OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters is 5. 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
Menstrual health: a definition for policy, practice, and research	111
Comprehensive sexuality education in sub-Saharan Africa: adaptation and implementation challenges in universal access for children and adolescents	31
Self-managed abortion: a constellation of actors, a cacophony of laws?	29
Moral frameworks of commercial surrogacy within the US, India and Russia	24
Impacts of COVID-19 on contraceptive and abortion services in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review	23
Mapping the scientific literature on reproductive health among transgender and gender diverse people: a scoping review	21
Seeking synergies: understanding the evidence that links menstrual health and sexual and reproductive health and rights	20
Global impacts of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization and abortion regression in the United States	19
Applications of the High Impact Practices in Family Planning during COVID-19	17
Healthy sexuality development in adolescence: proposing a competency-based framework to inform programmes and research	16
School and work absenteeism due to menstruation in three West African countries: findings from PMA2020 surveys	16
Abortion hotlines around the world: a mixed-methods systematic and descriptive review	15
Giving voice to the end-user: input on multipurpose prevention technologies from the perspectives of young women in Kenya and South Africa	14
In-person later abortion accompaniment: a feminist collective-facilitated self-care practice in Latin America	13
The nature of obstetric violence and the organisational context of its manifestation in India: a systematic review	12
Age of consent: challenges and contradictions of sexual violence laws in India	12
Moving ahead together, on a foundation of rights-based evidence	11
Coming of age: a qualitative study of adolescent girls’ menstrual preparedness in Palestinian refugee camps in the West Bank and Jordan	11
Reproductive empowerment and contraceptive self-care: a systematic review	11
Early marriage among Syrian refugees in Jordan: exploring contested meanings through ethnography	10
“No one should be alone in living this process”: trajectories, experiences and user’s perceptions about quality of abortion care in a telehealth service in Chile	10
Perceptions of and barriers to HIV testing of women in Indonesia	10
Assessing the health, social, educational and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescents in low- and middle-income countries: a rapid review of the literature	10
Factors influencing abortion decisions, delays, and experiences with abortion accompaniment in Mexico among women living outside Mexico City: results from a cross-sectional study	10
Policies and actions to reduce maternal mortality in Nepal: perspectives of key informants	10

The East and Southern Africa Ministerial Commitment: a review of progress toward fulfilling young people's sexual and reproductive health and rights (2013–2018)	9
Women’s decision-making and contraceptive use in Pakistan: an analysis of Demographic and Health Survey data	9
“I don’t regret it at all. It’s just I wish the process had a bit more humanity to it … a bit more holistic”: a qualitative, community-led medication abortion study with Black and Latinx Women	9
Men’s involvement in women’s abortion-related care: a scoping review of evidence from low- and middle-income countries	9
Challenges and facilitators to the provision of sexual, reproductive health and rights services in Ghana	9
Self-administration of gender-affirming hormones: a systematic review of effectiveness, cost, and values and preferences of end-users and health workers	9
Harmful practices prevail despite legal knowledge: a mixed-method study on the paradox of child marriage in Bangladesh	8
Priority-setting to integrate sexual and reproductive health into universal health coverage: the case of Malaysia	8
The missing link in Kenya’s universal health coverage experiment: a preventive and promotive approach to SRHR	8
“Doulas shouldn’t be considered visitors, we should be considered a part of [the] team”: doula care in Georgia, USA during the COVID-19 pandemic	8
Breaking the silence around infertility: a scoping review of interventions addressing infertility-related gendered stigmatisation in low- and middle-income countries	8
Understanding changes made to reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health services in Pakistan during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study	7
A qualitative exploration of the salience of MTV-Shuga, an edutainment programme, and adolescents’ engagement with sexual and reproductive health information in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	7
Muslim men’s perceptions and attitudes on family planning: a qualitative study in Wajir and Lamu counties in Kenya	7
Women’s experiences of marital rape and sexual violence within marriage in India: evidence from service records	7
Economic and social dimensions influencing safety of induced abortions amongst young women who sell sex in Zimbabwe	7
Informal payments for family planning: prevalence and perspectives of women, providers, and health sector key informants in western Kenya	7
Digital self-care for improved access to family planning and reproductive health services among adolescents in Rwanda: preliminary findings from a pilot study of CyberRwanda	7
Slowing progress: the US Global Gag Rule undermines access to contraception in Madagascar	6
Revolution in abortion care? Perspectives of key informants on the importance of abortion method choice in the era of telemedicine	6
Mental health, economic well-being and health care access amid the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed methods study among urban men who have sex with men in India	6
Estimating induced abortion incidence and the use of non-recommended abortion methods and sources in two provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kinshasa and Kongo Central) in 2021: results	6
Permeability of abortion care in the Netherlands: a qualitative analysis of women’s experiences, health professional perspectives, and the internet resource of Women on Web	6
Sexuality and relationship experiences of women with spinal cord injury: reflections from an Indian context	6
Health benefit packages: moving from aspiration to action for improved access to quality SRHR through UHC reforms.	6
People’s knowledge of and attitudes toward abortion laws before and after the Dobbs v. Jackson decision	6
Obstacles and opportunities: a qualitative study of the experiences of abortion centre staff with abortion care during the first COVID-19 lockdown in Flanders, Belgium	6
Lubricants for the promotion of sexual health and well-being: a systematic review	6
Measuring unmet need for contraception among women in rural areas of Papua New Guinea	6
Improving menstrual hygiene management among adolescent girls in tribal areas of Gujarat: an evaluation of an implementation model integrating the government service delivery system	6
Sexual and reproductive health, rights and justice in the war against Ukraine 2022	6
Sex work or transactional sex? Shifting the dialogue from risk to rights	5
Uptake and provision of self-care interventions for sexual and reproductive health: findings from a global values and preferences survey	5
Supporting contraceptive choice in self-care: qualitative exploration of beliefs and attitudes towards emergency contraceptive pills and on-demand use in Accra, Ghana and Lusaka, Zambia	5
Ageing in obscurity: a critical literature review regarding older intersex people	5
Peer education interventions for HIV prevention and sexual health with young people in Mekong Region countries: a scoping review and conceptual framework	5
Protecting women: new domestic violence countermeasures for COVID-19 in Japan	5
Review of the inclusion of SRHR interventions in essential packages of health services in low- and lower-middle income countries	5
“Other risks don't stop”: adapting a youth sexual and reproductive health intervention in Zimbabwe during COVID-19	5
Climate change and sexual and reproductive health: what implications for future research?	5
Overcoming challenges in research on self-managed medical abortion: lessons from a collaborative activist–researcher partnership	5
Lost in freedom: ambivalence on sexual freedom among Burundian adolescents living in the Nakivale refugee settlement, Uganda	5
Pregnancy recognition trajectories: a needed framework	5
Medical abortion ratios and gender equality in Europe: an ecological correlation study	5
Measuring women’s agency in family planning: the conceptual and structural factors in the way	5
Can universal health coverage eliminate unsafe abortion?	5
Priorities for sexual and reproductive health in Morocco as part of universal health coverage: maternal health as a national priority	5
The impact of policy changes from the perspective of providers of family planning care in the US: results from a qualitative study	5