OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Paediatrics and International Child Health is 2. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Congenital malaria in newborns of mothers living in highly endemic parts of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo	31
A gastric outlet thickened mucosal fold associated with cytomegalovirus infection in an extremely preterm infant managed by surgical resection	19
Early congenital syphilis: missed opportunities in a mother owing to many problems during pregnancy – a case report	18
Pulmonary tuberculosis in two preterm infants conceived by in vitro fertilization	11
Haematohidrosis in a 12-year-old boy: blood, sweat and tears	10
Protein-losing enteropathy caused by Yersinia enterocolitica colitis	8
Splenic rupture presenting with marked scrotal ecchymosis in a 2-day-old newborn	6
A subarachnoid pleural fistula with massive crystal-clear pleural fluid caused by a lumbar epidural teratoma	6
Vitamin B ₁₂ deficiency in mothers and children: risk of neuro-regression	5
A 17-year-old boy who presented with acute mononeuropathy was found to have Type 1 diabetes	5
Clinical characteristics in 26 children with congenital tuberculosis in Central Southern China: a retrospective study	5
Assessment of vitamin B ₁₂ and folate status and their determinants in children aged 6–59 months with severe acute malnutrition admitted to a tertiary-care centre in	4
Gaps in the tuberculosis preventive therapy care cascade in children in contact with TB	4
Co-existing sickle cell anaemia and inflammatory bowel disease: case report and review of the literature	3
An extremely rare case of endophthalmitis in an infant with congenital tuberculosis	3
Complications associated with myocardial bridging in four children without underlying cardiac disease: a case series	3
Effectiveness of phototherapy with and without probiotics for the treatment of indirect hyperbilirubinaemia in preterm neonates: a randomised controlled trial	3
Acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis in a child with pulmonary tuberculosis	2
Clinical and laboratory features associated with mortality in children with severe malnutrition in Papua New Guinea	2
Mpox infection in neonates: what we know so far?	2
Prevalence and management of vitamin D deficiency in children with newly diagnosed coeliac disease: cohort study	2
Aortic thrombosis in a neonate with COVID-19-related fetal inflammatory response syndrome requiring amputation of the leg: a case report	2
Organophosphate insecticide poisoning with monocrotophos-induced fabricated illness in a 7-year-old girl with refractory seizures over a 4-year period	2
Hypocalcaemia owing to severe vitamin D deficiency in two children with autism spectrum disorder and food allergy	2
Nitrous oxide-induced myeloneuropathy in a Thai adolescent: a case report	2

Vegetarian diets and diets which restrict animal-source foods during childhood in high-income countries	2
A study comparing short-term outcome in preterm infants of ≤30 weeks gestation between a tertiary neonatal care unit in Bangalore, India and one in London, UK	2