OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Annals of Palliative Medicine is 22. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
The prognostic role of anticoagulants in COVID-19 patients: national COVID-19 cohort in South Korea	54
Limited brain metastases: a narrative review	48
Predictors of quality of life in older adult patients in Lebanon: a cross sectional study	46
Palliative lower leg reconstruction	46
Pivoting to telemedicine in a single-day multidisciplinary liver tumor clinic during COVID-19: the Texas Liver Tumor Center experience	45
Discussion on the repeated inclusion of randomized controlled trials in meta-analysis	39
A retrospective cohort study of intensive gastric variceal ligation versus endoscopic gastric variceal obturation in the management of gastric variceal bleeding	33
Primary colon natural killer (NK)/T-cell lymphoma, nasal type, with perforations: a case report and literature review	32
Risk factors of aspiration occurrence with different feeding patterns in elderly intensive care unit (ICU) patients: a cross-sectional study	32
Clinical efficacy of Mac-2-binding protein glycosylation isomer as a biomarker for albumin-bilirubin grade and the Controlling Nutritional Status score in chronic liver disease: investigation of cut-o	32
Multiple synchronous neoplasms in the ipsilateral parotid gland: case series	31
The safety and effectiveness of α-synuclein immunotherapy vs. placebo for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis	30
Quality and fragility of meta-analyses assessing the efficacy and safety of Ginkgo biloba preparation: protocol for a methodological study	28
Aggravation of airway inflammation in RSV-infected asthmatic mice following infection-induced alteration of gut microbiota	27
Lessons from STIMULI: who benefits from consolidation nivolumab and ipilimumab in limited-disease small-cell lung cancer after chemo-radiotherapy?	27
Blosozumab in the treatment of postmenopausal women with osteoporosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis	27
Effectiveness of traditional Chinese medicine in treating gastrointestinal dysfunction in patients with acute stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 16 randomized controlled trials	26
A narrative review of the challenges and impact of breast cancer treatment in older adults beyond cancer diagnosis	25
Malignant transformation of ovarian teratoma responded well to immunotherapy after failed chemotherapy: a case report	23
Risk factors of cardiac complications in patients with end-stage renal disease undergoing maintenance peritoneal dialysis	23
Efficacy and safety of epidural anesthesia versus local anesthesia in percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis	23
The effect of combined supplementation with vitamin D and omega-3 fatty acids on blood glucose and blood lipid levels in patients with gestational diabetes	23
The effects of the instantaneous scanning glucose monitoring system on hypoglycemia, weight gain, and health behaviors in patients with gestational diabetes: a randomised trial	22
A human-computer collaboration for COVID-19 differentiation: combining a radiomics model with deep learning and human auditing	22
Intravenous patient-controlled analgesia does not increase the risk of postoperative delirium compared to patient-controlled epidural analgesia: a propensity score-matched retrospective cohort study	22

Evaluating health-related quality of life in gastric cancer patients in Suzhou, China	22
A systematic review and meta-analysis of elastic stockings for prevention of thrombosis after orthopedic surgery	22