OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of European Journal of Anaesthesiology is 28. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

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	326
(Re)animation of a stuffed plush bunny	258
Cost-effectiveness of detection of peri-operative myocardial injury	220
Association between pre-operative hyperuricemia and risk of in-hospital death in high-risk patients undergoing cardiac surgery	146
Personalised analgesia/nociception index-guided opioid administration for abdominal surgery	116
Pre-operative anaemia in nonagenarians and centenarians undergoing hip fracture surgery	90
Comparison of a videolaryngoscope with a 3D-printed angled blade and a direct laryngoscope with a Macintosh blade for rapid sequence tracheal intubation	75
Epidemiology and outcomes of inguinal surgery with or without regional anaesthesia in neonates and small infants	61
Anaesthetic implications of psilocybin and lysergic acid diethylamide: what is old is now new	59
Appraisal of “Preventing pulmonary complications after laparoscopic colorectal surgery: a lung-protective protocol vs. standard care”	57
Levosimendan improves central haemodynamic status and gas exchange in a model of ischaemic cardiac arrest	57
Continuous positive airway pressure to prevent reintubation in patients recovering from cardiac surgery	55
Peri-operative cardiac arrest guidelines: time to include liver transplantation	51
Platelet-sparing properties of aprotinin	49
2026 ESAIC Consensus Document on Mitigation Strategies in Intensive Care Medicine	45
The burden of peri-operative work at night as perceived by anaesthesiologists	45
Remimazolam tosylate versus propofol for postoperative delirium in frail elderly patients undergoing hip surgery	43
An update on remimazolam and anaphylaxis	42
Serious games as an innovative learning tool at a medical conference to teach medical knowledge and crisis resource management	37
The risks we miss	36
Benumof and Hagberg's Airway Management	35
In response to ‘A big little problem – postoperative nausea and vomiting incidences are too low!’	35
Treating cardiac surgery emergencies: the role of the noncardiac anaesthetist in the first 30 min	34
Nociception level index-guided antinociception versus routine care during remifentanil-propofol anaesthesia for moderate-to-high risk cardiovascular surgery	34
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	34

Shared decision-making for older adults in the peri-operative setting	33
A climate perspective on spinal anaesthesia with sedation versus total intravenous anaesthesia for lower limb arthroplasty	30
Integrated lung-protective ventilation in laparoscopic colorectal surgery: beyond conventional protective strategies	28