OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Croatian Medical Journal is 1. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Regional anesthesia without opioid administration in mastectomy surgeries followed by breast reconstruction with implants: a randomized controlled study	171
Incidence and risk factors for venous and arterial thromboses in hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019: data on 4014 patients from a tertiary center registry	53
Socio-economic and health-related determinants of unmet health needs: a national cross-sectional study on the adult population	21
The association between fear of COVID-19 and depression, anxiety, and psychosis among Lebanese chronic patients with schizophrenia: any moderating effect of spirituality?	18
Evaluation of evidence-based medicine adoption among Nigerian surgeons: competence, knowledge, attitudes, practices, and barriers	17
Lung long distance: histopathological changes in lung tissue after COVID-19 pneumonia	16
Precise identification of cascading alpha satellite higher order repeats (HORs) in T2T-CHM13 assembly of human chromosome 3	15
Dapagliflozin vs empagliflozin in patients with chronic heart failure: a registry analysis	15
A new generation of health professionals – ethical dilemmas and challenges	14
Immune-mediated diseases after coronavirus disease 2019 vaccination: rare but important complication	14
The impact of earthquakes on the frequency and prognosis of the most common emergency cardiac conditions	14
Propensity-score matched comparison between minimally invasive and conventional aortic valve replacement	14
Nothing lasts forever	13
A survey on practitioners’ attitudes toward artificial intelligence in radiology	12
Multimodal treatment approach with sunitinib, pembrolizumab, bevacizumab, sirolimus, and zoledronic acid for locally advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma: a case report	11
Palliative care – too complex to make it simple	11
End-of-life patients and palliative care in intensive care units in Croatia: the current situation	10
Large multi-modal models – the present or future of artificial intelligence in medicine?	10
Lupus anticoagulant-hypoprothrombinemia syndrome with severe bleeding diathesis after coronavirus disease 2019: a case report	10
Stone-induced urethral fistula treatment with microfragmented adipose tissue containing mesenchymal stem cells: a case report from veterinary medicine with potential application in humans	9
Breast lump as the initial presentation of metastatic uterine leiomyosarcoma: a case report and comprehensive literature review	9
Factors contributing to variability in metformin concentration in polycystic ovary syndrome	9
Liver transplantation in hepatocellular carcinoma – should we perform downstaging?	9
Interleukin-2 gene methylation levels and interleukin-2 levels associated with environmental exposure as risk biomarkers for preterm birth	9
Alcohol use among Croatian adolescents: the alignment of 13-year-old and 15-year-old girls with boys, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic	8

Planning care for nursing-home residents: cognitive impairment, functional independence, and accommodation services in nursing homes in the city of Zagreb	8
Real-life experience with remdesivir for treatment of hospitalized coronavirus disease 2019 patients: matched case-control study from a large tertiary hospital registry	8
Genomic sequencing for newborn screening: current perspectives and challenges	8
The Applied Genomics Development Strategy by the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts paves the way for the future development of applied genomics in Croatia	8
Treatment of relapsing multiple sclerosis – recommendations of the Croatian Neurological Society	8
Challenging pharmacotherapy management of a psychotic disorder due to a delicate pharmacogenetic profile and drug-drug interactions: a case report and literature review	7
Is paravertebral block the optimal analgesic modality for non-mastectomy breast surgery?	7
Intermittent tramadol vs tramadol administration via patient-controlled pump after lumbar discectomy: a randomized controlled trial	7
The diagnostic yield of molecular karyotyping: a retrospective single-center study	7
The construction of the Split Sleep Questionnaire on sleep habits during the COVID-19 pandemic in the general population	7
The utility of the systemic immune inflammation and systemic inflammation response indices in suspected intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism	7
Screening for diabetic peripheral neuropathy at community pharmacies in Slovakia	7
The role of glycans in personalization of preventive health care	6
SARS-CoV-2 infection among physicians over time in Ontario, Canada: a population-based retrospective cohort study	6
Patients prefer human psychiatrists over chatbots: a letter to the editor	6
Gamma knife thalamotomy in treating refractory tremor: initial clinical experience in Croatia	6
Personalized medicine: the future is here	6
No increase in GFAP and S-100B in very preterm infants with mild periventricular leukomalacia or intraventricular hemorrhage: a pilot study	6
Arthroscopic resection of localized tenosynovial giant cell tumor in the deep infrapatellar bursa: a case report	6
Neuroprotective effects of goji berry (Lycium barbarum L.) polysaccharides on depression-like behavior in ovariectomized rats: behavioral and biochemical evidence	6
Importance of numerical density of tubulointerstitium infiltrates in the prognosis of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies-associated glomerulonephritis	5
Outcomes of 1.3 million patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention according to the presence of cancer and atrial fibrillation: a retrospective study	5
