OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Postgraduate Medicine is 1. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Status of oral anticoagulant use in a tertiary center in south India	55
Left lower lobectomy for uncommon endobronchial mucoepidermoid carcinoma in a 15-year-old male	27
Post-transplant diarrhea and immunosuppressant withdrawal	22
Surgical considerations in congenital nontumorous obstructive hydrocephalus	16
Neuro-Behçet’s presentation as cerebral venous thrombosis – A report of two cases and review of the literature	12
Unusual magnetic resonance imaging findings of cystic bone lesions in congenital generalized lipodystrophy	10
Native tricuspid valve endocarditis presenting as pyrexia of unknown origin	8
Competency-based medical education and the McNamara fallacy: Assessing the important or making the assessed important?	7
Introduction of psychological skills laboratory in medical education	6
Utilizing tables, figures, charts and graphs to enhance the readability of a research paper	6
Large language models and the future of academic writing	6
Aortic aneurysm causing compressive myelopathy	6
Clinical profile and outcome of foreign body ingestion in a tertiary care center in India: An observational study	6
A misplaced epicutaneo-caval catheter presents with abdominal wall cellulitis in a neonate	5
A rare case of primary retroperitoneal extraovarian granulosa cell tumor	5
Successful subclavian artery stenting in a patient with subclavian steal syndrome associated with contralateral vertebral artery hypoplasia	5
Autoimmune hypoglycemia due to alpha-lipoic acid: Report of two cases	5
A guide to empirical management of urinary tract infection in outpatient setting in a tertiary care institute: A study from Western India	4
Giant cell arteritis with stroke and systemic diffuse vasculitis	4
Tracheobronchial adenoid cystic carcinoma mimicking bronchial asthma	4
A spectrum of viral diseases in Odisha state, eastern India: An evidence-based analysis from 2010–2017	4
The bitter aftertaste: Chronic pancreatitis and diabetes from codeine cough syrup	3
Effect of COVID-19 driven lockdown on social contact pattern in Puducherry, India: A longitudinal study	3
Lane-Hamilton syndrome – Is it really a needle in a haystack?	3
How appropriate are referral letters written by school principals to a learning disability clinic? A retrospective audit	3

Hypercalcemia with methotrexate pneumonitis: A rare, important and intriguing adverse event	3
Sequelae of COVID-19 pneumonia	3
Tuberculosis	3
Progressive nodule-like lesions on bilateral lower limbs	3
Tuberculous enteritis-induced small intestinal bleeding in a kidney transplant recipient	3
National Ethical Guidelines for biomedical and health research: Issues to ponder over	3
2. Types of data and data collation for efficient processing	3
Pulmonary complications of supracostal percutaneous nephrolithotomy – Must know facts for surgeons	3
Medicolegal autopsies in private medical colleges in India: An urgent need	3
Esophageal squamous cell cancer in Plummer-Vinson syndrome: Is lichen planus a missing link?	2
The development of QERM scoring system for comprehensive assessment of the Quality of Empirical Research in Medicine - Part 1	2
Pulsatile bleeding varicose veins due to tricuspid regurgitation successfully treated with foam sclerotherapy	2
Chondroid metaplasia of peritoneum in absence of prior surgery - A rare presentation with a short review of literature	2
Commercial screening tests: Beneficial or a hypnosis to advertisements?	2
Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms syndrome related to piperacillin-tazobactam use	2
Assessment of the quality of randomized controlled trials in surgery using Jadad score: Where do we stand?	2
Porphyrias: Uncommon disorders masquerading as common childhood diseases	2
Long standing untreated multifocal cutaneous tuberculosis with development of breast carcinoma	2
Primary central nervous system neuroblastoma mimicking a meningioma: A case report	2
Empowering public health: Leveraging AI for early detection, treatment, and disease prevention in communities – A scoping review	2
Donor-type aplasia after stem cell transplantation in aplastic anaemia	2
Self-perceived anxiety symptoms in school students with borderline intellectual functioning: A cross-sectional questionnaire-based study in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India	2
Short term outcome of patients attending a renal-immunology clinic in central India	2
Intraventricular membrane with ventricular diverticulum	2
Do school students with specific learning disabilities have lower emotional intelligence abilities? A cross-sectional questionnaire-based study in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India	2
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis associated with mushroom cultivation	1
