OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of European Journal of Medical Research is 50. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
The percutaneous spinal endoscopy “isolation zone” technique for discogenic low back pain: a case series study	185
Neutrophil lncRNA ZNF100-6:2 is a potential diagnostic marker for active pulmonary tuberculosis	158
Title-molecular diagnostics of dystrophinopathies in Sri Lanka towards phenotype predictions: an insight from a South Asian resource limited setting	152
DDX3X promotes endoplasmic reticulum protein reprogramming via interaction with ERN1 to amplify cerebral ischemia/reperfusion injury	150
Association of triglyceride glucose–body mass index and left ventricular hypertrophy in patients with IgA nephropathy: a retrospective study	144
The impact of early nutritional support on in-hospital mortality in patients with sepsis caused by bacterial or viral infections: a retrospective cohort study	141
Protective effects of paraoxonase-1, vitamin E and selenium, and oxidative stress index on the susceptibility of low density lipoprotein to oxidation in diabetic patients with/without coronary artery	129
Correlation between lipid accumulation product and epigenetic age acceleration in American adults: a cross-sectional analysis using NHANES data	125
The impact of primary tumor location of colorectal cancer on the survival outcome of patients with brain metastasis: a systematic review and meta-analysis	115
Effect of bioactive glass paste on efficacy and post-operative sensitivity associated with at-home bleaching using 20% carbamide peroxide: a randomized controlled clinical trial	113
A predictive nomogram for hemorrhage risk following endoscopic submucosal dissection of gastrointestinal tumors: a retrospective cohort study	112
Safety and efficacy of endoscopy-guided nasojejunal feeding tube placement in ICU post-COVID-19 patients: a retrospective study	111
Current endoscopic diagnosis treatment strategy for superficial nonampullary duodenal tumours	108
Association between serum alkaline phosphatase and clinical prognosis in patients with acute liver failure following cardiac arrest: a retrospective cohort study	108
Evaluation of the clinical effect of inflatable mediastinoscopy synchronous laparoscopic radical resection of esophageal cancer: a comparative study	100
Efficacy and safety of α-blockers plus 5α-reductase inhibitors for benign prostatic hyperplasia: a systematic review and meta-analysis	94
Bioinformatics analysis of ferroptosis-related genes and immune cell infiltration in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease	85
A novel machine learning model based on ubiquitin-related gene pairs and clinical features to predict prognosis and treatment effect in colon adenocarcinoma	84
Palmitoylation-related gene ZDHHC22 as a potential diagnostic and immunomodulatory target in Alzheimer’s disease: insights from machine learning analyses and WGCNA	82
Subgingival microbial community structure in HCC patients with periodontitis: 16S rRNA sequencing, functional prediction, and phenotypic profiling	80
The effects of apoptosis inhibitor of macrophage in kidney diseases	79
Epidemiological characteristics of six respiratory pathogens in Putuo District of Shanghai from 2023 to 2024	78
Prognostic significance of postoperative glycemic variability after gastric surgery: a retrospective cohort study and development of a mortality prediction model	77
Changing trends in burden of calcific aortic valve diseases and degenerative mitral valve diseases among people aged 60–89 years from 1990 to 2030	77
Correlation between the stereostructure of facial recess and the classification of round window membrane visibility	75

The value of dynamic changes in FT3 level for predicting 90-day prognosis of HBV-ACLF patients	73
Efficacy and safety of transcatheter arterial embolization for lower gastrointestinal bleeding: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 58 clinical trials	73
Fungi identified via next-generation sequencing in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid among patients with COVID-19: a retrospective study	72
Analysis of cartilage creep-recovery of human osteoarthritic cartilage	70
Prognostic relevance of prospero homeobox 1 and metastasis tumor antigen 1 in patients with malignant salivary gland tumors: a clinicopathological study	70
Plasma untargeted metabolomics reveals the metabolic landscape of NKTCL and aids in liquid biopsy for disease detection	69
Correction: Prognostic relevance of prospero homeobox 1 and metastasis tumor antigen 1 in patients with malignant salivary gland tumors: a clinicopathological study	68
Changes in brain functional connectivity and clinical correlations in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder: a longitudinal resting-state fMRI study	67
The relationship between inflammation, osteoporosis, and sleep disturbances: a cross-sectional analysis	65
Risk factors and nomogram prediction model for hypocalcemia in patients undergoing hemodialysis	63
Correction: CMTM6 drives glioblastoma progression by promoting M2 polarization and suppressing antigen presentation in microglia/macrophages	61
Editorial Expression of Concern: Bioinformatics analysis reveals novel hub gene pathways associated with IgA nephropathy	61
Respiratory co-infections in COVID-19-positive patients	61
Research advances of matrix metalloproteinases family in uveal melanoma	59
Investigating the association between the inflammatory burden index and depressive symptoms in US adults: evidence from the NHANES 2015–2020	59
Integrated single-cell and transcriptomic analyses uncover m6A-related molecular alterations in endometriosis	59
Dihydroartemisinin inhibits lung cancer bone metastasis by modulating macrophage polarization	58
Caffeine as a cardiovascular protective agent: a comprehensive review of mechanisms and outcomes	57
A new hybrid model for enhancing low-dose CT images using EfficientNetV2 and WGAN-GP: a multi-loss approach	56
Protective effects of diosgenin against non-alcoholic fatty liver disease through inhibiting the STING-dependent inflammatory pathway	54
Admission pulse pressure and in-hospital mortality in type A acute aortic dissection: result from a Chinese study in stable patients on admission	52
Identification of DNA methylation signatures for hepatocellular carcinoma detection and microvascular invasion prediction	52
Risk factors for postoperative complications in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis	51
Helical versus static approaches to delivering tomotherapy to the junctional target for patients taller than 135 cm undergoing total body irradiation	50
Identification of a novel de novo pathogenic variant in GFAP in an Iranian family with Alexander disease by whole-exome sequencing	50
Identification of key miRNAs and target genes in psoriasis vulgaris and obesity co-morbidity	50
Environmental exposure to perchlorate, nitrate, and thiocyanate in relation to myopia in adolescents: a cross-sectional NHANES study	50