OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Health Security is 4. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
COVID-19 Mental Health Disparities	58
A Failure to Communicate? How Public Messaging Has Strained the COVID-19 Response in the United States	53
Factors Associated with Psychological Distress and Physical Activity During the COVID-19 Pandemic	44
Structural Racism and the COVID-19 Experience in the United States	37
Association Between Vitamin D Deficiency and COVID-19 Incidence, Complications, and Mortality in 46 Countries: An Ecological Study	36
Disinformation and Epidemics: Anticipating the Next Phase of Biowarfare	35
Misinformation About COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from a Cross-Sectional Survey	34
COVID-19 Mitigation Plans During Hajj 2020: A Success Story of Zero Cases	34
Healthcare Challenges in the Era of Cybersecurity	32
Strategies to Inform Allocation of Stockpiled Ventilators to Healthcare Facilities During a Pandemic	30
Roles of Public Health Centers and Cluster-Based Approach for COVID-19 Response in Japan	29
Developing Vaccines for SARS-CoV-2 and Future Epidemics and Pandemics: Applying Lessons from Past Outbreaks	27
Assessing and Reducing Risk to Healthcare Workers in Outbreaks	26
Policies Tackling the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Sociopolitical Perspective from Taiwan	25
Respiratory Protection Considerations for Healthcare Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic	25
Complicating Infections Associated with Common Endemic Human Respiratory Coronaviruses	24
Longitudinal Risk Communication: A Research Agenda for Communicating in a Pandemic	24
A Social and Behavioral Research Agenda to Facilitate COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake in the United States	23
A Qualitative Study of the COVID-19 Response Experiences of Public Health Workers in the United States	23
Access and Use Experience of Personal Protective Equipment Among Frontline Healthcare Workers in Pakistan During the COVID-19 Emergency: A Cross-Sectional Study	23
Social Listening in Eastern and Southern Africa, a UNICEF Risk Communication and Community Engagement Strategy to Address the COVID-19 Infodemic	20
Isolation Hotels: A Community-Based Intervention to Mitigate the Spread of the COVID-19 Pandemic	20
Terrorist Attacks Against Healthcare Facilities: A Review	19
Iran Without Mandatory Quarantine and with Social Distancing Strategy Against Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)	19
The First 60 Days: American Public Health Agencies' Social Media Strategies in the Emerging COVID-19 Pandemic	17

Assessing the Risks Posed by the Convergence of Artificial Intelligence and Biotechnology	16
Are Disinfectants for the Prevention and Control of COVID-19 Safe?	16
Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric, Deteriorating Health Access, and COVID-19 in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas	16
Conflict and Cholera: Yemen's Man-Made Public Health Crisis and the Global Implications of Weaponizing Health	15
Assessment of Critical Care Surge Capacity During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan	13
Cutting Through the Noise: Predictors of Successful Online Message Retransmission in the First 8 Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic	13
Water Is Life: Law, Systemic Racism, and Water Security in Indian Country	12
Strengthening Culturally Competent Health Communication	12
COVID-19 Echo Chambers: Examining the Impact of Conservative and Liberal News Sources on Risk Perception and Response	12
Deployment of Engineered Microbes: Contributions to the Bioeconomy and Considerations for Biosecurity	11
A Health Intelligence Framework for Pandemic Response: Lessons from the UK Experience of COVID-19	10
Using Community Feedback to Guide the COVID-19 Response in Sub-Saharan Africa: Red Cross and Red Crescent Approach and Lessons Learned from Ebola	10
The Role of Noncommunicable Diseases in the Pursuit of Global Health Security	10
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceptions of COVID-19 Among Healthcare and Non-Healthcare Workers in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Web-Based Survey	10
Using Timeliness Metrics to Track Progress and Identify Gaps in Disease Surveillance	10
Ebola Virus Disease Preparedness Assessment and Risk Mapping in Uganda, August-September 2018	9
Who Should We Fear More: Biohackers, Disgruntled Postdocs, or Bad Governments? A Simple Risk Chain Model of Biorisk	9
Adult COVID-19 Patients Cared for in a Pediatric ICU Embedded in a Regional Biothreat Center: Disease Severity and Outcomes	9
Psychological Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh: Analysis of a Cross-Sectional Survey	9
Responding to a Pandemic Through Social and Behavior Change Communication: Nigeria's Experience	9
Willingness to Respond to Radiological Disasters Among First Responders in St. Louis, Missouri	9
An Analytical Perspective on Pandemic Recovery	9
