OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of JAMA-Journal of the American Medical Association is 149. 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
Association of Initial Treatment With Antibiotics vs Surgery With Treatment Success and Disability in Subgroups of Children With Uncomplicated Appendicitis	2239
Effect of Care Management or Online Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training vs Usual Care on Self-harm Among Adults With Suicidal Ideation—Reply	1199
Data Plotted Incorrectly in Figure 2	1174
The Hardest Step	1111
Dexamethasone and Number of Days Alive Without Life Support in Adults With COVID-19 and Severe Hypoxemia	1106
The Crucial Role of Rapid Point-of-Care Tests for Malaria in Improving Fever Management	884
Errors in Table 1	717
Disclosures Added to Medical News Story	706
CDC Report Documents Disparities in Mental Health–Related ED Visits	666
Follow-up	596
Depressive Symptom Assessment in Medically Ill Patients—Reply	592
The Politics of Informed Consent and the Limits of the First Amendment	587
How Sex and Gender Differences Relate to Medical Devices	580
The Referendum on Alcohol	577
Images of the Week	537
Do Patient Satisfaction Instruments Harm Patients and Physicians?—Reply	525
Mandated Education for Opioid Prescribers Is Up for Discussion	513
After the Diagnosis, You Find a Moth	505
Illness, Isolation, and the Poetry of Illumination	499
Child Asthma Tied to Specific Urban Air Pollutants	496
Legalization of Psychedelic Substances	487
Premenopausal Vaginitis	486
Sex Differences in Post–Heart Attack Rehospitalizations	459
Untranslatable—Yet Not	453
Low-Concentration Atropine Eyedrops for Myopia in Children—Reply	448

Prompting Outpatients to Complete Advance Care Planning	446
Surgeon General Urges Action to Improve Social Media Safety for Kids	433
HIV and Hepatitis C Virus Testing and Treatment Services in Specialty Treatment Facilities That Offer Medication for Opioid Use Disorder in the US	424
Data Errors in Table 1 of Blood Pressure Self-monitoring Trial	412
JAMA	404
Corticosteroid and Lidocaine Injection for Hip Osteoarthritis	403
JAMA	368
Giving Screen Time a Rest Speeds Concussion Recovery	364
My Mentor Quilt	361
The Struggle to Control Blood Pressure in Middle-Income Countries	360
Vitamin C Improved Respiratory Health Among Children Born to Pregnant People Who Smoked	357
Last-Minute Pedicure	356
Clinical Notes, Suggestions, and New Instruments	349
Despite Big Buildup, Few Benefit From Medicare’s Advance Care Planning Coverage	347
Effect of Adjuvant Metronomic Capecitabine on Disease-Free Survival Among Patients With Early-Stage Triple-Negative Breast Cancer—Reply	344
Skin Lesions, Foot Drop, and Hand Contractures	343
Survey: Millions of People in the US Forgo Medications to Reduce Costs	336
I Love You	332
Sharing Technology and Vaccine Doses to Address Global Vaccine Inequity and End the COVID-19 Pandemic	329
Vagal Maneuvers	327
Discussion of Diagnostic Excellence—Reply	313
JAMA	310
A National Goal to Advance Health Equity Through Value-Based Payment	303
First Systemic Treatment for Severe Alopecia Is Approved	300
Kids Move Much More When Screen Time Is Reduced	297
Leveraging Medicare to Advance Health Equity	292
NIH Considers Lessons Learned During COVID-19 Pandemic	286
The Hole	286
Cognitive Impairment Underestimated Among American Indian People	279
Mucus Plugs and Mortality in Patients With COPD—Reply	275
FDA Simplifies COVID-19 Vaccination, Permits Some Additional Doses	270
Sevoflurane Sedation in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome	264
Humanitarian Need Jumps in 2022	261
Effect of Intra-arrest Transport and Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation on Functional Neurologic Outcome in Refractory Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest	257
Transforming Clinical Research to Meet Health Challenges	256
The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Unethical Behavior	256
Dr Fauci and the Art of Science Communication	254
A First in Stroke Rehabilitation	254
Incorrect Wording	254
Nondrug Interventions for Dementia Improved Life, Reduced Costs	251
Cardiac Complications More Common After COVID-19 Than Vaccination	248
Heart Failure, Neuropathy, and Spinal Stenosis	248
Consent Laws for Minors Regarding Sexually Transmitted Infection and HIV Services—Reply	246
Challenges of Accuracy in Germline Clinical Sequencing Data	245
The Margins Matter	244
On the Other Side	243
Sublingual Dexmedetomidine vs Placebo and Acute Agitation Associated With Bipolar Disorder	242
Water and Sanitation Crisis Affects Women and Girls Most	241
Antihypertensives Might Explain Some Older Adults’ New Eczema Diagnoses	240
Reasons for Walking Differ Among Groups in the US	236

Cardiovascular Clinical Trials in the Asia-Pacific Region	234
FDA Approves Semaglutide to Reduce Risk of Kidney Disease Progression	232
What Is Chronic Pruritus?	231
Study: Prenatal Cannabis Use Not Associated With Developmental Delays	230
