OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Geriatrics is 43. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Strategies aiming to improve statin therapy adherence in older adults: a systematic review	186
Increased intramuscular adipose tissue of the quadriceps at admission is more strongly related to activities of daily living recovery at discharge compared to muscle mass loss in older patients with a	139
‘After mealtime is before mealtime’ – an ethnographic exploration of nursing home residents’ practices of dealing with meal requirements	124
Correction: Experiences of participants of a volunteer-supported walking intervention to improve physical function of nursing home residents – a mixed methods sub-study of the POWER-project	118
Effect of digital game intervention on cognitive functions in older adults: a multiple baseline single case experimental design study	91
Promoting independence in Lewy body dementia through exercise: the PRIDE study	80
Deconditioning in people living with dementia during the COVID-19 pandemic: qualitative study from the Promoting Activity, Independence and Stability in Early Dementia (PrAISED) process evaluation	73
Which factors preceding dementia identification impact future healthcare use trajectories: multilevel analyses in administrative data	70
Determinants of quality of life in French nursing home residents across cognitive levels: a comparative study using convergent mixed-methods	69
Effectiveness of pedometer-based walking programmes in improving some modifiable risk factors of stroke among community-dwelling older adults: a systematic review, theoretical synthesis and meta-analy	68
Correction: Impact of dementia care training on nurse care managers’ interactions with family caregivers	67
Assessment of bidirectional relationships between frailty and acute respiratory distress syndrome: a bidirectional Mendelian Randomization study	67
Correction: Development of a machine learning-based risk assessment model for loneliness among elderly Chinese: a cross-sectional study based on Chinese longitudinal healthy longevity survey	63
Effects of physician visit frequency for Parkinson’s disease treatment on mortality, hospitalization, and costs: a retrospective cohort study	61
Effects of a new respiratory muscle training device in community-dwelling elderly men: an open-label, randomized, non-inferiority trial	58
Oropharyngeal dysphagia and associated factors among individuals living in nursing homes in northern Sweden in 2007 and 2013	58
Effectiveness of workshops to teach a home-based exercise program (BEST at Home) for preventing falls in community-dwelling people aged 65 years and over: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial	57
Dignity and psychosocial related variables in elderly advanced cancer patients	57
Perioperative point-of-care-testing of plasmacholinesterases identifies older patients at risk for postoperative delirium: an observational prospective cohort study	56
Factors that indicate performance on the MoCA 7.3 in healthy adults over 50 years old	55
Association between nap time, nighttime sleep, and multimorbidity in Chinese older adults: a cross-sectional study	54
Sleep quality and cognitive functioning among Chinese older adults living in the US: a mixed-effects model analysis	53
Plasma acylcarnitine in elderly Taiwanese: as biomarkers of possible sarcopenia and sarcopenia	51
Importance of TP53 codon 72 and intron 3 duplication 16 bp polymorphisms and their haplotypes in susceptibility to sarcopenia in Iranian older adults	51
IgG4-related eosinophilic pleural effusion: a case report	50

Gustatory dysfunction perceptions versus objective gustatory dysfunction among older adults	50
The perks of doing housework: Longitudinal associations with survival and underlying mechanisms	49
Effects of real-time remote cardiac rehabilitation on exercise capacity and quality of life: a quasi-randomised controlled trial	49
Case report: Coexistence of rectal signet ring cell carcinoma with neuroendocrine components	49
Development and validation of frailty risk prediction model for elderly patients with coronary heart disease	49
Effect of different questionnaire formats on item nonresponse in older patients with cancer	47
Diagnostic accuracy of cognitive screening tools validated for older adults in Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis	47
Hypertension and cognitive impairment among older persons in rural Northern Uganda: a cross-sectional study	47
Associations of geriatric nutrition risk index and other nutritional risk-related indexes with sarcopenia presence and their value in sarcopenia diagnosis	46
The predictive values of sarcopenia screening tools in preoperative elderly patients with colorectal cancer: applying the diagnostic criteria of EWGSOP2 and AWGS2019	46
Orthostatic hypotension is associated with malnutrition diagnosed by GLIM in elderly hypertensive patients	46
Clinical utility of lipid ratios as potential predictors of metabolic syndrome among the elderly population: Birjand Longitudinal Aging Study (BLAS)	45
Prevalence of oral anticoagulant use among people with and without Alzheimer’s disease	45
Horticultural therapy impact on people with dementia	44
Effects of sarcopenia on postoperative recovery in elderly patients after cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass	44
Prediction of abnormal bone mass with a pericoronary adipose tissue Attenuation model	44
Predictors of independence in older people: A longitudinal, population-based study using the CARE75 + cohort	44
Elucidating predictors of preoperative acute heart failure in older people with hip fractures through machine learning and SHAP analysis: a retrospective cohort study	43
The association between restricted activity and patient outcomes in older adults: systematic literature review and meta-analysis	43