OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Lancet Regional Health-Western Pacific is 37. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Alcohol consumption: failures and opportunities in the Western Pacific region	117
Construction and application of case management platform for breast cancer extended care led by oncology specialist nurses	116
Prediction of lymphovascular invasion in breast cancer with non-mass enhancement by DCE-MRI and clinicopathological features: a retrospective case-control study	111
Magnetically controlled capsule gastroscopy and serology for screening precancerous high-risk events of gastric cancer: a cross-sectional study (SIGES)	104
The impact of alcohol pricing policies on public health in Hong Kong, China: A modelling study	94
Author response: effect of temperature changes between neighboring days on acute aortic dissection in non-heating periods	91
The clinicopathological features of thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome following ChAdOx1-S (AZD1222) vaccination and case outcomes in Australia: a population-based study	90
Unlocking the potential: boosting SGLT2 inhibitor uptake to prevent the cardiorenal consequences of chronic kidney disease	72
How outbreaks in different settings contribute to the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in the era of “living with COVID”: the case of Japan	71
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	69
Assessment and recalibration of seventeen lung cancer risk prediction models in approximately one million Chinese population utilising healthcare big data: a retrospective cohort analysis	69
COVID-19: An opportunity to combat the burden of poor mental health in Australian workplaces	68
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	66
Ethnic differences in time to surgery for women with early stage breast cancer in Aotearoa/New Zealand: a population-based study	63
The burden of nicotine-dependent smokers in China: The role of primary healthcare providers	63
Cost and cost-effectiveness analysis of mass drug administration compared to school-based targeted preventive chemotherapy for hookworm control in Dak Lak province, Vietnam	63
Economic burden of breast cancer in Chinese women: analysis o from 2016 to 2018 using national health insurance data	61
The spatiotemporal dynamics and disease burden of liver cancer among the elderly in Yunnan of China, 2012-2020	60
Lung cancer survival in China and world-wide: results from CONCORD-3	60
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	56
Prevalence and serotype distribution of nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Vietnam: a systematic review and meta-analysis	56
Antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of invasive bacterial infections among children from low- and middle-income countries in the Western Pacific Region (WPRO) – a systematic review and meta-analysis	50
Mass hepatitis C virus screening among persons in custody in Hong Kong: a modelling cost-effectiveness analysis based on a prospective cohort study	47
Co-designing interventions to strengthen the primary health care system for the management of hypertension and type 2 diabetes in China	45
Intensive blood pressure control in isolated systolic hypertension: a post hoc analysis of a cluster randomized trial	45

Trends in major non-communicable diseases and related risk factors in China 2002–2019: an analysis of nationally representative survey data	44
Provincial variations in catastrophic health expenditure and medical impoverishment in China: a nationwide population-based study	43
Transgender-related stigma and gender minority stress-related health disparities in Aotearoa New Zealand: hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, myocardial infarction, stroke, diabetes, and general healt	42
From local pilots to national policy: key issues and challenges in implementing nationwide HPV vaccination in China	42
Long-term outcomes in the pre-moyamoya stage of RNF213-related vasculopathy presenting with ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack: insights from the NCVC Genome Registry	40
Accumulation of metabolic multimorbidity and its association with mortality: results from a prospective cohort study among people with HIV in China, 2010–2024	40
Violence in childhood and community contexts: a multi-level model of factors associated with women's intimate partner violence experience in Samoa	39
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	39
Twelve-month prevalence of DSM-5 mental disorders and the psychosocial correlates- a child and adolescent psychiatric epidemiologic survey in Hong Kong SAR	39
Secular trends in physical fitness and cardiovascular risks among Chinese college students: an analysis of five successive national surveys between 2000 and 2019	39
“When all else fails you have to come to the emergency department”: Overarching lessons about emergency care resilience from frontline clinicians in Pacific Island countries and territories during the	38
Combined effects of hydrological conditions and socioeconomic factors on the seasonal dynamics of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome in China, 2011–2022: a modelling study	38