OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Postgraduate Medicine is 1. 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
Status of oral anticoagulant use in a tertiary center in south India	58
Left lower lobectomy for uncommon endobronchial mucoepidermoid carcinoma in a 15-year-old male	27
Post-transplant diarrhea and immunosuppressant withdrawal	22
Surgical considerations in congenital nontumorous obstructive hydrocephalus	16
Neuro-Behçet’s presentation as cerebral venous thrombosis – A report of two cases and review of the literature	12
Unusual magnetic resonance imaging findings of cystic bone lesions in congenital generalized lipodystrophy	10
Native tricuspid valve endocarditis presenting as pyrexia of unknown origin	9
Competency-based medical education and the McNamara fallacy: Assessing the important or making the assessed important?	7
Utilizing tables, figures, charts and graphs to enhance the readability of a research paper	7
Large language models and the future of academic writing	6
Clinical profile and outcome of foreign body ingestion in a tertiary care center in India: An observational study	6
Aortic aneurysm causing compressive myelopathy	6
Introduction of psychological skills laboratory in medical education	6
Successful subclavian artery stenting in a patient with subclavian steal syndrome associated with contralateral vertebral artery hypoplasia	5
A rare case of primary retroperitoneal extraovarian granulosa cell tumor	5
A misplaced epicutaneo-caval catheter presents with abdominal wall cellulitis in a neonate	5
Autoimmune hypoglycemia due to alpha-lipoic acid: Report of two cases	5
Tracheobronchial adenoid cystic carcinoma mimicking bronchial asthma	4
Effect of COVID-19 driven lockdown on social contact pattern in Puducherry, India: A longitudinal study	4
Giant cell arteritis with stroke and systemic diffuse vasculitis	4
A guide to empirical management of urinary tract infection in outpatient setting in a tertiary care institute: A study from Western India	4
Sequelae of COVID-19 pneumonia	4
A spectrum of viral diseases in Odisha state, eastern India: An evidence-based analysis from 2010–2017	4
The bitter aftertaste: Chronic pancreatitis and diabetes from codeine cough syrup	4
2. Types of data and data collation for efficient processing	3

Lane-Hamilton syndrome – Is it really a needle in a haystack?	3
How appropriate are referral letters written by school principals to a learning disability clinic? A retrospective audit	3
Pulmonary complications of supracostal percutaneous nephrolithotomy – Must know facts for surgeons	3
Disease and treatment awareness, prescription patterns, and self-medication practices in patients of functional bowel disorders: A cross-sectional survey	3
Hypercalcemia with methotrexate pneumonitis: A rare, important and intriguing adverse event	3
Tuberculous enteritis-induced small intestinal bleeding in a kidney transplant recipient	3
Tuberculosis	3
National Ethical Guidelines for biomedical and health research: Issues to ponder over	3
Progressive nodule-like lesions on bilateral lower limbs	3
Medicolegal autopsies in private medical colleges in India: An urgent need	3
Chondroid metaplasia of peritoneum in absence of prior surgery - A rare presentation with a short review of literature	2
Commercial screening tests: Beneficial or a hypnosis to advertisements?	2
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis associated with mushroom cultivation	2
Esophageal squamous cell cancer in Plummer-Vinson syndrome: Is lichen planus a missing link?	2
Empowering public health: Leveraging AI for early detection, treatment, and disease prevention in communities – A scoping review	2
Do school students with specific learning disabilities have lower emotional intelligence abilities? A cross-sectional questionnaire-based study in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India	2
Long standing untreated multifocal cutaneous tuberculosis with development of breast carcinoma	2
Primary central nervous system neuroblastoma mimicking a meningioma: A case report	2
Short term outcome of patients attending a renal-immunology clinic in central India	2
Pulsatile bleeding varicose veins due to tricuspid regurgitation successfully treated with foam sclerotherapy	2
Donor-type aplasia after stem cell transplantation in aplastic anaemia	2
Porphyrias: Uncommon disorders masquerading as common childhood diseases	2
The development of QERM scoring system for comprehensive assessment of the Quality of Empirical Research in Medicine - Part 1	2
Intraventricular membrane with ventricular diverticulum	2
Glomerulonephritis registry: Need of the hour	2
Drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms syndrome related to piperacillin-tazobactam use	2
Self-perceived anxiety symptoms in school students with borderline intellectual functioning: A cross-sectional questionnaire-based study in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India	2
