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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
A gastric outlet thickened mucosal fold associated with cytomegalovirus infection in an extremely preterm infant managed by surgical resection	31
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	12
A subarachnoid pleural fistula with massive crystal-clear pleural fluid caused by a lumbar epidural teratoma	10
Splenic rupture presenting with marked scrotal ecchymosis in a 2-day-old newborn	6
Vitamin B ₁₂ deficiency in mothers and children: risk of neuro-regression	6
A 17-year-old boy who presented with acute mononeuropathy was found to have Type 1 diabetes	6
Gaps in the tuberculosis preventive therapy care cascade in children in contact with TB	5
Clinical characteristics in 26 children with congenital tuberculosis in Central Southern China: a retrospective study	5
Protein-losing enteropathy caused by Yersinia enterocolitica colitis	5
Haematohidrosis in a 12-year-old boy: blood, sweat and tears	5
Effectiveness of phototherapy with and without probiotics for the treatment of indirect hyperbilirubinaemia in preterm neonates: a randomised controlled trial	4
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
Scurvy: old disease, new lessons	4
Relationship between distance of referring facilities and haemoglobin change in children in Malawi	3
Co-existing sickle cell anaemia and inflammatory bowel disease: case report and review of the literature	3
Nitrous oxide-induced myeloneuropathy in a Thai adolescent: a case report	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	2
Acute demyelinating encephalomyelitis in a child with pulmonary tuberculosis	2
Mpox infection in neonates: what we know so far?	2
Aortic thrombosis in a neonate with COVID-19-related fetal inflammatory response syndrome requiring amputation of the leg: a case report	2
Clinical and laboratory features associated with mortality in children with severe malnutrition in Papua New Guinea	2
Decreasing antibiotic over-use by implementation of an antibiotic stewardship programme in preterm neonates in resource limited settings – a quality improvement initiative	2
Organophosphate insecticide poisoning with monocrotophos-induced fabricated illness in a 7-year-old girl with refractory seizures over a 4-year period	2

Vegetarian diets and diets which restrict animal-source foods during childhood in high-income countries	2
Prevalence and management of vitamin D deficiency in children with newly diagnosed coeliac disease: cohort study	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