OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of JAMA-Journal of the American Medical Association is 5. 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
The Hole	286
NIH Considers Lessons Learned During COVID-19 Pandemic	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
The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Unethical Behavior	256
Transforming Clinical Research to Meet Health Challenges	256
A First in Stroke Rehabilitation	254
Incorrect Wording	254
Dr Fauci and the Art of Science Communication	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
Texas Banned Abortion in 2022—Here’s How It’s Affecting OB-GYNs and Patient Care	230
Study: Prenatal Cannabis Use Not Associated With Developmental Delays	230
WHO Approves 3 Mpox Tests Amid Surging Cases in Africa	230
Noninvasive Ventilation in COPD—Pressure Matters	229
Early Intervention in Patients With Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis and Myocardial Fibrosis—Reply	228
Trends in Obesity-Related Measures Among US Children, Adolescents, and Adults	228
Poetry, Like Medicine, Can Be Strange	227
COVID-19 Tied to Long-Term Kidney Function Decline	222
Health Systems Are Struggling to Keep Up With AI—A National Registration System Could Help	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
Lifestyle Interventions for Obesity—Reply	215
The PACT Act—Expanding Coverage and Access for Veterans	215
A New Era in Menopause Management?	214
UV Stabilizer BTMPS in the Illicit Fentanyl Supply in 9 US Locations	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 Relationship Between Income and Child Health	180
Trends in Preventive Aspirin Use by Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk	180
The FDA and the Clinical Community	180
The New Threat to Abortion Access in the United States—The Comstock Act	180
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
Cardiac Rehabilitation Associated With Improved Survival	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
Updated Guidelines	173
More Comprehensive Care for Miscarriage Needed Worldwide	173
Gauging the Value of Top-Selling Drugs in Medicare—Reply	173
NIH: Routine Lab Tests Not a Reliable Way to Diagnose Long COVID	172
Lack of Personal Growth, Purpose Linked With Mild Cognitive Impairment	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
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
Deciding When It’s Better to Deprescribe Medicines Than to Continue Them	149
Patient-Centered Climate Action and Health Equity	148
The Future of Research on Vaccine Uptake at the National Institutes of Health	148
Platform Trials in ALS	146
Progressive Massive Fibrosis Identified at Federally Funded Black Lung Clinics in the US	146

Treatments Used Among Adolescent Residential Addiction Treatment Facilities in the US, 2022	145
Affiliation Bias in Peer Review of Abstracts	144
Review of Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis	143
Skin Cancer Screening	143
Ziritaxestat and Lung Function in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis	142
Minor Consent Laws for Sexually Transmitted Infection and HIV Services	142
Eladocagene Exuparvovec for Aromatic L-Amino Acid Decarboxylase Deficiency	139
Short-term Adverse Events Following Immunization With Modified Vaccinia Ankara-Bavarian Nordic (MVA-BN) Vaccine for Mpox	138
Reducing Unnecessary Oophorectomies for Benign Ovarian Neoplasms in Pediatric Patients	138
The Role of Health Care Systems in Bolstering the Social Safety Net to Address Health Inequities in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic	137
Association of Omicron vs Wild-type SARS-CoV-2 Variants With Hospital-Onset SARS-CoV-2 Infections in a US Regional Hospital System	136
Illicit Substance Use and Treatment Access Among Adults Experiencing Homelessness	135
Vitamin D Guidelines in Primary Care	135
Methylprednisolone as Adjunct to Endovascular Thrombectomy for Large-Vessel Occlusion Stroke	134
Pulmonary Vein Isolation vs Sham Intervention in Symptomatic Atrial Fibrillation	134
Adenoma Detection Rates	133
Prescription Stimulant Misuse Affects About 1 in 4 Users	132
Vaping in Youth	132
AI’s Threat to the Medical Profession	131
COVID-19 and Lessons to Improve Preparedness for the Next Pandemic	130
Hospital Characteristics Associated With Social Needs Activities in the US	129
Addressing the Long-term Effects of COVID-19	129
The WHO Declaration of Monkeypox as a Global Public Health Emergency	129
Effect of High-Flow Nasal Cannula Therapy vs Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy on Liberation From Respiratory Support in Acutely Ill Children Admitted to Pediatric Critical Care Units	128
Effect of Sacubitril/Valsartan vs Standard Medical Therapies on Plasma NT-proBNP Concentration and Submaximal Exercise Capacity in Patients With Heart Failure and Preserved Ejection Fraction	127
Trends in Deaths From Falls Among Adults Aged 65 Years or Older in the US, 1999-2020	127
Management of Latent Tuberculosis Infection	126
New Reforms to Prescription Drug Pricing in the US	124
Association of Supernumerary Sex Chromosome Aneuploidies With Venous Thromboembolism	123