Assessment of the quality of randomized controlled trials in surgery using Jadad score: Where do we stand?	2
An audit of questions asked by participants during the informed consent process for a phase 2/3 COVID-19 vaccine regulatory study at a tertiary referral centre	1
To restrict or not to restrict – Understanding the conundrum of dietary protein restriction in chronic kidney disease	1
Oxymorons in medical imaging flip-flops, longitudinally-transverse	1
Microbial profile and antimicrobial resistance patterns in ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP): A cross-sectional study from Syria	1
Cefoperazone/sulbactam-induced hemolytic anemia	1
Leucine-rich glioma-inactivated 1 (LGI-1) autoimmune encephalitis presenting as reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome: Initial case report from India	1
Therapeutic drug monitoring of levetiracetam: Method validation using high-performance liquid chromatography-ultraviolet detector technique and usefulness in patient care setting	1
Primary diffuse leptomeningeal primitive neuroectodermal tumor presenting as chronic meningitis	1
Prediction of mortality in sepsis patients using stacked ensemble machine learning algorithm	1
Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis with coexisting neurocysticercosis in an 11-year-old boy: An unusual occurrence	1
VR Khanolkar’s research and academic activities in K.E.M. Hospital and Seth G.S. Medical College	1
Recurrent aplastic anemia with donor-type aplasia	1
Contribution of Indian publications to research in telemedicine	1
A rare presentation of acute transverse myelitis	1
Splenodiaphragmatic interposition of the splenic flexure of colon	1
Facial nerve communication with ansa cervicalis – An unusual anatomical variation	1
Economic burden of limited English proficiency: A prevalence-based cost of illness study of its direct, indirect, and intangible costs	1
Transient congenital hypothyroidism – too short to be transient	1
Revealing inducible clindamycin resistance in methicillin-resistant S aureus: A vital diagnostic imperative for effective treatment	1
Efficacy and safety of hydroxychloroquine for managing glycemia in type-2 diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis	1
Lunar lenses – Acquired lens colobomas	1
Chronic diarrhea - The poetic masquerade	1

Factors influencing academic failure rate among first-year Indian medical students who experienced competency-based medical education curriculum during the COVID-19 pandemic	1
Zoster neuritis of lumbar nerves: A clinical, magnetic resonance imaging, and electrodiagnostic evaluation	1
Ultrasound-guided dry needling of masticatory muscles in trigeminal neuralgia – A case series of 35 patients	1
Private medical autopsies - The road ahead!	1
Beaver tail variant of liver: A radiographic mimic of left lower lobe pneumonia in a neonate	1
Fatal familial insomnia: Reporting a case of the rare nightmare	1
Surgical trials in India, where do we stand?	1
Glimpses of pheochromocytoma–paraganglioma management through ambulatory blood pressure monitoring window	1
Low degree of patient involvement in contemporary surgical research: A scoping review	1
An unusual case of facial cutaneous tuberculosis	1
Post-trabeculectomy early bleb localization mimicking a ‘ring of steel’	1
Assessment of the effectiveness and perception of different teaching techniques used in pharmacology among students	1
Recharge the cells to overcome the debilitating symptoms in long-COVID	1
Acute rheumatic fever and Takayasu arteritis – A synchronous co-occurrence	1
Levetiracetam-induced gingival hyperplasia	1
Who will guard the guardians? Cross-sectional study on prevalence of psychiatric morbidity, quality of life, and coping skills in caregivers of children with thalassemia major	1
Mediastinal mass in an infant: A rare presentation of extrapulmonary tuberculosis	1
Lemierre syndrome complicated by bronchopleural fistula	1
Clinical implications of embryological variations in middle cerebral artery anatomy	1
Factors determining outcome of post-angiogram-negative subarachnoid hemorrhage	1
1. Study designs for making most of the limited resources	1
Unusual upper gastrointestinal bleeding following radiofrequency ablation and transarterial chemoembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma	1
Navigating power dynamics and hierarchies in medical education: Enhancing faculty experiences and institutional culture	1
Clinical insights and real-time PCR analysis of the first adeno-enterovirus conjunctivitis outbreak in India: A comprehensive cross-sectional study	1
Isolated bilateral lateral geniculate body necrosis following acute pancreatitis: A rare cause of bilateral loss of vision in a young female	1
Use of ROC curve analysis for prediction gives fallacious results: Use predictivity-based indices	1
Surgical care delivery in India during the COVID pandemic	1
Removing chewing gum from the urinary bladder of a 32-year-old male patient	1
Sleep apnea in end-stage renal disease patients: Impact on cardiovascular and neurological outcomes	1