OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Health Security is 3. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Recognizing the Impact of Medical Reserve Corps Volunteers on the COVID-19 Pandemic Response	67
Healthcare as a Target for Violence: From Conflicts to Pandemics	43
Managing Interhospital Referrals During a COVID-19 Patient Surge in Japan: Creating Available Beds by Exchanging Patients	40
A New Paradigm for Threat Agnostic Biodetection: Biological Intelligence (BIOINT)	37
Rapid Presumptive Identification of Burkholderia mallei and Burkholderia pseudomallei Clinical Isolates Using a Highly Specific Lateral Flow Assay	31
A Checklist to Address Implicit Bias in Healthcare Settings During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The PLACE Strategy	27
Viral Disinfection of Porous Fomites Utilizing a Bacteriophage Model and Chlorine Dioxide Gas	27
Introduction to the Global Catastrophic Biological Risks Special Feature	23
Validation of Opportunities to Strengthen the National Disaster Medical System: The Military–Civilian NDMS Interoperability Study Quantitative Step	22
iGEM and Gene Drives: A Case Study for Governance	20
Underreporting or Failed Notification? Global Botulism Reporting, 2000-2022	19
Implementing an Organizational Culture of Biosafety and Biosecurity in the ŞAP Institute	17
The Global Field Epidemiology Roadmap: Enhancing Global Health Security by Accelerating the Development of Field Epidemiology Capacity Worldwide	17
Introduction to the Special Feature, Part 2: Enabling and Implementing Threat Agnostic Approaches to Biodefense and Public Health	15
Modeling on the Effects of Deliberate Release of Aerosolized Inhalational Bacillus anthracis (Anthrax) on an Australian Population	14
Correction to: Health Security 2023;21(4):323-328	12
Effective Pandemic Response: Lessons from Kauai	12
Managing the Transition to Widespread Metagenomic Monitoring: Policy Considerations for Future Biosurveillance	10
Health Security Planning: Developing the Cameroon National Action Plan for Health Security	10
The Evolution of the National Special Pathogen System of Care	9
Laboratory Response to Pandemic Threats: Challenges, Needs, and Solutions	9
Optimization of a Patient Distribution Framework: Second Wave COVID-19 Preparedness and Challenges in the Amsterdam Region	9
Public Willingness to Mask and Vaccinate in the Future: Results From a 2023 Nationally Representative Survey of US Adults	9
Functional Simulation Exercise on Functionality of National Public Health Emergency Operations Centers in the African Region: Review of Strengths and Gaps	9
County-Level Factors That Influenced the Trajectory of COVID-19 Incidence in the New York City Area	9

Routine Decontamination of Working Canines: A Study on the Removal of Superficial Gross Contamination	8
A Closing Window of Opportunity for Gene Drive Governance in the United States	8
Innovations in Fatality Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic	8
Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Preexisting Racial and Ethnic Disparities, and Results of an Integrated Safety Net Response in Arlington County, Virginia	8
Applying the Plan-Do-Study-Act Approach to Support Healthcare Facilities in the Early COVID-19 Pandemic Response	8
Expanding Surveillance Toward Sharing Data with the Community: Qualitative Insights from a Childcare Center Illness Surveillance Program	8
State of Disaster Science: A Review on Management of Large-Scale Patient Surge	8
Iran and the Challenge of Afghan Immigrants and Refugees With Tuberculosis	8
Psychological Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic in Bangladesh: Analysis of a Cross-Sectional Survey	7
Parasitic Resilience: The Next Phase of Public Health Preparedness Must Address Power Imbalances Between Communities	7
New Challenges, Evolved Approach: The Public Health Response Readiness Framework	7
Maryland's Integration of Public Health and Primary Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Case Study and Lessons Learned	7
African National Public Health Institutes Responses to COVID-19: Innovations, Systems Changes, and Challenges	7
Call for Special Feature Papers: Threat Agnostic Approaches to Biodefense and Public Health	7
Terrorist Attacks Against Healthcare Facilities: A Review	6
Development of a Subnational Health Security Capacities Assessment Tool: Lessons From Nigeria and Implications for the Implementation of the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response Strategy	6
Evaluation of an Electrochemiluminescence Assay for the Rapid Detection of Ricin Toxin	6
Pandemic Exercises: Lessons for a New Era in Pandemic Preparedness	6
They Will Come, You Must Build It: A Modified Delphi Process Applied to Preparing Acute Care Facilities Infrastructure for High-Consequence Infectious Diseases	6
US Immigration Policies Pose Threat to Health Security During COVID-19 Pandemic	6
Emergency Legal Preparedness and Response: United States Supreme Court Impacts	6
On the Mark: Modeling and Forecasting for Public Health Impact	6
Terrorist Attacks Against Firefighters, 1970-2019	6
First Round of External Quality Assessment Scheme for SARS-CoV-2 Laboratories During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Thailand	6
