OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of European Journal of Anaesthesiology is 29. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Joint Letter to the Editor from the American Society of Anesthesiologists and the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care on Management of Neuromuscular Blockade	305
(Re)animation of a stuffed plush bunny	226
Cost-effectiveness of detection of peri-operative myocardial injury	218
Association between pre-operative hyperuricemia and risk of in-hospital death in high-risk patients undergoing cardiac surgery	202
Personalised analgesia/nociception index-guided opioid administration for abdominal surgery	125
Pre-operative anaemia in nonagenarians and centenarians undergoing hip fracture surgery	103
Platelet-sparing properties of aprotinin	83
Comparison of a videolaryngoscope with a 3D-printed angled blade and a direct laryngoscope with a Macintosh blade for rapid sequence tracheal intubation	65
Epidemiology and outcomes of inguinal surgery with or without regional anaesthesia in neonates and small infants	56
Anaesthetic implications of psilocybin and lysergic acid diethylamide: what is old is now new	53
Remimazolam tosylate versus propofol for postoperative delirium in frail elderly patients undergoing hip surgery	53
Levosimendan improves central haemodynamic status and gas exchange in a model of ischaemic cardiac arrest	53
Appraisal of “Preventing pulmonary complications after laparoscopic colorectal surgery: a lung-protective protocol vs. standard care”	48
Serious games as an innovative learning tool at a medical conference to teach medical knowledge and crisis resource management	46
Peri-operative cardiac arrest guidelines: time to include liver transplantation	43
Machine learning-based prediction of massive perioperative allogeneic blood transfusion in cardiac surgery	43
The burden of peri-operative work at night as perceived by anaesthesiologists	42
An update on remimazolam and anaphylaxis	40
Continuous positive airway pressure to prevent reintubation in patients recovering from cardiac surgery	40
Using small doses of norepinephrine or phenylephrine during the peri-operative period	39
The risks we miss	34
In response to ‘A big little problem – postoperative nausea and vomiting incidences are too low!’	33
Remimazolam vs. propofol for general anaesthesia in elderly patients: a meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis: Erratum	31
Association between postoperative delirium in the postanaesthesia care unit and subsequent ward delirium	31
Benumof and Hagberg's Airway Management	30

Nociception level index-guided antinociception versus routine care during remifentanil-propofol anaesthesia for moderate-to-high risk cardiovascular surgery	29
Effects of intra-operative ventilation with positive end-expiratory pressure on peri-operative fluid and vasopressor management in patients undergoing minimally invasive oesophagectomy: posthoc analys	29
European simulation-based education and training in anaesthesiology and intensive care: still a long way to go?	29
Treating cardiac surgery emergencies: the role of the noncardiac anaesthetist in the first 30 min	29