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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Evaluation of patients presenting with febrile seizures in an Iranian referral hospital: emphasis on the frequency of meningitis and co-infections	79
Body weight and eating attitudes influence improvement of depressive symptoms in children and pre-adolescents with eating disorders: a prospective multicenter cohort study	73
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	73
Clinical application of middle descending colon-double lumen ostomy with distal stoma narrowing in the treatment of anorectal malformation	56
Heparin versus normal saline for the care of peripheral intravenous catheters in pediatrics: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	55
Association between physical activity and cardiovascular parameters in 7-year-old children: a Chinese cross-sectional study	53
Parents’ experiences of family and daily life after their child’s stay in the pediatric intensive care unit: a qualitative descriptive study	51
Effects of maturity status on the rate of torque development in young male soccer players	43
Novel mutation in ELN gene causes cardiac abnormalities and inguinal hernia: case report	42
Feasibility of a randomized controlled trial of a proprioceptive and tactile vest intervention for children with challenges integrating and processing sensory information	42
The Cohort of Indonesian Preterm Infants for Long-term Outcomes (CIPTO) study: a protocol	42
Caregivers’ experiences on preterm infants’ management in a tertiary care facility in Ghana: a qualitative exploratory study	40
EBV associated epiglottitis in an immunocompetent child	39
Urethral keratosis caused by vitamin A deficiency: two case reports	37
Sex differences in the relationship between body mass index in Chinese adolescents and future risk of hypertension: a decade-long cohort study	36
Pulmonary tuberculosis case notification and burden of drug resistance among children under 15 years of age in Ethiopia: sub-analysis from third-round drug resistance tuberculosis survey	34
Relationship of dietary nutrients with early childhood caries and caries activity among children aged 3–5 years—a cross-sectional study	32
Protocol for visual-acoustic intervention with service delivery in-person and via telepractice (VISIT) non-inferiority trial for residual speech sound disorder	31
Removal of an embedded duodenal foreign body in a Schizophrenic adolescent with a guidewire-formed lasso	30
Hypothermia in preterm infants admitted to low-resource neonatal units in northern Nigeria: an observational study of occurrence and risk factors	30
Correction: Factors associated with arterial stiffness assessed by pulse pressure amplification in healthy children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study	29
Expanding diversity within phenylketonuria in ecuadorian patients: genetic analysis and literature review of newborn screenings	28
Association between umbilical venous catheter‒related hepatic complications and tip position in neonates: a retrospective ultrasound-based analysis	28
Comparison of ranibizumab and conbercept treatment in type 1 prethreshold retinopathy of prematurity in zone II	27
Manipulation of solid dosage forms for oral administration to paediatric patients for drug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa: an observation study	27

The relationship between changes in peak expiratory flow and asthma exacerbations in asthmatic children	27
Characteristics of neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy at high altitude and early results of therapeutic hypothermia	27
An evaluation of the empirical vancomycin dosing guide in pediatric cardiology	27
Onset and predictors of first-line antiretroviral therapy treatment failure among children in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis	27