OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Medicine is 36. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Obstetric outcomes of women vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccine (≥1 dose): A single-center retrospective cohort study of pregnant Chinese women	394
Factors affecting the development of complications in Crohn’s disease in patients undergoing intestinal resection	323
Effect of supraglottic airway devices versus endotracheal intubation general anesthesia on outcomes in patients undergoing mechanical thrombectomy	246
The most influential articles on kidney transplantation	207
Effectiveness and safety assessment of orthopedic device (LSM-01) for low back pain	206
Causal influence of celiac disease on the risk of sarcoidosis: A Mendelian randomization study	126
Deciphering the progression of fine-needle aspiration: A bibliometric analysis of thyroid nodule research	99
Association of white blood cell parameters with metabolic syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis of 168,000 patients	85
Incidence of vertebral artery injury in patients undergoing cervical spine trauma surgery in correlation with surgical approach: A review	73
The efficacy and safety of antiangiogenesis tyrosine kinase inhibitors in patients with advanced anaplastic thyroid cancer: A meta-analysis of prospective studies	73
Effect evaluation of rubella knowledge attitudes and practices (KAP) intervention on parents of 0 to 2 year old children in Chongqing, China	68
Massive cerebral air embolism following percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage	65
Posttreatment squamous cell carcinoma antigen: A prognostic marker for patients with advanced cervical cancer treated with bevacizumab–paclitaxel–cisplatin therapy	63
Widowhood, physical inactivity, and frailty in Chinese elderly: A cross-sectional study highlighting interaction and intervention targets	61
The value of magnetic resonance imaging osteoarthritis knee score in cartilage damage and prognosis of knee osteoarthritis	51
Efficacy and safety of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for major depressive disorder in Chinese patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis	50
Analysis of current situation and influencing factors of marital adjustment in patients with Crohn’s disease and their spouses	49
Clinical and pathological characteristics of gastric large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma: A report of 2 cases series and literature review	48
Adverse physiological effects of smoking cessation on the gastrointestinal tract: A review	47
Dose adjustment strategy of levetiracetam in pregnant patients with epilepsy: Case report and literature review	46
The clinical efficacy of cefoperazone-sulbactam versus piperacillin-tazobactam in the treatment of severe community-acquired pneumonia	45
Correlation between the 72-hour fatality ratios and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest ratios in patients with extremely high outlier values of 57 laboratory test items: A single-center retrospective ince	45
The efficacy of statins in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic review and meta-analysis	45
The role of acupuncture in the treatment of women with pain in endometriosis	43
Brain natriuretic peptide as a clinical screening tool for the diagnosis of Kawasaki disease	42

Effect and prediction of physical exercise and diet on blood pressure control in patients with hypertension	41
Prediction of anemia on enhanced computed tomography of the thorax using virtual non-contrast reconstructions	41
Cancer research in Saudi Arabia: A cross-sectional mapping study of historical growth, thematic analysis, collaboration patterns, and future directions	40
Inflammatory bowel disease and hearing loss: A study of Mendelian randomization	39
Identification of therapeutic targets for rheumatic heart valve disease based on systematic druggable genome wide Mendelian randomization	39
Clinical and radiological assessment of grape seed extract versus mineral trioxide aggregates in primary molar pulpotomy: A randomized controlled clinical trial	38
The m6A demethylase METTL14 inhibits the development and progression of lung squamous cell carcinoma by upregulating CD19+ IgD− CD38dim	37
Scutellarein attenuates alcohol-induced hepatocyte injury by modulating NF-κB and NRF2 signaling pathways	37
The quality, accuracy, and readability of information about hidradenitis suppurativa provided by artificial intelligence: Comparative analysis of ChatGPT, Copilot, and Perplexity	37
Target temperature management and therapeutic hypothermia in sever neuroprotection for traumatic brain injury: Clinic value and effect on oxidative stress	36
Effect of CO2 fractional laser combined with recombinant human epidermal growth factor gel on skin barrier	36