OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Anaesthesia is 34. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Effect of frequency and amplitude of respiratory activity on aerosol emissions	183
Patient blood management – what's the problem with implementation?	169
Analgesia for elective midline laparotomy	105
Aerosol‐generating procedures: research, guidance and implementation	100
Trends and health equity in environmental sustainability publications in major anaesthesia journals	92
Transparency and safety in the independent sector: improving, but must do better	90
Integrating generative artificial intelligence, predictive analytics and human intelligence in peri‐operative care	88
Plastics in anaesthesia and critical care: beyond sustainability	85
Socio‐economic deprivation and functional exercise capacity: a retrospective observational cohort study	73
Optimising management strategies for intrathecal catheters after accidental dural puncture	65
Correction to: Glucagon‐like peptide‐1 receptor agonists: a narrative review of clinical pharmacology and implications for peri‐operative practice	65
Multiple failed intubation attempts in patients with rapid sequence induction are a thing of the past: a reply	61
Prevalence of smoking and postoperative outcomes in people undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: a UK registry analysis	61
Universal videolaryngoscopy: supporting evidence from real‐world data and recent trials	58
Experiences of patients enrolled and staff involved in the prehabilitation of elective patients undergoing cardiac surgery trial: a nested qualitative study	57
Issue Information – Editorial Board	57
Peri‐operative management of patients with Parkinson’s disease	57
Peri‐operative mental health interventions for surgical oncology patients: a narrative synthesis and meta‐analysis	51
Peri‐operative cardiac arrests in Sweden 2013–2022: data analysis of incidence and trends	50
Anaesthesia for mechanical thrombectomy: a narrative review	48
Reframing the gender equity discussion in anaesthesiology: adopting best practices to promote physician retention and belonging	46
Return to intended oncological therapy following advanced ovarian cancer surgery: a narrative review	44
Global, regional and national burden of opioid use disorders: insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study, 1992–2021	44
Anaesthesia for vascular emergencies – a state of the art review	43
The science of climate change and the effect of anaesthetic gas emissions	42

Volatile capture technology in sustainable anaesthetic practice: a narrative review	41
Tracheal tube introducer‐associated airway trauma: a systematic review	40
Peri‐operative decisions about cardiopulmonary resuscitation among adults as reported to the 7th National Audit Project of the Royal College of Anaesthetists	40
The COVID ‐19 pandemic and its consequences for chronic pain: a narrative review	40
The effect of the type of anaesthesia on long‐term outcomes after cancer resection surgery: a narrative review	38
Pre‐operative dexmedetomidine nasal spray and emergence agitation in adults undergoing ear, nose and throat surgery: a randomised controlled trial	36
Pre‐operative gastric ultrasound in patients at risk of pulmonary aspiration: a prospective observational cohort study	36
Positive end‐expiratory pressure based on body mass index	35
Colorectal cancer surgery: is further research necessary?	34
Pre‐operative analgesia heterogeneity: an underexplored confounder in the long‐term cognitive outcomes of the RAGA trial	34