OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Basic and Clinical Andrology is 5. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Motivational stimuli to donate sperm among non-donor students	22
Seminal vesicle status and its association with semen parameters in congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens (CBAVD)	16
Viruses, bacteria and parasites: infection of the male genital tract and fertility	16
Extra-cellular vesicles of the male genital tract: new actors in male fertility?	16
Intact spermatogenesis in an azoospermic patient with AZFa (sY84 and sY86) microdeletion and a homozygous TG12-5T variant in CFTR	13
Secondary azoospermia after a successful natural pregnancy: a primary prospective study	13
Management of Fournier’s gangrene during the Covid-19 pandemic era: make a virtue out of necessity	13
ICSI outcomes for infertile men with severe or complete asthenozoospermia	13
Stigma and its associations with self-confidence and sexual relations in 4 types of premature ejaculation	13
Beneficial effects of hypotaurine supplementation in preparation and freezing media on human sperm cryo-capacitation and DNA quality	13
Microscopic surgery for the repair of painful varicocele- efficacy and predictors of successful outcomes	12
Hemoglobin, Albumin, Lymphocyte, and Platelet (HALP) score as a biomarker for phase differentiation in Peyronie’s Disease: a retrospective cohort study	12
Long-term effect of sleeve gastrectomy surgery on Hormonal Profile, Semen Parameters and sexual functions of obese infertile men; a prospective observational study	11
Implantation of skin-derived precursor Schwann cells improves erectile function in a bilateral cavernous nerve injury rat model	11
Is BRD7 associated with spermatogenesis impairment and male infertility in humans? A case-control study in a Han Chinese population	11
Biological and therapeutic implications of sex hormone-related gene clustering in testicular cancer	10
The effect of tadalafil 5 mg on erection and persistent storage lower urinary tract symptoms after transurethral resection of prostate: a randomized controlled study	9
Nrf2 enhances the therapeutic efficiency of adipose-derived stem cells in the treatment of neurogenic erectile dysfunction in a rat model	8
Subfertile patients underestimate their risk factors of reprotoxic exposure	8
Association between sleep quality and nocturnal erection monitor by RigiScan in erectile dysfunction patients: a prospective study using fitbit charge 2	8
Study on clinical outcomes between non-transecting urethroplasty and lingual mucosal urethroplasty for iatrogenic bulbar urethral stricture treatment	8
Etiology, clinical manifestations, and management methods of cryptitis beside the preputial frenulum in men	7
Testicular impairment in Primary Adrenal Insufficiency caused by Nicotinamide Nucleotide Transhydrogenase (NNT) deficiency - a case report: implication of oxidative stress and importance of fertility	7
Comparison of precision of a paperless electronic input method versus the conventional paper form in an andrology laboratory: a prospective study	7
The effectiveness of penile curvature treatment by cavernous body rotation and plication of the tunica albuginea	7

Safety and efficacy of platelet-rich plasma injection for treatment of erectile dysfunction: a prospective randomized controlled study	6
Non-obstructive idiopathic azoospermia vs azoospermia with antecedents of cryptorchidism: ways and probabilities of becoming parents	6
Preoperative semen quality is superior to the quality shortly after orchiectomy in patients with testicular germ cell tumour – a retrospective study from two centres in Germany	6
Sexual dysfunction and quality of life in males with genital warts	6
The role of acupuncture in treating premature ejaculation and its probable neurobiological mechanism	6
The relationship between four types of premature ejaculation patients and the quality of residential environment	5
Stem cell therapy in diabetic men with erectile dysfunction: a 24-month follow-up of safety and efficacy of two intracavernous autologous bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells injections, an open	5
The storage time of cryopreserved human spermatozoa does not affect pathways involved in fertility	5
The NLRP3 inflammasome: molecular activation and regulation in spermatogenesis and male infertility; a systematic review	5
Correction: Complete or partial loss of the Y chromosome in an unselected cohort of 865 non-vasectomized, azoospermic men	5
Clinical outcomes of the tunica albuginea plication for patients with Peyronie’s disease: a bicentric retrospective analysis	5