OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of European Journal of Pediatrics is 7. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Clinical characteristics of nodular fasciitis of the ear in children	73
Latency duration of preterm premature rupture of membranes and neonatal outcome: a retrospective single-center experience	28
Pediatric obstructive sleep-disordered breathing is associated with arterial stiffness	26
Non-verbal cognitive development, learning, and symptoms of PTSD in 3- to 6-year-old refugee children	26
Red blood cell distribution width and tumor necrosis factor-α for the early prediction of coronary artery lesion in Kawasaki disease: a retrospective study	25
Lower prevalence of congenital cytomegalovirus infection in Portugal: possible impact of COVID-19 lockdown?	24
Potential benefit from the implementation of the Kaiser Permanente neonatal early-onset sepsis calculator on clinical management of neonates with presumed sepsis	22
Development and application of a diagnostic and severity scale to grade post-operative pediatric cerebellar mutism syndrome	21
Assessment of whole gut motility in adolescents using the wireless motility capsule test	21
Correction to: Hospital-acquired malnutrition in paediatric patients: a multicenter trial focusing on prevalence, risk factors, and impact on clinical outcomes	20
Description of a clinical decision support tool with integrated dose calculator for paediatrics	18
Psychosocial functioning in adolescents growing up with chronic disease: The Dutch HBSC study	18
Ventricular function in congenital diaphragmatic hernia: a systematic review and meta-analysis	18
COVID-19 in pediatric patient	17
Teaching medical students to choose wisely through simulation	16
Factors associated with hospital and intensive care admission in paediatric SARS-CoV-2 infection: a prospective nationwide observational cohort study	16
Development of the Swiss Database for dosing medicinal products in pediatrics	14
Torticollis in childhood—a practical guide for initial assessment	14
Paediatric enteric fever in Brussels: a case series over 16 years	13
Cohort study of congenital complete heart block among preterm neonates: a single-center experience over a 15-year period	12
Follow-up practices for children and adolescents with celiac disease: results of an international survey	12
Risk factors for impaired health-related quality of life in a cohort of pediatric patients with inborn metabolic diseases	12
Correction to: Development of the Swiss database for dosing medicinal products in pediatrics	12
Development of an integrated competency framework for postgraduate paediatric training: a Delphi study	12
Risk factors and bronchopulmonary dysplasia severity: data from the Spanish Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Research Network	11

Elevated liver enzymes of newly diagnosed pediatric celiac patients—a prospective-observational study	11
Two-year follow-up of children with congenital Zika syndrome: the evolution of clinical patterns	11
Outcomes for paediatric acute leukaemia patients admitted to the paediatric intensive care unit	11
Maternal antibiotics exposure during pregnancy and the risk of acute lymphoblastic leukemia in childhood: a systematic review and meta-analysis	10
Effects of oral iodine supplementation in very low birth weight preterm infants for the prevention of thyroid function alterations during the neonatal period: results of a randomised assessor-blinded	10
Risk factors for mortality in preterm infants with necrotizing enterocolitis: a retrospective multicenter analysis	9
Correction to: Associations of whole blood polyunsaturated fatty acids and insulin resistance among European children and adolescents	9
Letter to the Editor on the original article: Lower prevalence of congenital cytomegalovirus infection in Portugal: possible impact of COVID-19 lockdown?	9
High rate of clinically unrecognized SARS-CoV-2 infections in pediatric palliative care patients	9
The pilot study of group robot intervention on pediatric inpatients and their caregivers, using ‘new aibo’	8
Enhanced INSURE (ENSURE): an updated and standardised reference for surfactant administration	8
Impact of COVID-19 lockdown on a tertiary center pediatric otolaryngology emergency department	8
Coagulase-negative Staphylococci: a rare cause of urinary tract infections in children with consequences on clinical practice	8
Vitamin D in Gambian children with discordant tuberculosis (TB) infection status despite matched TB exposure: a case control study	8
Correction to: Factors associated with hospital and intensive care admission in paediatric SARS‑CoV‑2 infection: a prospective nationwide observational cohort study	7
COVID-19 pandemic in the neonatal intensive care unit: any effect on late-onset sepsis and necrotizing enterocolitis?	7
Obstructive sleep apnea in children with Down syndrome: is it possible to predict severe apnea?	7
Chronic backpain among adolescents in Denmark: trends 1991–2018 and association with socioeconomic status	7
Non-invasive neurally adjusted ventilatory assist in preterm infants with RDS: effect of changing NAVA levels	7
Correction to: Vitamin D and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in children: a randomized controlled clinical trial	7