OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Does a tonsillectomy indicated according to the German S2k guideline affect short-term quality of life in adults?	138
Masseteric-facial anastomosis and hypoglossal-facial anastomosis after lateral skull base and middle ear surgery	77
The percentage of controlled chronic rhinosinusitis after treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis	67
Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio as a prognostic marker for head and neck cancer with lung metastasis	62
Laryngeal function-preserving of frontolateral vertical partial laryngectomy (FLVPL) for selected T4a glottic cancer with thyroid cartilage invasion adherence to the anterior commissure: an innovative	57
An Unknown Foreign laryngeal Object: an exotic complication of skull base osteoradionecrosis	56
Prediction of severe radiation-induced oral mucositis in locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma using the combined systemic immune-inflammatory index and prognostic nutritional index	49
Lateral neck cyst surgery without ipsilateral tonsillectomy: a retrospective analysis	47
Blue laser for the exclusive endoscopic transcanal approach to middle ear paraganglioma	47
In response to the importance of 24-h hypopharyngeal–esophageal impedance–pH monitoring for the treatment of laryngopharyngeal reflux	42
Clinical features of chronic fungal rhinosinusitis in Korean geriatric and non-geriatric patients	41
Sphenopalatine artery pseudoaneurysm masquerading as a second primary maxillary carcinoma	41
A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 2 study of intratympanic OTO-313 in patients with moderate to severe subjective tinnitus	40
Speech recognition and quality of life outcomes of adults with cochlear implants following a quarter-century of deafness: what should be the maximum duration?	38
The first quick olfactory test specific for Alzheimer’s disease and French culture	37
Retrospective analysis of radiological investigation of surgically excised head and neck lipomas	36
Objective and subjective efficacy of hearing aids in patients with mild-to-moderate unilateral hearing loss: a prospective study	35
Analysis of the cause of retrolingual obstruction in patients with moderate–severe obstructive sleep apnea	34
Does the ChOLE classification relate to the duration of surgery?	34
Feasibility of day-case pediatric cochlear implantation	33
Incidence and risk factors correlated with otitis media with effusion in pediatric patients with obstructive sleep apnea: a retrospective nationwide inpatient sample database study	32
A nomogram for predicting tongue collapse in DISE based on UACT findings in OSA patients	32
A study of otolith function in patients with orthostatic dizziness	31
Survival analysis of laryngeal squamous cell cancer, considering different treatment modalities and other factors influencing survival – a monocentric retrospective investigation	30
Intracochlear electrode array position and cochlear implant outcomes using the nucleus slim modiolar electrode and the extended round window approach: a follow-up study	29

Evaluation of self-esteem in hearing aid and cochlear implant users	29
Comparative evaluation of shear wave elastography elasticity values in thyroid nodules with cytology results and TI-RADS scoring in differentiation of benign–malignant nodules	28
Development of an extratracheal device for pulmonary function assessment in laryngectomized patients	27
Radiological relationship of the ethmoid slit with the frontal sinus and the anterior ethmoidal artery and applications to the frontal sinus drillout	27
Minimally invasive thermal ablation techniques for neck lipomas: RFA vs. MWA	27
Mapping quality of life after balloon dilatation in subglottic stenosis using Dyspnea index and Short Form Health Survey-36	27
Comparative analysis of serum SCC antigen levels in inverted sinonasal papilloma and nasal polyps: a diagnostic meta-analysis	27
Evaluation of subarcuate canal on CT images in the perspective of clinical basis	27