Improving Understanding of and Response to Infodemics During Public Health Emergencies	8
Building the National SARS-CoV-2 Laboratory Diagnostic Capacity in Taiwan	8
African National Public Health Institutes Responses to COVID-19: Innovations, Systems Changes, and Challenges	8
Assessing Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Nevada	8
Current State of Mass Vaccination Preparedness and Operational Challenges in the United States, 2018-2019	8
The Dual-Use Education Gap: Awareness and Education of Life Science Researchers on Nonpathogen-Related Dual-Use Research	7
Infectious Disease Underreporting Is Predicted by Country-Level Preparedness, Politics, and Pathogen Severity	7
Moving Forward from COVID-19: Organizational Dimensions of Effective Hospital Emergency Management	7
Longitudinal Mental Health Effects of the 2016 Terrorist Attack in Berlin on Various Occupational Groups of Emergency Service Personnel	7
Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Preexisting Racial and Ethnic Disparities, and Results of an Integrated Safety Net Response in Arlington County, Virginia	7
iGEM and Gene Drives: A Case Study for Governance	7
Going Viral: The 3 Rs of Social Media Messaging during Public Health Emergencies	7
The First Intra-Action Review of Indonesia's Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, August 2020	7
What Factors Influence Symptom Reporting and Access to Healthcare During an Emerging Infectious Disease Outbreak? A Rapid Review of the Evidence	7
US Ventilator Allocation and Patient Triage Policies in Anticipation of the COVID-19 Surge	6
Stakeholder Views on Engagement, Trust, Performance, and Risk Considerations About Use of Gene Drive Technology in Agricultural Pest Management	6
Real-Time Surveillance of Infectious Diseases, Injuries, and Chronic Conditions During the 2018 Iraq Arba'een Mass Gathering	6
US Immigration Policies Pose Threat to Health Security During COVID-19 Pandemic	6
Public Perceptions of the “Remove, Remove, Remove” Information Campaign Before and During a Hazardous Materials Incident: A Survey	6
Applying the Ready, Willing, and Able Framework to Assess Agency Public Health Emergency Preparedness: The CDC Perspective	6
Pakistan's COVID-19 Outbreak Preparedness and Response: A Situational Analysis	6
Laboratory Biosafety Considerations of SARS-CoV-2 at Biosafety Level 2	6
Biodiversity and Global Health: Intersection of Health, Security, and the Environment	5
Security Measures for Safeguarding the Bioeconomy	5
The COVID-19 Nursing Workforce Crisis: Implications for National Health Security	5
The Emerging Neurobioeconomy: Implications for National Security	5
Assessing COVID-19 Pandemic Risk Perception and Response Preparedness in Veterinary and Animal Care Workers	5
Chemical, Biological, Radiological, or Nuclear Response in Queensland Emergency Services: A Multisite Study	5

Respiratory Protection in a Time of Crisis: NIOSH Testing of International Respiratory Protective Devices for Emergency Use	5
The Promise of Emergent Nanobiotechnologies for In Vivo Applications and Implications for Safety and Security	5
iGEM and the Biotechnology Workforce of the Future	5
The Global Field Epidemiology Roadmap: Enhancing Global Health Security by Accelerating the Development of Field Epidemiology Capacity Worldwide	5
Getting Critical Information During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Experiences of Spanish and Chinese Speakers With Limited English Proficiency	4
The Nigerian Military Public Health Response to COVID-19: A 14-Month Appraisal	4
Contributions of the Regional Emerging Special Pathogen Treatment Centers to the US COVID-19 Pandemic Response	4
Motivating Proactive Biorisk Management	4
Strengthening Health Systems for Climate Adaptation and Health Security: Key Considerations for Policy and Programming	4
Comprehensive Laboratory Evaluation of a Specific Lateral Flow Assay for the Presumptive Identification of Francisella tularensis in Suspicious White Powders and Aerosol Samples	4
Integrating US National Guard with Public Health Partners at COVID-19 Testing Sites in West Virginia Counties with High Rural and Minority Populations: Lessons Learned	4
The Role of a Regional Poison Center in Assessing and Managing Disaster Risk	4
Biotechnology in Defense of Economic and National Security	4
#Ebola: Emergency Risk Messages on Social Media	4
Combat Stress Management and Resilience: Adapting Department of Defense Combat Lessons Learned to Civilian Healthcare during the COVID-19 Pandemic	4
CDC's Flu on Call Simulation: Testing a National Helpline for Use During an Influenza Pandemic	4
Terrorist Attacks Against Vaccinators: A Review	4
Risk Communication and Institutional Racism: The Protective Health Effect of Refugee-Led Community Organizations	4
The Need for a Tiered Registry for US Gene Drive Governance	4
Lessons Learned From the Public Health Workforce's Experiences With the COVID-19 Response	4
Civil–Military Collaboration to Facilitate Rapid Deployment of a Mobile Laboratory in Early Response to COVID-19: A High-Readiness Exercise	4