OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Frontiers in Pediatrics is 34. 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 application of ultrasound-guided cannulated screw removal after proximal tibial fracture surgery: a retrospective study	100
Association of parent-child interactions with parental psychological distress and resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic	91
Case Report: A case study and literature review on teeth discoloration caused by linezolid with the shortest incubation period in a pediatric patient	71
Comparison of cardiac function between single left ventricle and tricuspid atresia: assessment using echocardiography combined with computational fluid dynamics	69
Impact of the 2017 AAP clinical guideline on the prevalence of high blood pressure among adolescents in Lagos, Nigeria	65
Analysis of imaging in pediatric bronchopulmonary foregut malformations with literature review: case reports	64
Commentary: Flow-controlled ventilation maintains gas exchange and lung aeration in a pediatric model of healthy and injured lungs: a randomized cross-over experimental study	60
Ultra-slim flexible bronchoscopy-guided topical hemostatic drugs administration for the management of life-threatening refractory pulmonary hemorrhage in a preterm infant: Case report	59
Congenital intrahepatic portosystemic shunt in 27 children: an experience and treatment strategy of a single centre in China	57
Reconstruction of radial deviation after preaxial polydactyly surgery: use of an ulnar fascial flap	57
Clinical characteristics and outcomes in febrile infants aged 29–90 days with urinary tract infections and cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis	53
Neurofilament Light Chain serum levels after Hypoxia-Ischemia in a newborn piglet model	51
Audiological characteristics of children with congenital unilateral hearing loss: insights into Age of reliable behavioural audiogram acquisition and change of hearing loss	48
Case report: Miliary tuberculosis complicated by pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome in a 12-year-old girl	48
Editorial: Visibility matters – women in neonatology	47
Editorial: Insights in pediatric cardiology: 2021	44
The molecular profile of the inflammatory process differs among various neurodevelopmental disorders with or without cognitive component: A hypothesis of persistent systemic dysfunction and hyper-reso	43
The blood count as a compass to navigate in the ever-changing landscape of the carrier state of hemoglobinopathies: a single-center Italian experience	41
SOCS1 insufficiency in systemic lupus erythematosus in a child: a case report	40
Case Report: Compound heterozygous variants in BHLHA9 cause complex syndactyly with oligodactyly, renal artery variation, and facial scar	39
A pediatric patient with bilateral tracheobronchial foreign body successfully treated using surgical intervention with extracorporeal circulation: case report and literature review	39
When there is no air, the cradle will fall: A narrative review of tobacco-related content across infant safe sleep interventions	39
Case Report: Diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of venous thrombosis in adolescent diabetic patients with SARS-CoV-2	39
Dentoskeletal characteristics of non-syndromic pierre robin sequence and isolated incomplete cleft palate children: a retrospective case control study	38
Case Report: Persistent toxic reactions in a toddler with a negative blood cantharidin toxicology test	38

Primary catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome in children with midbrain infarction: a case report	38
A modified surgical technique for children recurrent popliteal cyst: the repair method of using medial head of gastrocnemius tendon flap	37
Multimodal optical imaging and genetic features of AB variant GM2 gangliosidosis: a case report	37
Diagnosis of covert coarctation of the aorta in adolescents	36
In vitro study of spontaneous motility and cholinergic responses in the human Hirschsprung's disease colon	36
Understanding the pubertal, psychosocial, and cognitive developmental trajectories of stunted and non-stunted adolescents: protocol of a multi-site Indonesian cohort study	36
Real-word adrenocorticotropic hormone treatment for childhood-onset nephrotic syndrome	36
Machine learning-based prediction of hemodynamically significant patent ductus arteriosus in preterm neonates: a pioneering insight	35
Acute intestinal obstruction in children: a comparison of laparoscopic treatment and open surgery	34
Case Report: severe pulmonary hypertension in a child with micronutrient deficiency	34
Conservative vs. surgical management of acute appendicitis in children with acute leukemia: a single-center retrospective case series	34