Screening for Gestational Diabetes	122
Temporal Trends in Childhood Household Income Among Applicants and Matriculants to Medical School and the Likelihood of Acceptance by Income, 2014-2019	121
Active Monitoring With or Without Endocrine Therapy for Low-Risk Ductal Carcinoma In Situ	121
WHO Declares End of COVID-19 Global Health Emergency	120
Effect of Regional vs General Anesthesia on Incidence of Postoperative Delirium in Older Patients Undergoing Hip Fracture Surgery	120
Oral Antibiotics and Risk of Serious Cutaneous Adverse Drug Reactions	120
Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures	120
US Hospital Data About Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and Maternal Opioid-Related Diagnoses—Reply	119
Antibody Response After a Third Dose of the mRNA-1273 SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine in Kidney Transplant Recipients With Minimal Serologic Response to 2 Doses	118
Restoring Physician Authority in an Era of Hospital Dominance	118
Reframing the Key Questions Regarding Screening for Suicide Risk	118
Extracorporeal Blood Purification and Acute Kidney Injury in Cardiac Surgery	118
Identifying Children Likely to Benefit From Antibiotics for Acute Sinusitis	118
Improving Prior Authorization in Medicare Advantage	117
Study Estimates Older Adults’ Cancer Deaths After Surgery	117
What to Know About the Recent Rise in Parvovirus B19 Infections	117
DNA Sequencing to Detect Residual Disease in Adults With Acute Myeloid Leukemia Prior to Hematopoietic Cell Transplant	116
Effect of Pessary vs Surgery on Patient-Reported Improvement in Patients With Symptomatic Pelvic Organ Prolapse	116
Reaffirming the JAMA Network Commitment to the Health of Patients and the Public	115
Single Ascending Dose Study of a Short Interfering RNA Targeting Lipoprotein(a) Production in Individuals With Elevated Plasma Lipoprotein(a) Levels	115
Nonhuman “Authors” and Implications for the Integrity of Scientific Publication and Medical Knowledge	114
Colorectal Cancer Screening	114
Tirzepatide for Weight Reduction in Chinese Adults With Obesity	112
Diagnosis and Management of Prediabetes	112
Aspirin for Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in 51 Low-, Middle-, and High-Income Countries	111
Shedding Patterns of Genital Herpes Simplex Virus Infections	111
Effect of Aspirin vs Enoxaparin on Symptomatic Venous Thromboembolism in Patients Undergoing Hip or Knee Arthroplasty	110
World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki	110
Audio Highlights	108
Do Sepsis Alerts Help?	108
Stem Cell Gene Editing Improved Sickle Cell Disease Outcomes	107
White House Advisor Nahid Bhadelia, MD, MALD, on COVID-19 in Resource-Limited Nations—Undercounted Deaths, Vaccine Inequity, and More	107
Audio Highlights	107
The Potential Clinical Benefit of Lowering Lipoprotein(a)	106
COVID-19 Booster Shot Data Now Available From Nursing Homes	106
Chronic Disease Burden and Financial Problems Are Intertwined	106
Reporting Findings From Mediation Analyses	106
NIH Funding of Violence Research by Institute, 2011 to 2020	105
Changes in p53 Gene May Influence Cardiovascular Disease Risk	105
Mediterranean Diet Linked to Better Heart Health in Children and Teens	105
Clinical Protection During the First Omicron Wave in Unvaccinated, Convalescent US Adults	105
Disclosure of Presidential Health Information—Reply	104
Obesity and Weight Management for Prevention and Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes	104
Social Media Industry Standards Needed to Protect Adolescent Mental Health, Says National Academies	104
Ending Structural Racism in Federally Funded Research	104
Addition of Nonauthor Collaborator Names of the COVID-19 Lombardy ICU Network	104
Modern Problems in Two Medical Specialties	104
Financial Conflicts of Interest in Public Comments on Medicare National Coverage Determinations of Medical Devices	104
Recent Use of Non–Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants and Intracranial Hemorrhage Among Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke Treated With Alteplase	103
Update on Dry Eye Disease—Reply	103
West Nile Virus Outpacing Awareness, Testing, and Reporting in the US	103
Threats and Opportunities Associated With Rapid Growth of Mega-Journals	102
Formulary Coverage of Brand-Name Adalimumab and Biosimilars Across Medicare Part D Plans	102
Anticoagulant Therapy for 6 Weeks vs 3 Months and Recurrence and Bleeding in Patients Younger Than 21 Years With Provoked Venous Thromboembolism—Reply	102
Threats and Opportunities Associated With Rapid Growth of Mega-Journals	102
Cannabis Use and Perinatal Health—Reply	102
Questions Remain About Who Will Get Monoclonal Antibodies for COVID-19 Preexposure Prophylaxis	101
“I Am a—Nobody”: Illness, Selfhood, and Poetry	101
Losing the Human Voice	100
Miscellany	100
RSV Infection Might Be Resuming Prepandemic Patterns	100
Review of Prediabetes—Reply	100
HIIT in the Water Might Be Just As Beneficial	99
Audit Finds US National Stockpile “Was Not Equipped” for the Pandemic	99
JAMA	99
Early Respiratory Infections Tied to Premature Death Later in Life	99