Sleep apnea in end-stage renal disease patients: Impact on cardiovascular and neurological outcomes	1
Private medical autopsies - The road ahead!	1
Post-trabeculectomy early bleb localization mimicking a ‘ring of steel’	1
Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis with coexisting neurocysticercosis in an 11-year-old boy: An unusual occurrence	1
Acute rheumatic fever and Takayasu arteritis – A synchronous co-occurrence	1
Primary diffuse leptomeningeal primitive neuroectodermal tumor presenting as chronic meningitis	1
Levetiracetam-induced gingival hyperplasia	1
Use of ROC curve analysis for prediction gives fallacious results: Use predictivity-based indices	1
Who will guard the guardians? Cross-sectional study on prevalence of psychiatric morbidity, quality of life, and coping skills in caregivers of children with thalassemia major	1
Transient congenital hypothyroidism – too short to be transient	1
Mediastinal mass in an infant: A rare presentation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis	1
Recharge the cells to overcome the debilitating symptoms in long-COVID	1
Factors determining outcome of post-angiogram-negative subarachnoid hemorrhage	1
Ultrasound-guided dry needling of masticatory muscles in trigeminal neuralgia – A case series of 35 patients	1
Recurrent aplastic anemia with donor-type aplasia	1
A rare presentation of acute transverse myelitis	1
Therapeutic drug monitoring of levetiracetam: Method validation using high-performance liquid chromatography-ultraviolet detector technique and usefulness in patient care setting	1
Glomerulonephritis registry: Need of the hour	1
Surgical trials in India, where do we stand?	1
Clinical implications of embryological variations in middle cerebral artery anatomy	1
Surgical care delivery in India during the COVID pandemic	1
Clinical insights and real-time PCR analysis of the first adeno-enterovirus conjunctivitis outbreak in India: A comprehensive cross-sectional study	1
To restrict or not to restrict – Understanding the conundrum of dietary protein restriction in chronic kidney disease	1
Low degree of patient involvement in contemporary surgical research: A scoping review	1

Chronic diarrhea - The poetic masquerade	1
Assessment of the effectiveness and perception of different teaching techniques used in pharmacology among students	1
Microbial profile and antimicrobial resistance patterns in ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP): A cross-sectional study from Syria	1
Lunar lenses – Acquired lens colobomas	1
Unusual upper gastrointestinal bleeding following radiofrequency ablation and transarterial chemoembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma	1
Lemierre syndrome complicated by bronchopleural fistula	1
Facial nerve communication with ansa cervicalis – An unusual anatomical variation	1
VR Khanolkar’s research and academic activities in K.E.M. Hospital and Seth G.S. Medical College	1
Glimpses of pheochromocytoma–paraganglioma management through ambulatory blood pressure monitoring window	1
An unusual case of facial cutaneous tuberculosis	1
Zoster neuritis of lumbar nerves: A clinical, magnetic resonance imaging, and electrodiagnostic evaluation	1
Splenodiaphragmatic interposition of the splenic flexure of colon	1
Cefoperazone/sulbactam-induced hemolytic anemia	1
1. Study designs for making most of the limited resources	1
Revealing inducible clindamycin resistance in methicillin-resistant S aureus: A vital diagnostic imperative for effective treatment	1
Contribution of Indian publications to research in telemedicine	1
Efficacy and safety of hydroxychloroquine for managing glycemia in type-2 diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis	1
Leucine-rich glioma-inactivated 1 (LGI-1) autoimmune encephalitis presenting as reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome: Initial case report from India	1
Oxymorons in medical imaging flip-flops, longitudinally-transverse	1
Navigating power dynamics and hierarchies in medical education: Enhancing faculty experiences and institutional culture	1
Factors influencing academic failure rate among first-year Indian medical students who experienced competency-based medical education curriculum during the COVID-19 pandemic	1
Beaver tail variant of liver: A radiographic mimic of left lower lobe pneumonia in a neonate	1
Removing chewing gum from the urinary bladder of a 32-year-old male patient	1
Economic burden of limited English proficiency: A prevalence-based cost of illness study of its direct, indirect, and intangible costs	1
Fatal familial insomnia: Reporting a case of the rare nightmare	1
Prediction of mortality in sepsis patients using stacked ensemble machine learning algorithm	1
Isolated bilateral lateral geniculate body necrosis following acute pancreatitis: A rare cause of bilateral loss of vision in a young female	1