OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control is 29. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Documentation of adherence to infection prevention best practice in patient records: a mixed-methods investigation	173
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales infection and colonization in patients with severe burns: a retrospective cohort study in a single burn center	147
Correction: Impact of tooth brushing on oral bacteriota and health care-associated infections among ventilated COVID-19 patients: an intervention study	114
Advancing hospital-onset bacteraemia surveillance: a five-year retrospective study following the hospital-wide implementation of an automated surveillance system at a German university hospital	110
Clinical risk factors for admission with Pseudomonas and multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas community-acquired pneumonia	86
Dissemination of clinical Escherichia coli strains harboring mcr-1, blaNDM−7 and siderophore-producing plasmids in a Chinese hospital	63
Compliance with infection prevention and control standard precautions and factors associated with noncompliance among healthcare workers working in public hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	58
Antibiotic use by poultry farmers in Kiambu County, Kenya: exploring practices and drivers of potential overuse	57
Development and validation of machine learning models to predict MDRO colonization or infection on ICU admission by using electronic health record data	56
Implementing a healthcare-associated bloodstream infection surveillance network in India: a mixed-methods study on the best practices, challenges and opportunities, 2022	46
An evaluation of a Stenotrophomonas maltophilia outbreak due to commercial arterial blood gas collection kit	44
A nationwide cross-sectional study of antimicrobial resistance in Palestinian hospitals: insights from 10,000 clinical isolates	44
Molecular epidemiology, microbiological features and infection control strategies for carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in a German burn and plastic surgery center (2020–2022)	42
Antimicrobial use of patients with sexually transmitted infection symptoms prior to presentation at five health facilities in Southern Ghana	42
Adherence to national recommendations for the control of multidrug-resistant microorganisms in Swiss acute care hospitals – an updated national survey	42
Throat carriage with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a cohort study on the effectiveness of topical eradication treatment	40
Fecal carriage of ESBL-producing E. coli and genetic characterization in rural children and livestock in the Somali region, Ethiopia: a one health approach	39
Vancomycin resistant enterococcus risk factors for hospital colonization in hematological patients: a matched case-control study	38
Virtual reality for education on infection prevention and control: the impact on medical students’ knowledge, attitudes and practices	37
Guidance of empirical antimicrobial therapy by surveillance cultures in high-risk neutropenic patients: a retrospective cohort study	36
Impact of WHO AWaRe Antibiotic Handbook training on antibiotics prescribing knowledge among private primary care providers: a vignette-based, prep–post pilot study in Patna, India	36
Evaluation of microbiological efficacy of 2% chlorhexidine gluconate cloths versus 4% chlorhexidine gluconate soap for preoperative preparation/shower in total joint arthroplasty: a single-centre rand	35
Efficacy and safety of preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infection by inhibiting catheter bacterial biofilm formation: a multicenter randomized controlled trial	35
Machine says go, doctor says no: an ecological momentary assessment analysis examining clinicians’ perceptions of, and their antibiotic prescribing behaviour when using rapid molecular diagnostic test	34
Development of a strain-specific PCR as a diagnostic tool for surveillance, detection, and monitoring of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium during outbreak	33

On-site evaluation as external quality assessment of microbiology laboratories involved in sentinel laboratory-based antimicrobial resistance surveillance network in Burkina Faso	33
Implementation of a multimodal strategy via a mobile application to reduce catheter failure in patients with vascular access devices in Spain (CUIDAVEN Study): a pre-post intervention study	32
Antimicrobial resistance control in the emergency department: a need for concrete improvement	29
Correction: Burden of five healthcare associated infections in Australia	29
SARS-CoV-2 risk in household contacts of healthcare workers: a prospective cohort study	29