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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
The global prevalence of autism spectrum disorder: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis	177
The global prevalence of ADHD in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis	134
Smartphone use and addiction during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: cohort study on 184 Italian children and adolescents	116
Increased incidence of precocious and accelerated puberty in females during and after the Italian lockdown for the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic	84
Macronutrient balance and micronutrient amounts through growth and development	79
Epidemiology and prevention of respiratory syncytial virus infections in children in Italy	76
Childhood multisystem inflammatory syndrome associated with COVID-19 (MIS-C): a diagnostic and treatment guidance from the Rheumatology Study Group of the Italian Society of Pediatrics	72
Neurological complications in pediatric patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection: a systematic review of the literature	68
Determinants of postnatal care utilization in sub-Saharan Africa: a meta and multilevel analysis of data from 36 sub-Saharan countries	60
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Emergency Department of a tertiary children’s hospital	58
Quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic from the perspective of adolescents: the crucial role of technology	45
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on lifestyle behaviors in children and adolescents: an international overview	42
Italian intersociety consensus on management of long covid in children	40
The adolescent with obesity: what perspectives for treatment?	40
UPDATE - 2022 Italian guidelines on the management of bronchiolitis in infants	39
Prevention of recurrent respiratory infections	39
“Impact of COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on early onset of puberty: experience of an Italian tertiary center”	38
Could nutritional supplements act as therapeutic adjuvants in COVID-19?	35
Crohn disease-like enterocolitis remission after empagliflozin treatment in a child with glycogen storage disease type Ib: a case report	34
The social role of pediatrics in the past and present times	33
Sleep disorders reveal distress among children and adolescents during the Covid-19 first wave: results of a large web-based Italian survey	32
Long COVID-19 in children: an Italian cohort study	32
Cardio-facio-cutaneous syndrome and gastrointestinal defects: report on a newborn with 19p13.3 deletion including the MAP 2 K2 gene	32
Revised recommendations of the Italian Society of Pediatrics about the general management of Kawasaki disease	30
Clinical features of pediatric post-acute COVID-19: a descriptive retrospective follow-up study	28

The lockdown effects on a pediatric obese population in the COVID-19 era	27
Comprehensive and safe school strategy during COVID-19 pandemic	27