Advancing Systematic Change in the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS): Early Implementation of the US Department of Defense NDMS Pilot Program	6
The Role of High-Level Isolation Units in Response to High-Consequence and Emerging Infectious Diseases: Experience of the German STAKOB Network	5
E-Mentoring Female Underrepresented Public Health Student Researchers: Supporting a More Diverse Postpandemic Workforce	5
Review of Restricted Experiment Requests, Division of Select Agents and Toxins, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2014-2021	5
Podcasting as a Tool for Crisis Communications: The Story of Public Health On Call	5
Results of a 2020 Survey on Reporting Requirements and Practices for Biocontainment Laboratory Accidents	5
Biosafety Professionals: A Role in the Pandemic Response Team	5
Feasibility Assessment of a Novel Isolation Care Tent in Uganda During the 2022 Sudan ebolavirus Outbreak	5
Global High-Consequence Infectious Disease Readiness and Response: An Inventory of High-Level Isolation Units	5
Risk Communication and Institutional Racism: The Protective Health Effect of Refugee-Led Community Organizations	5
Reimagining Preparedness Through Systems Approaches	4
The Role of a Tertiary Level Safety Net Hospital in New York City's 2022 Mpox Outbreak	4
Now Is the Time to Update Emergency Response Plans	4
Moving Forward from COVID-19: Organizational Dimensions of Effective Hospital Emergency Management	4
Why Social Distance Demands Social Justice: Systemic Racism, COVID-19, and Health Security in the United States	4
Frontline Leadership: Nurses in Special Pathogens Preparedness and Response	4
Evaluation of an Electrochemiluminescence Assay for the Rapid Detection of Abrin Toxin	4
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Learnings	4
Implementation of a High-Level Isolation Unit Readiness Checklist in the Irish Setting	4
What Factors Influence Symptom Reporting and Access to Healthcare During an Emerging Infectious Disease Outbreak? A Rapid Review of the Evidence	4
Computational and Systems Biology Advances to Enable Bioagent Agnostic Signatures	3
A Radiological Emergency Health and Safety Plan for City Agencies Without First Response Responsibilities	3
Communication Preferences of Parents and Caregivers of Children and Youth With Special Healthcare Needs During a Hypothetical Infectious Disease Emergency	3
Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric, Deteriorating Health Access, and COVID-19 in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas	3
Regional Health System Coordination via a Hospital Association: A Successful Model for Managing Downstate New York's Second COVID-19 Wave	3
Seven Opportunities for Effective Biosafety and Biosecurity Governance	3

Reviewing Health Security Capacities in Nigeria Using the Updated WHO Joint External Evaluation and WHO Benchmarks Tool: Experience from a Country-Led Self-Assessment Exercise	3
Lessons Learned From a Large Cross-Border Field Simulation Exercise to Strengthen Emergency Preparedness in East Africa, 2019	3
Estimated N95 Respirator Needs for Nonhealthcare Essential Workers in the United States During Communicable Respiratory Infectious Disease Pandemics	3
The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe COVID-19 Pandemic Response: A Case Study	3
The Need for a New Approach to MCI Readiness in the Era of Emergency Department and Hospital Crowding	3
A Framework for Assessing Viral Pathogens: A Key Element of the BARDA Emerging Infectious Diseases Strategy	3
Vaccine Equity for Healthcare Workers—Reaching All of the Frontline	3
Lessons Learned from the Development and Demonstration of a PPE Inventory Monitoring System for US Hospitals	3
Impact of a Newly Established Revolving Outbreak Investigation Fund on Timeliness of Response to Public Health Emergencies in Nigeria	3
US Academic and NGO Engagement in Pandemic Preparedness and Response	3
Preparing the Frontlines: Delivering Special Pathogen Training to Maryland Hospital Staff	3
Assessing US Congressional Exposure to the Issue of Emerging Infectious Disease Risk Prior to 2020	3
Facilitating the Conversation: Gene Drive Classification	3
Lack of Alignment Between WHO Joint External Evaluation and State Party Self-Assessment Scores Undermines Utility as Evaluation Tools for the Department of Defense	3
How the IHR (2005) Shaped the COVID-19 Pandemic Response in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: What Went Well and What Did Not	3
Emerging Science, Personal Protective Equipment Guidance, and Resource Scarcity: Inaction and Inequity for Workers in Essential Industries	3
A Century of Assessment: The Collection of Biothreat Risk Assessments (COBRA)	3
Exploring List-Based Approaches and Potential Threat Agnostic Applications in US Biodefense and Public Health—Toward a Hybrid Approach	3
Developing a Rapid Response Single IRB Model for Conducting Research During a Public Health Emergency	3
Moving From Assessment of Global Health Security to Implementation	3
The First Intra-Action Review of Indonesia's Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, August 2020	3
The Role of Noncommunicable Diseases in the Pursuit of Global Health Security	3