OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Digital Health is 38. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Feasibility of a noninvasive heart failure telemonitoring system: A mixed methods study	261
We asked Chat GPT to describe brain fog in chronic pain: What did we learn?	164
Digital mental health intervention for schizophrenia spectrum and psychotic disorders: Protocol for a pragmatic feasibility study of Horyzons-Canada	140
Mental health provider and youth service users’ perspectives regarding implementation of a digital mental health platform for youth: A survey study	130
Machine learning for clustering and classification of early knee osteoarthritis using single-leg standing kinematics	123
Assessing patient confidence in telehealth: Comparing across 17 medical specialties	105
How digital therapeutic alliances influence the perceived helpfulness of online mental health Q&A: An explainable machine learning approach	85
Feasibility of using the Automated Self-Administered 24-hour (ASA-24) dietary assessment tool in older adults	84
Predicting the employment of teledentistry in clinical practice by the Saudi dental community using a theoretical model	80
Mobile health applications for supporting self-management of oral systemic anticancer therapy in haematological malignancies: A systematic review of acceptability and efficacy	80
Usability assessment of a digital tool to enhance person–clinician communication in the memory clinic: An expert evaluation	77
Knowledge mapping of artificial intelligence in prosthodontics during 1995–2024: A bibliometric analysis	76
Measuring resting heart rate during daily life using wearable technology: Examining the impact of behavioral context and methodological criteria	63
Factors affecting the acceptance of teledentistry determined using the technology acceptance model: A cross-sectional study	63
Factors associated with the adoption of a digital health service by patent proprietary medicine vendors (PPMVs) in Lagos, Nigeria	63
Systematic review of digital health interventions to support self-management of low back pain in the workplace	62
Comparison of artificial intelligence-assisted informed consent obtained before coronary angiography with the conventional method: Medical competence and ethical assessment	61
Evaluation of reporting trends in the MAUDE Database: 1991 to 2022	60
Effect of patient satisfaction on the utilization of mHealth services by patients with chronic disease	60
Consumer opinion on the use of machine learning in healthcare settings: A qualitative systematic review	56
Co-creating DigiPer mobile application: A digital peer support tool for managing mental, physical, and social health in serious mental illness	54
Predicting non-initiation of care and dropout in a blended care CBT intervention: Impact of early digital engagement, sociodemographic, and clinical factors	54
The impact of limited access to digital health records on doctors and their willingness to adopt electronic health record systems	54
Chronic pain self-management in middle-aged and older adults: A collective intelligence approach to identifying barriers and user needs in eHealth interventions	51
Influence of social and psychological factors on smartphone usage during the COVID-19 pandemic	48

Outpatient portal use among pregnant individuals: Cross-sectional, temporal, and cluster analysis of use	48
Understanding the associations between eHealth activities and support for alcohol restrictions among drinkers—the roles of alcohol-related health risk awareness and self-efficacy	48
The top 100 most-cited articles on large language models in medicine: A bibliometric analysis	47
The role of AI in the diagnosis of speech and language disorders: A systematic mapping study	45
User or patient/human or person? Development of a practical framework for applying user-centered design to vulnerable populations for digital transformation in healthcare	45
Patients and healthcare practitioners’ perspective on the development of a digital interprofessional intervention for COPD	43
Wearables are a viable digital health tool for older Indigenous adults living remotely in Australia (research)	43
Israel's first national remote cardiac rehabilitation program: A retrospective analysis	43
Feasibility and acceptability of a novel digital therapeutic combining behavioral and pharmacological treatment for opioid use disorder	42
Handling of outcome missing data dependent on measured or unmeasured background factors in micro-randomized trial: Simulation and application study	42
Automated facial recognition system using deep learning for pain assessment in adults with cerebral palsy	40
Patient and clinician experiences of remote consultation during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: A service evaluation	40
‘Better see a doctor?’ Status quo of symptom checker apps in Germany: A cross-sectional survey with a mixed-methods design (CHECK.APP)	39
Design, implementation, and evaluation of an innovative intelligence information management system for premature infants	38
HYPO-CHEAT’s aggregated weekly visualisations of risk reduce real world hypoglycaemia	38
Malignancy pattern analysis of breast ultrasound images using clinical features and a graph convolutional network	38