OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Pediatric Surgery is 26. 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
Commentary on drivers of distress and well-being amongst pediatric surgeons	85
Commentary on long-term surgical and patient-reported outcomes of Hirschsprung disease	76
Air transportation over-utilization in pediatric trauma patients	48
Use of thromboelastography in children on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation	47
A pilot study to determine the incidence, type, and severity of non-routine events in neonates undergoing gastrostomy tube placement	42
Practice Patterns in the Operative Management of Pediatric Thyroid Disease Across Surgical Specializations	42
The “non-preventable” preventable transfer? An analysis of the care from support services that injured children transferred to a level 1 pediatric trauma center receive	40
Transition Zone Pull-through in Patients with Hirschsprung Disease: Is Redo Surgery Beneficial for the Long-term Outcomes?	39
Commentary on ethical dilemmas in the management of infants with enterocolitis totalis	37
Association between Kasai portoenterostomy at low caseload centres and transplant complications in children with biliary atresia	36
Reply to Letter to the Editor by Bethell and Hall	35
Interventional radiology and open surgery: An effective partnership for solid organ trauma	33
Perinatal risk factors for infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis	33
All body region injuries are not equal: Differences in pediatric discharge functional status based on Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) body regions and severity scores	32
During infancy low levels of follicle-stimulating hormone may result in high rate of germ cell apoptosis	31
A pumpless artificial lung without systemic anticoagulation: The Nitric Oxide Surface Anticoagulation system	30
Low muscle volume of the anal sphincter complex: A novel prognostic factor in children with anorectal malformations?	30
Long-term safety of intraluminal spring-mediated bowel lengthening	29
Functional and Health-Related Quality of Life Outcomes into Adulthood for Females Surgically Treated for Anorectal Malformation	29
Exploring Growth Failure in Neonates With Enterostomy	29
A Prospective Observational Study of Preoperative Anaemia Management Aided by Bedside Haemoglobin Testers in a Low-Resource Setting	29
Fetal Secretory IgA Delivery via Transamniotic Fetal Immunotherapy (TRAFIT) in a Rodent Model	29
A Social Media Blueprint – Understanding What Makes the Optimal Social Media Account for Paediatric Surgical Families	28
Limiting hospital resources for acute appendicitis in children: Lessons learned from the U.S. epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic	27
Evaluation of Thoracoscopic Lobectomy in Infants for Congenital Lung Lesions: Earlier Is Better!	27

Outcomes of gastrostomy placement with and without concomitant tracheostomy among ventilator dependent children	26
Pediatric Outcomes After Robotic Median Arcuate Ligament Release, Celiac Ganglionectomy, and Lymphadenectomy	26
The Role of Liquid Biopsy in Neuroblastoma: A Scoping Review	26
Primary contributors to gastrostomy tube placement in infants with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia	26
Single-incision Laparoscopic Surgery for Neonatal Congenital Duodenal Obstruction: A Retrospective Study of 130 Patients	26