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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Assessment of vitamin status; A, E and D in Egyptian neonates with IUGR: a cross sectional study	69
Association between physical activity and cardiovascular parameters in 7-year-old children: a Chinese cross-sectional study	67
Study protocol for the ACTIVE SCHOOL study investigating two different strategies of physical activity to improve academic performance in Schoolchildren	67
Father-child attachment on children’s screen time: mediating role of ego resilience	58
Parents’ experiences of family and daily life after their child’s stay in the pediatric intensive care unit: a qualitative descriptive study	51
Epidemiology of asthma exacerbation in children before and after the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective study in Chengdu, China	50
Effects of maturity status on the rate of torque development in young male soccer players	47
Early versus late parenteral nutrition in term and late preterm infants: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial	45
The Pregnancy and EARly Life study (PEARL) - a longitudinal study to understand how gut microbes contribute to maintaining health during pregnancy and early life	41
Case report: risk of skin necrosis related to injectable vancomycin in critically ill newborn infants	39
Increasing the psychosocial focus in child developmental assessments: a qualitative study	39
Feasibility of a randomized controlled trial of a proprioceptive and tactile vest intervention for children with challenges integrating and processing sensory information	37
Heparin versus normal saline for the care of peripheral intravenous catheters in pediatrics: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	35
A clinical observational study of dinutuximab beta as first-line maintenance treatment for patients with high-risk neuroblastoma in China	34
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	33
Novel mutation in ELN gene causes cardiac abnormalities and inguinal hernia: case report	32
The Cohort of Indonesian Preterm Infants for Long-term Outcomes (CIPTO) study: a protocol	31
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	30
Evaluation of patients presenting with febrile seizures in an Iranian referral hospital: emphasis on the frequency of meningitis and co-infections	30
Body weight and eating attitudes influence improvement of depressive symptoms in children and pre-adolescents with eating disorders: a prospective multicenter cohort study	29
Association between umbilical venous catheter‒related hepatic complications and tip position in neonates: a retrospective ultrasound-based analysis	29
Characteristics of neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy at high altitude and early results of therapeutic hypothermia	28
Clinical application of middle descending colon-double lumen ostomy with distal stoma narrowing in the treatment of anorectal malformation	28
Removal of an embedded duodenal foreign body in a Schizophrenic adolescent with a guidewire-formed lasso	28
Expanding diversity within phenylketonuria in ecuadorian patients: genetic analysis and literature review of newborn screenings	27

Comparison of ranibizumab and conbercept treatment in type 1 prethreshold retinopathy of prematurity in zone II	27
Correction: Factors associated with arterial stiffness assessed by pulse pressure amplification in healthy children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study	27