OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Medicine is 64. 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
SARS-CoV-2 infection is detrimental to pregnancy outcomes after embryo transfer in IVF/ICSI: a prospective cohort study	385
NICE and NHS England leads the way to improve diabetes care with access to continuous glucose monitoring for people with type 1 diabetes	313
The relationship between community food environment around schools and student meal participation: the role of school CEP participation status	262
Value of cannabidiol as adjunctive treatment for Lennox Gastaut syndrome: cost-effectiveness and budget impact analysis	248
Between faces: childhood adversity is associated with reduced threat-safety discrimination during facial expression processing in adolescence	235
What effect have commissioners’ policies for body mass index had on hip replacement surgery?: an interrupted time series analysis from the National Joint Registry for England	228
Differences in intention to receive clinician-collected and self-collected samples for HPV DNA testing and its determinants between heterosexual males and females in Hong Kong, China: findings of a te	206
Does disease incite a stronger moral appeal than health?	203
Mesenchymal stromal cells plus basiliximab improve the response of steroid-refractory acute graft-versus-host disease as a second-line therapy: a multicentre, randomized, controlled trial	203
The impact of medication reviews by general practitioners on psychotropic drug use and behavioral and psychological symptoms in home-dwelling people with dementia: results from the multicomponent clus	168
Vaginal and rectal microbiome contribute to genital inflammation in chronic pelvic pain	161
Prognostic value of circulating tumor DNA in operable non-small cell lung cancer: a systematic review and reconstructed individual patient-data based meta-analysis	161
Effect of chimeric antigen receptor T cells against protease-activated receptor 1 for treating pancreatic cancer	148
Central nervous system efficacy of furmonertinib (AST2818) in patients with EGFR T790M mutated non-small cell lung cancer: a pooled analysis from two phase 2 studies	142
Association between patient ethnicity and prostate cancer diagnosis following a prostate-specific antigen test: a cohort study of 730,000 men in primary care in the UK	140
A Pfs48/45-based vaccine to block Plasmodium falciparum transmission: phase 1, open-label, clinical trial	133
Association between viral infections and glioma risk: a two-sample bidirectional Mendelian randomization analysis	131
Interstitial pneumonitis associated with combined regimen of immunotherapy and conventional therapies—pharmacovigilance database analysis with real-world data validation	129
Faecalibacterium prausnitzii promotes anti-PD-L1 efficacy in natural killer/T-cell lymphoma by enhancing antitumor immunity	129
Systemic inflammation indicators and risk of incident arrhythmias in 478,524 individuals: evidence from the UK Biobank cohort	123
Metabolic characteristics and pathogenesis of precocious puberty in girls: the role of perfluorinated compounds	123
Social connection and mortality in UK Biobank: a prospective cohort analysis	121
Association of ideal cardiovascular health with cardiovascular events and risk advancement periods in a Mediterranean population-based cohort	121
Random capillary glucose levels throughout pregnancy, obstetric and neonatal outcomes, and long-term neurodevelopmental conditions in children: a group-based trajectory analysis	120
Characterising social contacts under COVID-19 control measures in Africa	115

Patient outcomes following AKI and AKD: a population-based cohort study	115
Associations between types and sources of dietary carbohydrates and liver fat: a UK Biobank study	114
Prevalence and progress of underdiagnosis of probable dementia: a repeated cross-sectional study in 19 European countries	113
Molecular signatures of invasive and non-invasive pituitary adenomas: a comprehensive analysis of DNA methylation and gene expression	109
Coronary microvascular function in male physicians with burnout and job stress: an observational study	108
Accelerometer-derived “weekend warrior” physical activity pattern and cardiovascular disease in individuals with hypertension: a prospective cohort study	106
Risk stratification and outcomes in diabetes mellitus patients with preserved ejection fraction: a cardiac MRI study	106
Association of lifestyle with valvular heart disease progression and life expectancy among elderly people from different socioeconomic backgrounds	105
Can we achieve better trial recruitment by presenting patient information through multimedia? Meta-analysis of ‘studies within a trial’ (SWATs)	104
The regulatory variant rs1950834 confers the risk of depressive disorder by reducing LRFN5 expression	103
Connection between trajectory of primary cancer monitoring indicators and mortality after cancer in South Korea	101
Effect of human papillomavirus infection on semen quality and assisted reproductive technology outcomes: a prospective observational cohort study	97
Is a voluntary healthy food policy effective? evaluating effects on foods and drinks for sale in hospitals and resulting policy changes	96
Functional genomics elucidates regulatory mechanisms of Parkinson’s disease-associated variants	91
Twenty-year trend in the prevalence of increased cardiometabolic risk, measured by abdominal obesity, among Spanish children and adolescents across body mass index categories	91
Disease and mortality trajectories of cognitively able autistic individuals in mid- and later adulthood	90
Prednisolone does not improve olfactory function after COVID-19: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial	90
Double-negative T cells in combination with ursodeoxycholic acid ameliorates immune-mediated cholangitis in mice	87
Ketorolac in the perioperative management of acute type A aortic dissection: a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial	87
A cross-sectional study evidences regulations of leukocytes in the colostrum of mothers with obesity	82
ANXA4 restricts HBV replication by inhibiting autophagic degradation of MCM2 in chronic hepatitis B	79
Utility of shaking chills as a diagnostic sign for bacteremia in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis	79
Adults prenatally exposed to the Dutch Famine exhibit a metabolic signature associated with a broad spectrum of common diseases	78
Associations of the circulating levels of cytokines with risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a Mendelian randomization study	77
Correction: Antenatal steroids elicited neurodegenerative-associated transcriptional changes in the hippocampus of preterm fetal sheep independent of lung maturation	77
Early life adversity and risk for non-communicable health outcomes: challenges and opportunities for a maturing field	77
Hepatic artery infusion of FOLFOX chemotherapy plus camrelizumab combined with sorafenib for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma in Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer stage C (Double-IA-001): a phase II tria	76
Analysis of host-pathogen gene association networks reveals patient-specific response to streptococcal and polymicrobial necrotising soft tissue infections	75
High-risk human papillomavirus testing in first-void urine as a novel and non-invasive cervical cancer screening modality—a Danish diagnostic test accuracy study	74
Effects of non-pharmacological interventions for adults with subjective cognitive decline: a network meta-analysis and component network meta-analysis	73
Unravelling the connection between interferons and systemic lupus erythematosus: a systematic review and meta-analysis	72
Changes in the critical nutrient content of packaged foods and beverages after the full implementation of the Chilean Food Labelling and Advertising Law: a repeated cross-sectional study	72
The role of estimated glucose disposal rate in predicting cardiovascular risk among general and diabetes mellitus population: a systematic review and meta-analysis	71
Real-time forecasting the trajectory of monkeypox outbreaks at the national and global levels, July–October 2022	69
Maximizing the cost-effectiveness of cervical screening in the context of routine HPV vaccination by optimizing screening strategies with respect to vaccine uptake: a modeling analysis	69
Discrepancies between general and central obesity in arterial stiffness: observational studies and Mendelian randomization study	68
Normal-weight central obesity and cardiometabolic disorders among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians	67
Global incidence and characteristics of spinal cord injury since 2000–2021: a systematic review and meta-analysis	65
Integration of clinical and blood parameters in risk prognostication for patients receiving immunochemotherapy for extensive stage small cell lung cancer: real-world data from two centers	64