WHO Approves 3 Mpox Tests Amid Surging Cases in Africa	230
Texas Banned Abortion in 2022—Here’s How It’s Affecting OB-GYNs and Patient Care	230
Noninvasive Ventilation in COPD—Pressure Matters	229
Trends in Obesity-Related Measures Among US Children, Adolescents, and Adults	228
Early Intervention in Patients With Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis and Myocardial Fibrosis—Reply	228
Poetry, Like Medicine, Can Be Strange	227
Health Systems Are Struggling to Keep Up With AI—A National Registration System Could Help	222
COVID-19 Tied to Long-Term Kidney Function Decline	222
Adolescent-Centered Sexual and Reproductive Health Communication	221
Perioperative Gabapentin Linked to Harms for Older Adults	219
Amoxicillin Dose and Duration of Treatment and Need for Antibiotic Re-treatment in Children With Community-Acquired Pneumonia	217
A Blood Test for Alzheimer Disease, Repurposing GLP-1s, and Wildfire Smoke—Highlights From the AAIC	216
The PACT Act—Expanding Coverage and Access for Veterans	215
Lifestyle Interventions for Obesity—Reply	215
UV Stabilizer BTMPS in the Illicit Fentanyl Supply in 9 US Locations	214
A New Era in Menopause Management?	214
Streamlining Interstate Access to Gender-Affirming Surgeries	213
Subsequent Smoking Cessation Treatment After Varenicline or Nicotine Replacement—Reply	213
Reforming the World Health Organization’s Essential Medicines List	211
Coordinating a National Approach to Violence Prevention	210
Study: Business Booms for Unlicensed and Unproven Stem Cell Treatments	210
Hypertension Risk and Kidney Function Following Kidney Donation—Reply	209
Home-Based Walking Exercise for Peripheral Artery Disease	208
HIV Status Not Linked to Treatment Outcomes for People With Mpox	206
The Language of Failure	206
chronicity	206
US Tracking System for Nonfatal Drug Overdoses—Reply	205
Blood, Bleeding, and Transfusion—A Theme Issue	203
Incorrect Study N Reported for Supporting Study	203
Coordinated Care for Optimization of Cardiovascular Preventive Therapies in Patients With Diabetes—Reply	202
JAMA	197
The COVID-19 Pandemic in Serial Medical Dramas	193
Prices for Common Services at Quaternary vs Nonquaternary Hospitals	190
Medical Student Intent to Practice in Underserved Areas	188
Treatment for Hyperthyroidism During Pregnancy—Reply	187
Weaker Link Than Expected Between Exercise and Less Cognitive Decline	186
Audio Highlights	186
Blood Test Predicted Risk of Future Heart Attacks	185
New HHS Rule Strengthens Privacy Around US Reproductive Care	182
Audio Highlights	181
The New Threat to Abortion Access in the United States—The Comstock Act	180
The Relationship Between Income and Child Health	180
Trends in Preventive Aspirin Use by Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk	180
The FDA and the Clinical Community	180
Cardiac Rehabilitation Associated With Improved Survival	179
Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Middle and Older Age Is Associated With Lower Dementia Risk	179
Will CMS Find Aducanumab Reasonable and Necessary for Alzheimer Disease After FDA Approval?	179
As Ransomware Attacks on Health Care Surge, Here’s What Clinicians and Health Systems Can Do	177
Functional Brain Organization Differences Found Between Boys and Girls With Autism Spectrum Disorder	175
Even Better	174
Gauging the Value of Top-Selling Drugs in Medicare—Reply	173
Updated Guidelines	173
More Comprehensive Care for Miscarriage Needed Worldwide	173
Lack of Personal Growth, Purpose Linked With Mild Cognitive Impairment	172
NIH: Routine Lab Tests Not a Reliable Way to Diagnose Long COVID	172
Millions of US Adults on Medicaid Lack Coverage for Routine Eye Care	170
Corrections for Conversion of Laboratory Values and Units of Activity Levels	163
The Statistics of Diabetes	162
Lost Generations	160
Diversifying the Genetic Landscape of Heart Disease	160
Effect of a Community-Based Medical Oncology Depression Screening Program on Behavioral Health Referrals Among Patients With Breast Cancer	159
Patents and Regulatory Exclusivities on GLP-1 Receptor Agonists	158
Omicron Has Reached the US—Here’s What Infectious Disease Experts Know About the Variant	156
Role of the Heart in Dementia Etiology in the Absence of Atrial Fibrillation or Stroke	154
Systematic Review of Counseling and Behavioral Interventions for Healthy Weight and Weight Gain in Pregnancy From the US Preventive Services Task Force—Reply	153
The Industrial Medical-Letter-Writing Complex	153
Percentage of Opioid Tests Available in US Injury Death Investigations, 2021	152
Obesity in Adults	152
Body Core Temperature After Foot Immersion and Neck Cooling in Older Adults Exposed to Extreme Heat	150
Deciding When It’s Better to Deprescribe Medicines Than to Continue Them	149
Choose ARBs Over ACE Inhibitors for First-line Hypertension Treatment, Large New Analysis Suggests	149
Court Intrusion Into Science and Medicine—The Mifepristone Decisions	149