive function in elderly Chinese: The mediating effects of social participation	31
The association between self-rated health and all-cause mortality and explanatory factors in China’s oldest-old population	31
The global burden of childhood and adolescent leukaemia and attributable risk factors: An analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019	30
Sustaining planetary health in the Anthropocene	30
Gestational age dating using newborn metabolic screening: A validation study in Busia, Uganda	30