OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal is 27. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Characteristics and Clinical Outcomes of Vaccine-Eligible US Children Under-5 Years Hospitalized for Acute COVID-19 in a National Network	232
Mediastinitis After Congenital Heart Surgery: Epidemiology, Clinical Features and Outcomes	104
Disseminated Mycobacterial Infection With Reactive Polyarthritis (Poncet’s Disease) During Immune-suppressive Treatment Including Ustekinumab for Pediatric Crohn’s Disease	99
Tic Disorder in an 8-Year-old Boy With Borreliosis	79
Pneumococcal Serotype-specific Opsonophagocytic Activity in Interleukin-1 Receptor-associated Kinase 4-deficient Patients: ERRATUM	73
Initial Seronegative West Nile Virus Encephalitis in an Immunocompromised Child	73
Feasibility of a “Salvage Regimen” Using Home-based Intravenous Meropenem Therapy With a Delamanid/Bedaquilline Containing Regimen in the Management of MDR/XDR Pediatric Tuberculosis	61
Clinical Features, Antimicrobial Resistance, and Serogroups of Nontyphoidal Salmonella Isolated From Infants Less Than 3 Months Old in the Recent Decade	57
Retropharyngeal Abscess with Clival Osteomyelitis Caused by Streptococcus intermedius and Staphylococcus aureus in a 6-Year-old Boy	54
Toddler With Fever and Limp	52
Evaluating a Cluster and the Overall Trend of Invasive Haemophilus influenzae Serotype b in Alaska 2005–2019	48
HIV Drug Resistance in Kenyan Infants Diagnosed With HIV and Their Mothers	47
Bacillus Calmette–Guérin Vaccine-associated Complications in Immunodeficient Patients Following Liver Transplantation	42
Coccidioidomycosis With Uncommon Extrapulmonary Manifestations: A Case Report	42
A Case of Late Congenital Syphilis	41
Tuberculosis in Adolescents, Particularly in Those Older Than 15 Years, May Present Characteristics Similar to Those of Adults	38
Severe Impairment of T-cell Immunity and Pulmonary GvHD Are Major Risk Factors for Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infection After Pediatric Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation	38
Pneumonia in Children During the 2019 Outbreak in Xiamen, China	35
Serotype 3 Antibody Response and Antibody Functionality Compared to Serotype 19A Following 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Immunization in Children	34
Early Transition to Oral Antimicrobial Therapy Among Children With Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia and Acute Hematogenous Osteomyelitis	34
The Etiology of Pneumonia in HIV-1-infected South African Children in the Era of Antiretroviral Treatment	33
First Report of Catheter-related Bloodstream Infection Caused by Filobasidium magnum	33
Bacterial Colonization of the Lower Airways in Children With Esophageal Atresia	33
Prescribing Pattern and Efficacy of Oral Antibiotics for Pediatric Urinary Tract Infections in Japan: A Descriptive Study Using a Nationwide Claims Database	30
Diagnosis and Management of Typhlitis and Neutropenic Enterocolitis in Children with Cancer	28

Acute Hematogenous Osteomyelitis of the Pelvis in Children	28
Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in a 12-Year-old Boy After mRNA-SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination	27