OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Scottish Medical Journal is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2019-06-01 to 2023-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Coronary Risk Factor and Lifestyle Variation across Scotland: Results from the Scottish Heart Health Study	90
Concomitants of Excess Coronary Deaths — Major Risk Factor and Lifestyle Findings from 10,359 Men and Women in the Scottish Heart Health Study	77
The Anaemia of Chronic Renal Insufficiency	43
Mortality and Causes of Death in Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease: Results from the Aberdeen Whole Population Study	34
Fingertip Trauma in Children from Doors	34
Can Telehealth Deliver for Rural Scotland? Lessons from the Argyll & Bute Telehealth Programme	19
Delivery of urological services (telemedicine and urgent surgery) during COVID-19 lockdown: experience and lessons learnt from a university hospital in United Kingdom	16
Distribution and motor ability of children with cerebral palsy in Scotland: a registry analysis	15
A Longitudinal Survey of the Evolution of Some Cardiovascular Risk Factors during the Careers of Male Firefighters Retiring from Strathclyde Fire Brigade from 1985–1994	14
National trends and cost of litigation in UK National Health Service (NHS): a specialty-specific analysis from the past decade	13
Effect on Blood Pressure of Changing from High to Low Dose Steroid Preparations in Women with Oral Contraceptive Induced Hypertension	13
Medical student rankings of proposed sanction for unprofessional behaviours relating to academic integrity: results from a Scottish medical school	11
Genital Tract Metastases from Renal Cell Carcinoma—A Case Report and Discussion	11
Wound botulism, its neurological manifestations, treatment and outcomes: A case series from the Glasgow outbreak, 2015	11
Acute Otitis Media in Children	10
Risk of Systemic Toxicity from Topical Ophthalmic Chloramphenicol	9
Failure of Somatostatin Analogue Sms 201–995 to Control Cushing's Syndrome Due to Ectopic Release of Acth from a Bronchial Carcinoid	9
Incidence of idiopathic intracranial hypertension in Fife	9
Perceived tutor benefits of teaching near peers: insights from two near peer teaching programmes in South East Scotland	8
What Stops Effective Clinical Audit? Reports from the Front Line	8
Primary Care or A&E? a Study of Patients Redirected from an Accident & Emergency Department	8
Transition into adult healthcare services in Scotland: findings from a study concerning service users at the Scottish Spina Bifida Association	8
A survey of some pre-analytical errors identified from the Biochemistry Department of a Scottish hospital	8
Eight Year Study of Viral Isolates from Cot Deaths in Glasgow	7
Anomalous Venous Drainage with Death from Cardiac Catheterisation	7

Evidence of Continuing Risk of HIV Trasmission among Injecting Drug Users from Dundee	6
Diabetes Insipidus Developing after Subarachnoid Haemorrhage from an Anterior Communicating Artery Aneurysm	6
Recurrent Henoch Schönlein purpura without renal involvement successfully treated with methotrexate	6
SKI Injuries in Scotland a Review of Statistics from Cairngorm SKI Area Winter 1993/94	6
Subacute Pulmonary Hypertension and Systemic Tumour Embolism from Cervical Cancer	6
Dropped gallstones causing abdominal wall abscess and pleural empyema: a case series	6
Correlation of imaging and intraoperative findings in Pott’s puffy tumour	6
History of Arthritis and Bone Rarefaction Evidence from Paleopathology Onwards	6
Schizophrenia: An Analysis of Factors Associated with Discharge from Hospital	5
The speedboat vertebral fracture: a hazard of holiday watersports	5
Spread of Maternal HIV Infection in Scotland from 1990 to 1992	5
Microangiopathy as a Prognostic Indicator in Diabetic Patients Suffering from Acute Myocardial Infarction	5
Heart and Arterial Disease Risk Factors Measured in an Office Workforce: Changes from 1993 to 1996	5
Fatal Haemorrhage from Aortic Dissection following Instillation of Intrapleural Streptokinase	5
Vertebral erosion resulting from a ‘non-ruptured’ abdominal aortic aneurysm: case report and Literature review	4
Blood Loss from Cannulation Sites during Haemodialysis	4
Liver abscess in the tropics: an experience from Jammu	4
From encephalitis lethargica to cerebral cytoarchitectonics: the polymath talent of Constantin von Economo (1876-1931), pioneer neuroanatomist, neurophysiologist and military aviator	4
Who Requests Reversal of Female Sterilisation?: A Retrospective Study from a Scottish Unit	4