OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Acta Paediatrica is 21. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Issue Information	116
Higher Sedentary Behaviour and Not Following Screen Time Guidelines Were Associated With Unfavourable Cardiometabolic Outcomes in Childhood	88
Development of a non‐contact 15‐second paediatric respiratory rate monitor using microwave radar and its clinical application	67
Real‐World Therapeutic Hypothermia for Neonatal HIE: Neurodevelopmental Outcomes and Predictors	56
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Neurodevelopment and Growth 2 Years After Probiotic Supplementation in Extremely Preterm Infants: A Randomised Trial	48
Factors Affecting the Relationship Between Total and Unbound Bilirubin in Preterm and Term Infants	41
Generic Health‐Related Quality of Life of Children With Severe Peanut or Tree Nut Allergy	41
Intrauterine exposure to maternal opioid maintenance treatment and associated risk factors may impair child growth	38
Systematic review and meta‐analysis showed that complementary and alternative medicines were not effective for infantile colic	33
The measles, mumps, rubella, varicella vaccination was safe in children with acute egg food protein‐induced enterocolitis syndrome but anxiety was high	32
Antibiotic use in children with multisystem inflammatory syndrome associated with SARS‐CoV‐2	32
No pain, neurodevelopmental gain: Time to avoid painful placebo injections in neonatal research	29
COVID‐19 clinical manifestations in children: What is the impact of the different SARS‐CoV‐2 variants and do we need to distinguish between different respiratory viruses?	28
Medicines to children: It is time to close the knowledge gaps	28
Depressive symptoms in mothers of preterm infants before and during COVID‐19 restrictions in neonatal intensive care units	25
Endurance training may improve exercise capacity, lung function and quality of life in Fontan patients	25
Treating very preterm European infants with inhaled nitric oxide increased in‐hospital mortality but did not affect neurodevelopment at 5 years of age	24
Unwarranted geographic variation in paediatric health care in the United States and Norway	24
Low Apgar score and need for resuscitation increased the probability of receiving therapeutic hypothermia more strongly than acidosis at birth	24
Strategy of changing from tracheostomy and non‐invasive mechanical ventilation to diaphragm pacing in children with congenital central hypoventilation syndrome	22
Signal quality of home polygraphy in children and adolescents	21
Paediatric clinical trials need paediatric clinical trial budgets	21
Resolution of iron deficiency following successful eradication of Helicobacter pylori in children	21
Prematurity has no impact on the quality of parents' sleep 6 months after birth	21

COVID‐19 vaccine for young children: Will parents accept it?	21
Trial‐related blood sampling and red blood cell transfusions in preterm infants	21