OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Italian Journal of 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Prevalence of oral mucosal lesions in children in Xiangyun of Yunnan, China: a cross-sectional study	236
Lutein levels in arterial cord blood correlate with neurotrophic calcium binding S100B protein in healthy preterm and term newborns	208
Establishment and validation of risk prediction model to predict intravenous immunoglobulin-resistance in Kawasaki disease based on meta-analysis of 15 cohorts	127
Inter-hospital cardiorespiratory telemonitoring of newborns and infants: a wellworking example of a hub and spoke network	104
Adverse drugs reactions to paracetamol and ibuprofen in children: a 5-year report from a pediatric poison control center in Italy	88
Pediatricians’ awareness of galenic drugs for children with special needs: a regional survey	70
Prevalence of COVID-19 in children affected by allergic rhinoconjunctivitis and asthma: results from the second “SIAIP rhinosinusitis and conjunctivitis committee” survey	64
Children at risk of domestic accidents when are locked up at home: the other side of COVID-19 outbreak lockdown	57
Childhood occasional hypertension and its association with size at birth and early growth: a population-based retrospective cohort study from China	52
Clinical features of intracardiac thrombotic complication in patients with severe Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia	46
Severe stunting and its associated factors among children aged 6–59 months in Ethiopia; multilevel ordinal logistic regression model	42
The glucose infusion rate of parenteral nutrition in the first week of life in preterm infants: an observational study	41
Primary care pediatricians and job satisfaction: a cross sectional study in the Lazio region	39
Unnecessity of routine chest tube drainage after patent ductus arteriosus ligation in preterm neonates	36
Surgical experience in repairing the right common carotid artery and the right internal jugular vein after ECMO in neonates: early clinical results	35
Use of Remdesivir in children with COVID-19: report of an Italian multicenter study	34
Record of strep throat infections in Italy: what is needed to know about penicillin allergy? The point of view from the Italian Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology (SIAIP)	33
Is lipoprotein(a) measurement important for cardiovascular risk stratification in children and adolescents?	32
Association between real-time polymerase chain reaction cycle threshold value and clinical presentation in children with Bordetella pertussis	32
The assessment of pentraxin 3: a diagnostic and prognostic biomarker in lower respiratory tract infections in children	30
Association between autoimmune disease and neurodevelopmental disorder: a Mendelian randomization analysis	29
Current status and influencing factors of social support for main caregivers of children with traumatic brain injury: a cross-sectional survey	28
Normative data for handgrip strength in Iranian healthy children and adolescents aged 7–18 years: comparison with international norms	28
Immune responses to alglucosidase in infantile Pompe disease: recommendations from an Italian pediatric expert panel	27
Children with medical complexity and paediatric palliative care: a retrospective cross-sectional survey of prevalence and needs	27

Management of BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine in children aged 5–11 years with allergies, asthma, and immunodeficiency: consensus of the Italian Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology (SIAIP)	27
Report and follow-up on two new patients with congenital mesoblastic nephroma	27