The effect of 5-alpha reductase inhibitors on the detection of prostate cancer with multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging and prostate biopsy	5
The prognostic role of diabetes mellitus type 2 in the setting of hepatocellular carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis	5
Pathohistological features of the aging human lacrimal gland	5
Limitations of life-sustaining treatments in intensive care units in Croatia: a multicenter retrospective study	5
Nearly coming full circleThe 13th ISABS–Mayo Clinic Conference, Split, Croatia, June 17–20, 2024	5
The role of miR-145, miR-200c, and miR-21 in distinguishing between hyperplastic and adenomatous colon polyps and colorectal cancer prediction	5
Non-invasive prenatal testing of beta-hemoglobinopathies using next generation sequencing, in-silico sequence size selection, and haplotyping	5
Chiari malformation type 1 with combined nuclear PAX1 and DKK1 genes and mitochondrial D-loop variants: a case report	5
Toxicity of benzodiazepines in the treatment of insomnia disorders in older adults: a systematic literature review	5
Is perfect prompting possible for chatbots?In Reply to: Comparing ChatGPT’s ability between writing versus reviewing papers – then what?	5
Simple-minded solutions to complex problems	4
Anti-obesity effect of collagen peptides obtained from Diplulmaris antarctica, a jellyfish of the Antarctic region	4
Bibliometric indicators of the Croatian Medical Journal – can small non-profit journal compete in the bibliometrics arena?	4
Geriatric rehabilitation center outcomes after successful weaning from extremely prolonged mechanical ventilation in older adults	4
Health workforce shortage – doing the right things or doing things right?	4
The growing importance of genetics in human reproduction and development	4
The burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in Croatia in 2019: a country-level systematic analysis	4
The future of medicine: embracing novelty while sticking to the basics	4
The COVID-19 lockdown promotes changes in sleep habits in the Croatian general population	4
Journal editors and academic medicine	4
Outpatient treatment of pneumonia in a setting with and without an infectious disease doctor	3
4-phenyl butyric acid improves hepatic ischemia/reperfusion and affects gene expression of ABC transporter Abcc5 in rats	3
Healthcare professionals’ perspective on managing the healthcare system in Croatia: a cross-sectional study	3
Changes in sexually transmitted infections-related sexual risk-taking among young Croatian adults: a 2005-2021 three-wave population-based study	3
A case for a bigger role of transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation in brain injury rehabilitation	3
From fragmented care back to social medicine: European policy responses to the needs of complex patients	3
Opportunities and risks of ChatGPT in medicine, science, and academic publishing: a modern Promethean dilemma	3
Twelfth ISABS Conference on Forensic and Anthropologic Genetics and Mayo Clinic Lectures in Individualized Medicine, Dubrovnik, Croatia, June 22-27, 2022	3

Mortality of female and male Croatian Olympic athletes: a 1948-2016 cohort study	3
Benign fasciculation syndrome and migraine aura without headache as possible adverse events after BNT162b2 mRNA vaccination: a web-based survey	3
Analysis of health care professionals’ incident reports on medical devices in Croatia	3
Beyond the business-to-client model: how the business-to-business model can transform the complex patient care	2
The burden of viral lower respiratory tract infections during the neonatal period: six-year experience at a tertiary referral hospital	2
Could choosing risdiplam instead of nusinersen in the treatment of type 1 spinal muscular atrophy be a huge cost-minimization opportunity?	2
Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic two years later… What’s next?	2
Inadequate pain management in prehospital emergency care: a retrospective study from Krapina-Zagorje County	2
Balancing tradition and innovation: rethinking the dichotomy in anatomy teaching	2
Applying the complex patient model to the care of persons with disabilities	2
Scientists from small countries on the hunt for scientometric figures – global indicators and local finances	2
A remote care model for patients at high risk of hospital admission due to COVID-19 deterioration: who makes it at home? – a multicenter follow-up case from Slovenia	2
How do they know: “instinct,” seasonality, hormones, or what?	2
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Lebanese university students related to sexually transmitted diseases: a cross-sectional study	2
Behavioral correlates of health literacy among university students of health sciences in Kosovo: a cross-sectional study	2
Human whole mitochondrial genome sequencing and analysis: optimization of the experimental workflow	2
The impact of COVID-19 on sustainable development	2
Polypharmacy - is there a cure for drug therapy problems?	2
Modeling the COVID-19 epidemic in Croatia: a comparison of three analytic approaches	2
The promise of cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus	2
Clinical characteristics and laboratory parameters of deep venous thrombosis after SARS-CoV-2 infection in a non-hospital setting – a single-center retrospective study	2
Infection with human cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr virus, and high-risk types 16 and 18 of human papillomavirus in EGFR-mutated lung adenocarcinoma	2
Experience with comprehensive pharmacogenomic multi-gene panel in clinical practice: a retrospective single-center study	2
The promises and perils of artificial intelligence in clinical medicine: a dual perspective from internal medicine and pediatrics	2
