OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy is 30. 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
Application of optical coherence tomography angiography in the assessment of diabetic macular edema staging and laser photocoagulation efficacy	151
Photodynamic Inactivation of microorganisms for agricultural applications	115
Comparison of choroidal structural changes between term and preterm children with and without retinopathy of prematurity	107
Interpretating retinal microvascular changes in patients recovered from COVID-19 compared to healthy controls: A meta-analysis	89
Effect of photodynamic therapy on the healing of periapical lesions after root canal retreatment: 1-year follow up randomized clinical trial	76
Photodynamic therapy for cutaneous inflammatory pseudotumour: A case report	69
Ionizing radiation and photodynamic therapy lead to multimodal tumor cell death, synergistic cytotoxicity and immune cell invasion in human bladder cancer organoids	66
New insights on antibacterial mode of action of blue-light photoactivated berberine and curcumin-antibiotic combinations against Staphylococcus aureus	61
Indocyanine green-loaded platelet activated by photodynamic and photothermal effects for selective control of wound repair	54
Effect of canal medicaments triple antibiotic paste, Bio-C Temp, and Nano-silver gel activated by visible blue light on canal dentin microhardness and extrusion bond strength of AH plus sealer: A SEM	47
Association of cigarette smoking with retinal thickness and vascular structure in an elderly Chinese population	46
Quantification of macular perfusion following panretinal photocoagulation for diabetic retinopathy: An optical coherence tomography angiography study	45
Infrared spectroscopy for fast screening of diabetes and periodontitis	44
Application of photodynamic therapy in gastrointestinal disorders	40
Impact of photodynamic therapy as an adjunct to non-surgical periodontal treatment on clinical and biochemical parameters among patients having mild rheumatoid arthritis with periodontitis	40
Photodynamic disruption of a polymicrobial biofilm of two periodontal species using indocyanine green-loaded nanospheres	39
Successful treatment by a chlorin e6 derivative mediated photodynamic therapy combined holmium laser for cervical and vaginal giant condyloma acuminata and low-grade intraepithelial neoplasia:A case r	39
Exploration of choroidal vascular changes in juveniles with different degrees of myopia: The application of swept-source optical coherence tomography angiography	38
Retinal structural changes and aging in Parkinson’s disease: Evidence from the Persian cohort study	38
Efficacy of repeated low-level red-light therapy combined with defocus incorporated multiple segments spectacles for controlling childhood myopia	36
Blue light-emitting diode: a new adjuvant approach to conventional treatment of recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis	36
PEEK surface treatment on surface roughness and bond integrity to composite resin utilizing Er: YAG, Rosebengal activated by PDT, and aluminum trioxide particles	35
Studies related to the enhanced the effect of 5-aminolevulinic acid-based photodynamic therapy combined with tirapazamine	35
Correlation between repeated low-level red light-induced afterimage and axial changes in myopia control	35
Evaluation of retinal microvascular network in patients with systemic sclerosis: An optical cohorence tomography angiography study	34

Photothermal therapy improves the efficacy of topical immunotherapy against melanoma	34
Photodynamic therapy combined with antifungal drugs against kerion: A report of six cases and literature review	32
Near infrared photothermal inactivation of Candida albicans assisted by plasmonic nanorods	32
Application of one-dimensional hierarchical network assisted screening for cervical cancer based on Raman spectroscopy combined with attention mechanism	32
Photodynamic therapy for early-stage cervical cancer treatment	30
Influence of violet LED associated or not with peroxide gel on inflammation, mineralization, and collagen fiber maturation in dentin and pulp tissue	30
Intranasal photobiomodulation therapy for COVID-19-related olfactory dysfunction: A Brazilian multicenter case series	30
In vitro evaluation of EDTA combined with photodynamic therapy to reduce Streptococcus mutans in carious dentin	30
Photodynamic therapy in ocular oncology: A bibliometric analysis (1987–2024)	30
The effect of 5-Aminolaevulinic Acid Photodynamic Therapy versus CO2 laser in the Treatment of Cervical Low-grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions with High-Risk HPV Infection: A non-randomized, contr	30