OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Basic and Clinical Andrology is 4. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Motivational stimuli to donate sperm among non-donor students	25
Viruses, bacteria and parasites: infection of the male genital tract and fertility	17
Seminal vesicle status and its association with semen parameters in congenital bilateral absence of the vas deferens (CBAVD)	16
Stigma and its associations with self-confidence and sexual relations in 4 types of premature ejaculation	14
Secondary azoospermia after a successful natural pregnancy: a primary prospective study	14
Management of Fournier’s gangrene during the Covid-19 pandemic era: make a virtue out of necessity	13
Beneficial effects of hypotaurine supplementation in preparation and freezing media on human sperm cryo-capacitation and DNA quality	13
Hemoglobin, Albumin, Lymphocyte, and Platelet (HALP) score as a biomarker for phase differentiation in Peyronie’s Disease: a retrospective cohort study	13
ICSI outcomes for infertile men with severe or complete asthenozoospermia	13
Intact spermatogenesis in an azoospermic patient with AZFa (sY84 and sY86) microdeletion and a homozygous TG12-5T variant in CFTR	12
Long-term effect of sleeve gastrectomy surgery on Hormonal Profile, Semen Parameters and sexual functions of obese infertile men; a prospective observational study	12
Microscopic surgery for the repair of painful varicocele- efficacy and predictors of successful outcomes	12
Biological and therapeutic implications of sex hormone-related gene clustering in testicular cancer	11
Implantation of skin-derived precursor Schwann cells improves erectile function in a bilateral cavernous nerve injury rat model	11
The effect of tadalafil 5 mg on erection and persistent storage lower urinary tract symptoms after transurethral resection of prostate: a randomized controlled study	10
Subfertile patients underestimate their risk factors of reprotoxic exposure	9
Study on clinical outcomes between non-transecting urethroplasty and lingual mucosal urethroplasty for iatrogenic bulbar urethral stricture treatment	8
Association between sleep quality and nocturnal erection monitor by RigiScan in erectile dysfunction patients: a prospective study using fitbit charge 2	8
Testicular impairment in Primary Adrenal Insufficiency caused by Nicotinamide Nucleotide Transhydrogenase (NNT) deficiency - a case report: implication of oxidative stress and importance of fertility	8
The effectiveness of penile curvature treatment by cavernous body rotation and plication of the tunica albuginea	8
Etiology, clinical manifestations, and management methods of cryptitis beside the preputial frenulum in men	8
Nrf2 enhances the therapeutic efficiency of adipose-derived stem cells in the treatment of neurogenic erectile dysfunction in a rat model	8
Comparison of precision of a paperless electronic input method versus the conventional paper form in an andrology laboratory: a prospective study	8
Safety and efficacy of platelet-rich plasma injection for treatment of erectile dysfunction: a prospective randomized controlled study	7
Non-obstructive idiopathic azoospermia vs azoospermia with antecedents of cryptorchidism: ways and probabilities of becoming parents	7

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	7
Sexual dysfunction and quality of life in males with genital warts	7
The storage time of cryopreserved human spermatozoa does not affect pathways involved in fertility	6
Clinical outcomes of the tunica albuginea plication for patients with Peyronie’s disease: a bicentric retrospective analysis	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	6
The NLRP3 inflammasome: molecular activation and regulation in spermatogenesis and male infertility; a systematic review	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
Correction: Complete or partial loss of the Y chromosome in an unselected cohort of 865 non-vasectomized, azoospermic men	5
Correction: Stigma and its associations with self-confidence and sexual relations in 4 types of premature ejaculation	4
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on semen quality of uninfected men	4
Testicular sperm aspiration has a poor effect in predicting micro-TESE outcomes in NOA patients with AZFc deletion	4
Ureaplasma parvum impaired semen quality improves after doxycycline treatment in selected patients: a cohort study	4
Complete or partial loss of the Y chromosome in an unselected cohort of 865 non-vasectomized, azoospermic men	4