Margaret P. Battin, Leslie P. Francis, Jay A. Jacobson, and Charles B. Smith. Patient as Victim and Vector: Ethics and Infectious Disease, second editionOxford University Press; 592 pages; e-book ISBN	2
The effects of honey solution on postoperative stress, gastric motility, and patient comfort: a randomized controlled trial	2
Occurrence of metopic suture in modern and archaeological Croatian population	2
Association of behavioral characteristics and mental health indices in a large nationwide representative sample of schoolchildren aged 11-15 years in Albania	2
Why we should insist on education about and implementation of ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia in intensive care units	2
Inter-University Centre in Dubrovnik: 50 years of fostering science without borders	2
Informal care: the indispensable pillar of care for complex patients	2
Relationship between disease impact scores and C-reactive protein/albumin ratio in patients with psoriatic arthritis	1
Parents’ attitudes toward childhood COVID-19 immunization in Croatia: a multicenter cross-sectional study	1
Complex patients – an academism or reality?	1
Fragmentation, dehumanization, commodification: crisis of medicine	1
The mediating role of depressive, anxiety, and physical symptoms on work ability index in employed women with breast cancer: a prospective study from Croatia	1
Risk factors associated with adverse cardiovascular events during orthotopic liver transplantation and the early post-transplant period	1
Testicular tissue bank: ten years of testicular tissue cryopreservation in Croatia	1
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in Zagreb: the first 40 years	1
Cortical interneurons in schizophrenia – cause or effect?	1
Self-medication practices and the content of home pharmacies in the households of pharmacy and medical students in Zagreb, Croatia, in 2022 with a reference to the findings from 2001 and 1977	1
Vaccination intention among healthcare workers during the first wave of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in relation to knowledge: a cross-sectional study in Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, and Poland	1
The knowledge about long-term consequences of preterm birth among health professionals, educational professionals, and parents in Slovenia	1
The ejaculate obtained on the morning of microdissection testicular sperm extraction (m-TESE) or m-TESE itself in repeated intracytoplasmic sperm injection failure due to severe male infertility? A re	1
The gp130/STAT3-endoplasmic reticulum stress axis regulates hepatocyte necroptosis in acute liver injury	1
Effectiveness of the oxygen reserve index in detecting and preventing hyperoxia in critically ill patients on mechanical ventilation: a randomized controlled trial	1
Vitamin D in liver cancer: novel insights and future perspectives	1
Pharmacogenetic distinction of the Croatian population from the European average	1
Association of discharge policy with the length of hospital stay among patients with coronavirus disease 2019: a cross-sectional study	1
Identification of skeletal remains in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, including the homeland war – a 30-year review	1
More slices, less truth: effects of different test-set design strategies for magnetic resonance image classification	1
Hospitalists: the missing link in complex patient care	1
Non-phosphorylated Tyr-1248 form of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) predicts resistance to trastuzumab therapy and poor disease-free survival of HER2-positive breast cancer patients	1
Non-REM parasomnias: a scoping review of dreams and dreamlike mentation	1
The impact of Croatia’s 2013 Primary Care Payment Reform: an exploratory case study of a rural family practitioner group practice	1
Bibliometric and clinical trial registry analysis of the University of Split medical research from 1997 to 2022	1
Control values of intraocular pressure in different species: a review of literature	1
Candidate-gene studies related to drug pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, safety, and efficacy in the era of extensive technological developments: could we empower them by more efficient implementati	1
The first case report of distal 16p12.1p11.2 trisomy and proximal 16p11.2 tetrasomy inherited from both parents	1
Cognitive functioning is prognostic in patients with IDH1-wild type and MGMT-unmethylated high-grade gliomas	1
An optimal position for elbow arthrodesis to accommodate modern daily living activities	1
The performance of the WHO COVID-19 severity classification, COVID-GRAM, VACO Index, 4C Mortality, and CURB-65 prognostic scores in hospitalized COVID-19 patients: data on 4014 patients from a tertiar	1
The effect of cooled endotracheal tubes on postoperative sore throat: a randomized controlled study	1
Editors’ role in shaping the publishing environment and guiding authors in the era of artificial intelligence	1
Aeroallergen sensitization rate and its multifactorial influences in continental Croatia: a cross-sectional study	1
Dense single nucleotide polymorphism testing revolutionizes scope and degree of certainty for source attribution in forensic investigations	1
Medicinal signaling cells niche in stromal vascular fraction from lipoaspirate and microfragmented counterpart	1
Adherence to denosumab therapy and fracture risk associated with drug withdrawal: a retrospective study	1
Preoperative polycythemia may be associated with inferior postoperative outcomes: a retrospective study	1
Healthcare crisis in Ukraine – worrying consequences of the Russian-Ukrainian war	1
Formation and elimination of soluble fibrin and D-dimer in the bloodstream	1