OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific is 33. 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
Ethnic differences in time to surgery for women with early stage breast cancer in Aotearoa/New Zealand: a population-based study	95
Intensive blood pressure control in isolated systolic hypertension: a post hoc analysis of a cluster randomized trial	90
Paclitaxel liposome, cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil-based induction chemotherapy followed by de-escalated intensity-modulated radiotherapy with concurrent cisplatin in stage IVA–IVB childhood nasopharyn	75
The burden of nicotine-dependent smokers in China: The role of primary healthcare providers	70
Effectiveness of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine against hypoxic pneumonia and hospitalisation in Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea: An observational cohort study	64
COVID-19: An opportunity to combat the burden of poor mental health in Australian workplaces	63
Differences in rehabilitation for mechanically ventilated patients in the intensive care unit and high-dependency care unit	57
Online distribution of HIV self-testing kits to promote HIV testing among men who have sex with men discontinuing pre-exposure prophylaxis after demonstration project completion in China: a multicentr	57
Development and external validation of a prognostic model for survival of people living with HIV/AIDS initiating antiretroviral therapy	53
The clinicopathological features of thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome following ChAdOx1-S (AZD1222) vaccination and case outcomes in Australia: a population-based study	52
Author response: effect of temperature changes between neighboring days on acute aortic dissection in non-heating periods	49
Human infections with neglected vector-borne pathogens in China: A systematic review	48
How outbreaks in different settings contribute to the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the era of “living with COVID”: the case of Japan	45
Cost and cost-effectiveness analysis of mass drug administration compared to school-based targeted preventive chemotherapy for hookworm control in Dak Lak province, Vietnam	43
Unlocking the potential: boosting SGLT2 inhibitor uptake to prevent the cardiorenal consequences of chronic kidney disease	42
Violence in childhood and community contexts: a multi-level model of factors associated with women's intimate partner violence experience in Samoa	42
Co-designing interventions to strengthen the primary health care system for the management of hypertension and type 2 diabetes in China	41
Alcohol consumption: failures and opportunities in the Western Pacific region	41
The impact of sodium glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors and glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists on insulin utilisation and costs in Australia: a national retrospective observational cross-secti	40
Construction and application of case management platform for breast cancer extended care led by oncology specialist nurses	40
Economic burden of breast cancer in Chinese women: analysis o from 2016 to 2018 using national health insurance data	39
Prediction of lymphovascular invasion in breast cancer with non-mass enhancement by DCE-MRI and clinicopathological features: a retrospective case-control study	37
Magnetically controlled capsule gastroscopy and serology for screening precancerous high-risk events of gastric cancer: a cross-sectional study (SIGES)	36
Lung cancer survival in China and world-wide: results from CONCORD-3	35
The impact of alcohol pricing policies on public health in Hong Kong, China: A modelling study	35

Provincial variations in catastrophic health expenditure and medical impoverishment in China: a nationwide population-based study	35
The spatiotemporal dynamics and disease burden of liver cancer among the elderly in Yunnan of China, 2012-2020	35
Development, validation, and clinical application of a machine learning model for risk stratification and management of cervical cancer screening based on full-genotyping hrHPV test (SMART-HPV): a mod	35
Brand inequity in access to COVID-19 vaccines	34
Toward a third term of Health Japan 21 – implications from the rise in non-communicable disease burden and highly preventable risk factors	33
The impact of multiple non-pharmaceutical interventions on controlling COVID-19 outbreak without lockdown in Hong Kong: A modelling study	33
Changing epidemiology of hand, foot, and mouth disease in China, 2013−2019: a population-based study	33
Compulsory Community Treatment Orders in New Zealand and the provision of care: An examination of national databases and predictors of outcome	33