OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Acta Paediatrica is 32. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Systematic review of COVID‐19 in children shows milder cases and a better prognosis than adults	1585
Preliminary evidence on long COVID in children	324
Case report and systematic review suggest that children may experience similar long‐term effects to adults after clinical COVID‐19	225
Why is COVID‐19 so mild in children?	225
Children are unlikely to be the main drivers of the COVID‐19 pandemic – A systematic review	196
The first eight months of Sweden’s COVID‐19 strategy and the key actions and actors that were involved	188
Delayed diagnosis of paediatric appendicitis during the COVID‐19 pandemic	123
Physical activity during COVID‐19 quarantine	74
The impacts of COVID‐19 on children	68
Maternal breastmilk, infant gut microbiome and the impact on preterm infant health	66
Parents experiencing NICU visit restrictions due to COVID‐19 pandemic	56
Convulsions in children with COVID‐19 during the Omicron wave	52
Review of guidelines and recommendations from 17 countries highlights the challenges that clinicians face caring for neonates born to mothers with COVID‐19	52
Lessons learned from the COVID‐19 pandemic	50
Persistent symptoms in Swedish children after hospitalisation due to COVID‐19	48
A ‘parallel pandemic’: The psychosocial burden of COVID‐19 in children and adolescents	48
Impact that the COVID‐19 pandemic on routine childhood vaccinations and challenges ahead: A narrative review	45
Promoting attachment between parents and neonates despite the COVID‐19 pandemic	45
Supporting parents as essential care partners in neonatal units during the SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic	43
The impact of the COVID‐19 lockdown in Italy on a paediatric emergency setting	43
Recreational screen time before and during COVID‐19 in school‐aged children	41
Current ideas about the roles of rapid eye movement and non–rapid eye movement sleep in brain development	40
The impact of face masks on children—A mini review	37
Italian parents welcomed a telehealth family‐centred rehabilitation programme for children with disability during COVID‐19 lockdown	36
Novel coronavirus infection (COVID‐19) in children younger than one year: A systematic review of symptoms, management and outcomes	36

Progress, challenges and global approaches to rare diseases	35
Systematic review and meta‐analysis of breastfeeding and later overweight or obesity expands on previous study for World Health Organization	35
Lactoferrin is an important factor when breastfeeding and COVID‐19 are considered	35
Missing during COVID‐19 lockdown: Children with onset of type 1 diabetes	34
We urgently need guidelines for managing COVID‐19 in children with comorbidities	34
Systematic review confirmed the benefits of early skin‐to‐skin contact but highlighted lack of studies on very and extremely preterm infants	34
High rates of antibiotic prescriptions in children with COVID‐19 or multisystem inflammatory syndrome: A multinational experience in 990 cases from Latin America	32
The impact of Caesarean section on the infant gut microbiome	32