OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Critical Care is 26. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Letter to the editor: “Does extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation improve survival with favorable neurological outcome in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest? A systematic review and meta-analysis”	107
Hemodynamic effects of slower versus faster intravenous fluid bolus rates in critically ill patients: An observational study	90
Artificial intelligence and machine learning in critical care research	52
Nitroglycerin infusion improves peripheral perfusion of patients with septic shock	44
Lung ultrasound to discriminate non-cardiogenic interstitial syndrome from cardiogenic pulmonary edema: Is “gestalt” as good as it gets?	42
Editorial Board	42
Authors response: “Etomidate as an induction agent for endotracheal intubation in critically ill patients: A meta-analysis of randomized trials”	41
What every intensivist should know about stoicism to prevent burnout	41
Letter to the Editor: “Some concerns about the systematic review of diagnostic and prognostic prediction models in ventilator-associated pneumonia”	40
Prognostic importance of monitoring the lymphocyte count in critically ill COVID-19 patients during the ICU stay	36
Determination of Covid-19 stress level in intensive care nurses after pandemic	36
Letter to the editor: “Red blood cell distribution width as prognostic factor in sepsis: A new use for a classical parameter”	36
Mortality prediction with machine learning in COVID-19 patients	35
Levetiracetam dosing in critically ill patients receiving prolonged intermittent renal replacement therapy	34
Developing ceragenins as a new broad-spectrum therapeutic tool against sepsis-causing bacteria	34
Authors reply: "Should diuresis remain a diagnostic criterion for surgery associated acute kidney injury? Revisiting the role of perioperative oliguria"	34
The survival benefit of resin cartridge extracorporeal blood purification therapy in patients with septic shock	34
Intravenous fluid therapy in perioperative and critical care setting–Knowledge test and practice: An international cross-sectional survey	32
Circulating soluble urokinase plasminogen receptor is reduced by - and predicts early treatment response to therapeutic plasma exchange in septic shock	32
Neuropsychiatric sequelae following extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in the intensive care unit	32
Authors reply: “Effect of music intervention on anxiety in critically ill patients, a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.”	30
Association between hyperoxia and mortality in patients undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: A systematic review and meta-analysis	30
Impact of colonization with multidrug-resistant bacteria on the risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia in septic shock	30
Comment on “Machine learning survival analysis for predicting kidney disease progression in patients with acute kidney injury undergoing continuous kidney replacement therapy: An analysis of the LINKA	30
What the intensivist should know about hyperammonemia without liver failure	27

Early high-dose vasopressors in refractory septic shock: A cohort study	26
Mortality of in-hospital cardiac arrest among patients with and without preceding sepsis: A national inpatient sample analysis	26
Isolated diastolic dysfunction is associated with increased mortality in critically ill patients	26