OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health disParities is 27. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Patient-Physician Racial Concordance Associated with Improved Healthcare Use and Lower Healthcare Expenditures in Minority Populations	130
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Mental Health and Mental Health Care During The COVID-19 Pandemic	128
The Relationship Between Social Determinants of Health and Racial Disparities in COVID-19 Mortality	118
Structural Racism and COVID-19 in the USA: a County-Level Empirical Analysis	94
Disproportionate Impact of COVID-19 on Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups in the United States: a 2021 Update	89
Racism, COVID-19, and Health Inequity in the USA: a Call to Action	89
Understanding How Race, Ethnicity, and Gender Shape Mask-Wearing Adherence During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from the COVID Impact Survey	82
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in State-Level COVID-19 Vaccination Rates and Their Association with Structural Racism	72
COVID-19, Social Determinants Past, Present, and Future, and African Americans’ Health	67
Racial/Ethnic Heterogeneity and Rural-Urban Disparity of COVID-19 Case Fatality Ratio in the USA: a Negative Binomial and GIS-Based Analysis	66
Assessment of COVID-19 Information Overload Among the General Public	63
Inequities in Employment by Race, Ethnicity, and Sector During COVID-19	63
Addressing Justified Vaccine Hesitancy in the Black Community	53
Association Between Ethnicity and Severe COVID-19 Disease: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis	51
Digital Health Information Disparities in Older Adults: a Mixed Methods Study	50
Actual Racial/Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19 Mortality for the Non-Hispanic Black Compared to Non-Hispanic White Population in 35 US States and Their Association with Structural Racism	43
Racial/Ethnic Differences in Burnout: a Systematic Review	41
Socioeconomic and Racial Segregation and COVID-19: Concentrated Disadvantage and Black Concentration in Association with COVID-19 Deaths in the USA	40
“It’s Important to Work with People that Look Like Me”: Black Patients’ Preferences for Patient-Provider Race Concordance	38
Structural Inequalities Established the Architecture for COVID-19 Pandemic Among Native Americans in Arizona: a Geographically Weighted Regression Perspective	35
Advancing Health Disparities Research: The Need to Include Asian American Subgroup Populations	34
An Investigation of Associations Between Race, Ethnicity, and Past Experiences of Discrimination with Medical Mistrust and COVID-19 Protective Strategies	34
The Past Is so Present: Understanding COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among African American Adults Using Qualitative Data	33
COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Experiences of Discrimination Among Black Adults	31
Poor Medication Adherence in African Americans Is a Matter of Trust	30

Racial and Ethnic Disparities Associated with Traumatic Brain Injury Across the Continuum of Care: a Narrative Review and Directions for Future Research	28
Exploring the Scope and Dimensions of Vaccine Hesitancy and Resistance to Enhance COVID-19 Vaccination in Black Communities	27
Undoing Racism and Mitigating Bias Among Healthcare Professionals: Lessons Learned During a Systematic Review	27
Increased COVID-19 Infection Risk Drives Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Severe COVID-19 Outcomes	27