OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Pediatrics 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Assessment of vitamin status; A, E and D in Egyptian neonates with IUGR: a cross sectional study	71
Father-child attachment on children’s screen time: mediating role of ego resilience	69
Association between physical activity and cardiovascular parameters in 7-year-old children: a Chinese cross-sectional study	69
Parents’ experiences of family and daily life after their child’s stay in the pediatric intensive care unit: a qualitative descriptive study	58
Epidemiology of asthma exacerbation in children before and after the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective study in Chengdu, China	53
Effects of maturity status on the rate of torque development in young male soccer players	50
Early versus late parenteral nutrition in term and late preterm infants: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial	48
Increasing the psychosocial focus in child developmental assessments: a qualitative study	45
Feasibility of a randomized controlled trial of a proprioceptive and tactile vest intervention for children with challenges integrating and processing sensory information	41
Novel mutation in ELN gene causes cardiac abnormalities and inguinal hernia: case report	39
Heparin versus normal saline for the care of peripheral intravenous catheters in pediatrics: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	39
The Cohort of Indonesian Preterm Infants for Long-term Outcomes (CIPTO) study: a protocol	38
Evaluation of patients presenting with febrile seizures in an Iranian referral hospital: emphasis on the frequency of meningitis and co-infections	37
Moderating effect of a sodium-rich diet on the association between long-term exposure to fine particulate matter and blood lipids in children and adolescents	37
Body weight and eating attitudes influence improvement of depressive symptoms in children and pre-adolescents with eating disorders: a prospective multicenter cohort study	34
Association between umbilical venous catheter‒related hepatic complications and tip position in neonates: a retrospective ultrasound-based analysis	34
Clinical application of middle descending colon-double lumen ostomy with distal stoma narrowing in the treatment of anorectal malformation	33
Removal of an embedded duodenal foreign body in a Schizophrenic adolescent with a guidewire-formed lasso	32
Correction: Factors associated with arterial stiffness assessed by pulse pressure amplification in healthy children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study	32
Comparison of ranibizumab and conbercept treatment in type 1 prethreshold retinopathy of prematurity in zone II	31
Expanding diversity within phenylketonuria in ecuadorian patients: genetic analysis and literature review of newborn screenings	30
Urethral keratosis caused by vitamin A deficiency: two case reports	29
The effect of family integrated care on the prognosis of premature infants	29
Sex differences in the relationship between body mass index in Chinese adolescents and future risk of hypertension: a decade-long cohort study	29
An evaluation of the empirical vancomycin dosing guide in pediatric cardiology	29

EBV associated epiglottitis in an immunocompetent child	28
Relationship of dietary nutrients with early childhood caries and caries activity among children aged 3–5 years—a cross-sectional study	27
Protocol for visual-acoustic intervention with service delivery in-person and via telepractice (VISIT) non-inferiority trial for residual speech sound disorder	27