OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Frontiers in Medicine is 65. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial: Synovial tissue biopsy research	437
Muscle-related parameters-based machine learning model for predicting postinduction hypotension in patients undergoing colorectal tumor resection surgery	369
Editorial: Impaired oxygen delivery in experimental disease models: Pathogenesis, diagnostics and treatment strategies	262
Outcome prediction in hospitalized COVID-19 patients: Comparison of the performance of five severity scores	207
Interactive medical and safety monitoring in clinical trials with clinDataReview: a validated and open-source reporting tool	199
A bibliometric analysis of strabismus (from 2004 to 2023)	173
Palliative care and COVID-19: acknowledging past mistakes to forge a better future	159
Emergent data influences the risk/benefit assessment of hemophilia gene therapy using recombinant adeno-associated virus	152
Evaluating the impact of testing strategies for the detection of nosocomial COVID-19 in English hospitals through data-driven modeling	150
A study protocol for exploring and implementing a surgical pharmaceutical service model in drug treatment management for patients with osteoporosis fracture in China	149
Analysis of factors influencing bronchiectasis patients with active pulmonary tuberculosis and development of a nomogram prediction model	139
Therapeutic challenges and new therapeutic targets for combined capillary pulmonary hypertension: a review	129
Neurofibromatosis type 2 misdiagnosed as amblyopia—a case report and literature review	124
Association of HCV Prior Infection and Unprotected Sex on Subsequent HIV Acquisition Risk in the Era of Treatment as Prevention	123
Case Report: Streptococcus dysgalactiae ssp. dysgalactiae bloodstream infections in patients with breast cancer after radiotherapy and chemotherapy	121
Association Between Low Muscle Mass and Gastric Hyperplastic and Inflammatory Polyps in Chinese Asymptomatic Adult Males	120
Implementing an interprofessional point-of-care ultrasound protocol for dyspneic patients in an emergency department as a blended learning concept—Feasibility of Employing Thoracic Ultrasound in Short	120
Comparison of simulation software and contrastive training on ECG interpretation competence in newly graduated nurses	112
Alterations in gut–kidney axis indicators and TMAO-related biomarkers in elderly patients with hypertensive nephropathy	112
Global research progress and trends in traditional Chinese medicine for chronic kidney disease since the 21st century: a bibliometric analysis	106
Association between a frailty index derived from laboratory tests and clinical outcomes in critical care patients with asthma: a retrospective study based on the MIMIC-IV database	105
Comprehensive pan-cancer analysis reveals CGB5 is a potential promising predictive and immunotherapeutic biomarker	104
Age, Sex, and Race/Ethnicity in Clinical Outcomes Among Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19, 2020	103
Screening for cardiovascular risk in the general population: The SPICES implementation survey	103
Efficacy of insulin in treating severe hypertriglyceridaemia in the third trimester of pregnancy	102

Editorial: Opportunities and Challenges of Digitization in Rheumatology	96
Circulating Epstein-Barr virus DNA associated with hepatic impairment and its diagnostic and prognostic role in patients with gastric cancer	90
The other side of the mark sheet: lessons learnt when medical students assess peers in formative clinical examinations	90
The causal relationship between immune cells and Sjögren’s syndrome: a univariate, multivariate, bidirectional Mendelian randomized study	88
Clinical value of combined 18F-FDG and 18F-P3BZA imaging in the diagnosis of melanoma	87
Publications of systematic review and meta-analysis in the indexed anesthesia journals: a 10-year bibliometric analysis	87
Efficacy and safety of L-ornithine L-aspartate combined with lactulose in treatment of hepatic encephalopathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trial	87
Editorial: Knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of healthcare professionals and health professions students towards vaccinations and non-pharmaceutical interventions	86
Clinical characteristics of new-onset acute kidney injury in patients with established acute respiratory distress syndrome: A prospective single-center post hoc observational study	84
Case report: Primary infection of conjunctival histoplasmosis mimicking a large conjunctival neoplasm in an immunosuppressed patient	84
Does Etelcalcetide reverse myelofibrotic bone changes due to hyperparathyroidism? A case report	84
Clinical efficacy of neurofacilitation technology combined with rehabilitation training based on cerebral blood flow velocity and cerebral metabolism in children with cerebral palsy	83
Evaluation of pyroptosis-associated genes in endometrial cancer utilizing a 101-combination machine learning framework and multi-omics data	80
Exclusion of older adults from clinical trials in cancer-related pain	79
A diagnostic model for serious COVID-19 infection among older adults in Shanghai during the Omicron wave	78
Diet-derived circulating antioxidants and risk of knee osteoarthritis, hip osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study	78
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound and microwave ablation of Epstein–Barr virus associated smooth muscle tumors in a patient with AIDS: a case report	77
Hyperoxia Is Not Associated With 30-day Survival in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Patients Who Undergo Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation	77
Case Report: The Experience of Managing a Moderate ARDS Caused by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2 Variant in Chongqing, China: Can We Do Better?	76
Case report: Successful laparoscopic management of early abdominal pregnancy	75
Editorial: Recent advances in obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA)	75
Association between lifestyle, multiple chronic conditions, mental health status and the severity of lower urinary tract symptoms/benign prostatic hyperplasia in Chinese elderly	74
Non-cirrhotic portal hypertension secondary to cholangiointestinal anastomotic stricture after choledochal cyst excision: a case report	74
Radiology resident education during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States	73
ReDisX, a machine learning approach, rationalizes rheumatoid arthritis and coronary artery disease patients uniquely upon identifying subpopulation differentiation markers from their genomic data	73
Abdominal lymphangioleiomyomatosis in a man presenting with gastrointestinal hemorrhage as the first manifestation: a case report	73
Investigating the risks of late preterm and term neonatal morbidity across clinical subtypes of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy	73
Identifying key genes associated with recurrence in non-small cell lung cancer through TCGA and single-cell analysis	72
Editorial: Women in Science - Ophthalmology 2021	72
Clinical significance of elevated tumor markers in patients with biliary pancreatitis	71
Cardiovascular events in delayed presentation of HIV: the prospective PISCIS cohort study	71
Acute post-renal kidney graft dysfunction due to cytomegalovirus-positive nephrogenic adenoma—case report and review of the literature	71
Additional role of ECC in the detection and treatment of cervical HSIL	71
Current status of pharmacotherapy for primary sclerosing cholangitis	71
Unveiling causal immune cell–gene associations in multiple myeloma: insights from systematic reviews and Mendelian randomization analyses	70
Role of sphingosine 1-phosphate (S1P) in sepsis-associated intestinal injury	70
The impact on the scientific community of the 2018 addendum to the CHCC	69
Delayed medical consultation and influencing factors in elderly patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome	67
Clinical characteristics and outcomes of persistent bacteremia in patients with head and neck cancer in a tertiary care hospital	66
Family physicians overestimate diagnosis probabilities regardless of the test results	65