OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of JAMA-Journal of the American Medical Association is 5. 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
Mucus Plugs and Mortality in Patients With COPD—Reply	1708
The Hole	827
NIH Considers Lessons Learned During COVID-19 Pandemic	767
Effect of Intra-arrest Transport and Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation on Functional Neurologic Outcome in Refractory Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest	717
Nondrug Interventions for Dementia Improved Life, Reduced Costs	715
Incorrect Wording	707
Cardiac Complications More Common After COVID-19 Than Vaccination	696
Consent Laws for Minors Regarding Sexually Transmitted Infection and HIV Services—Reply	664
JAMA	600
Kids Move Much More When Screen Time Is Reduced	569
First Systemic Treatment for Severe Alopecia Is Approved	561
On the Other Side	553
Vagal Maneuvers	553
Water and Sanitation Crisis Affects Women and Girls Most	551
The Margins Matter	542
Cognitive Impairment Underestimated Among American Indian People	512
The Hardest Step	480
Effect of Care Management or Online Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training vs Usual Care on Self-harm Among Adults With Suicidal Ideation—Reply	477
Data Plotted Incorrectly in Figure 2	467
CDC Report Documents Disparities in Mental Health–Related ED Visits	450
The Crucial Role of Rapid Point-of-Care Tests for Malaria in Improving Fever Management	437
Errors in Table 1	435
Dexamethasone and Number of Days Alive Without Life Support in Adults With COVID-19 and Severe Hypoxemia	432
The Politics of Informed Consent and the Limits of the First Amendment	421
Depressive Symptom Assessment in Medically Ill Patients—Reply	416

Follow-up	409
The Referendum on Alcohol	402
How Sex and Gender Differences Relate to Medical Devices	402
Low-Concentration Atropine Eyedrops for Myopia in Children—Reply	390
Sex Differences in Post–Heart Attack Rehospitalizations	362
Premenopausal Vaginitis	354
Untranslatable—Yet Not	353
Do Patient Satisfaction Instruments Harm Patients and Physicians?—Reply	353
Child Asthma Tied to Specific Urban Air Pollutants	341
After the Diagnosis, You Find a Moth	337
Illness, Isolation, and the Poetry of Illumination	335
Images of the Week	320
Clinical Notes, Suggestions, and New Instruments	314
Last-Minute Pedicure	312
The Struggle to Control Blood Pressure in Middle-Income Countries	308
Vitamin C Improved Respiratory Health Among Children Born to Pregnant People Who Smoked	307
JAMA	306
Giving Screen Time a Rest Speeds Concussion Recovery	306
Data Errors in Table 1 of Blood Pressure Self-monitoring Trial	304
JAMA	304
Surgeon General Urges Action to Improve Social Media Safety for Kids	302
My Mentor Quilt	300
Survey: Millions of People in the US Forgo Medications to Reduce Costs	298
FDA Simplifies COVID-19 Vaccination, Permits Some Additional Doses	298
I Love You	298
Menopause Starts 2 Years Earlier in Disadvantaged Neighborhoods	294
Hypertension Risk and Kidney Function Following Kidney Donation—Reply	287
HIV Status Not Linked to Treatment Outcomes for People With Mpox	285
Walking More Than 100 Minutes per Day May Prevent Chronic Lower Back Pain	285
Subsequent Smoking Cessation Treatment After Varenicline or Nicotine Replacement—Reply	285
The Language of Failure	284
Weaker Link Than Expected Between Exercise and Less Cognitive Decline	281
chronicity	281
Audio Highlights	278
The New Threat to Abortion Access in the United States—The Comstock Act	274
Medical Student Intent to Practice in Underserved Areas	269
New HHS Rule Strengthens Privacy Around US Reproductive Care	265
Treatment for Hyperthyroidism During Pregnancy—Reply	265
Audio Highlights	264
Prices for Common Services at Quaternary vs Nonquaternary Hospitals	263
Blood Test Predicted Risk of Future Heart Attacks	263
Blood, Bleeding, and Transfusion—A Theme Issue	257
Incorrect Study N Reported for Supporting Study	255
US Tracking System for Nonfatal Drug Overdoses—Reply	245
Prevalence and Control of Diabetes Among US Adults—Reply	245
Forearm Pain and Stiffness in a 34-Year-Old Woman	243
JAMA	238
As Ransomware Attacks on Health Care Surge, Here’s What Clinicians and Health Systems Can Do	237
Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Middle and Older Age Is Associated With Lower Dementia Risk	236
Cardiac Rehabilitation Associated With Improved Survival	232

Reframing the Key Questions Regarding Screening for Suicide Risk	230
Reasons for Walking Differ Among Groups in the US	228
Antihypertensives Might Explain Some Older Adults’ New Eczema Diagnoses	228
Poetry, Like Medicine, Can Be Strange	227
COVID-19 Tied to Long-Term Kidney Function Decline	227
WHO Approves 3 Mpox Tests Amid Surging Cases in Africa	225
Texas Banned Abortion in 2022—Here’s How It’s Affecting OB-GYNs and Patient Care	221
What Is Chronic Pruritus?	219
Study: Prenatal Cannabis Use Not Associated With Developmental Delays	218
Noninvasive Ventilation in COPD—Pressure Matters	218
Humanitarian Need Jumps in 2022	215
Perioperative Gabapentin Linked to Harms for Older Adults	213
Lifestyle Interventions for Obesity—Reply	213
Sublingual Dexmedetomidine vs Placebo and Acute Agitation Associated With Bipolar Disorder	212
Health Systems Are Struggling to Keep Up With AI—A National Registration System Could Help	211
Amoxicillin Dose and Duration of Treatment and Need for Antibiotic Re-treatment in Children With Community-Acquired Pneumonia	209
Association of Omicron vs Wild-type SARS-CoV-2 Variants With Hospital-Onset SARS-CoV-2 Infections in a US Regional Hospital System	204
Discussion of Diagnostic Excellence—Reply	204
Coordinating a National Approach to Violence Prevention	204
Heart Failure, Neuropathy, and Spinal Stenosis	202
COVID-19 and Lessons to Improve Preparedness for the Next Pandemic	200
Corrections for Conversion of Laboratory Values and Units of Activity Levels	199
Lost Generations	199
Updated Guidelines	199
Lack of Personal Growth, Purpose Linked With Mild Cognitive Impairment	196
Millions of US Adults on Medicaid Lack Coverage for Routine Eye Care	195
Gauging the Value of Top-Selling Drugs in Medicare—Reply	195
Drug Versioning and Legal Accountability—Reply	191
New Benzodiazepine Tapering Guide—Slow and Patient Centered	190
Body Core Temperature After Foot Immersion and Neck Cooling in Older Adults Exposed to Extreme Heat	188
Management of Latent Tuberculosis Infection	186
Streamlining Interstate Access to Gender-Affirming Surgeries	185
Aspirin for Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in 51 Low-, Middle-, and High-Income Countries	184
Obesity in Adults	184
Sevoflurane Sedation in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome	183
Management of Tricuspid Regurgitation	183
Poetry and Perspective Shifting in Medicine	182
Personalized Platelet Transfusion Predictions for Neonates	182
Sex-Based Differences in Pediatric Mental Health Hospitalizations at US Acute Care Hospitals	179
Study: Business Booms for Unlicensed and Unproven Stem Cell Treatments	179
Reaffirming the JAMA Network Commitment to the Health of Patients and the Public	178
Ultraprocessed Food Addiction May Be Common in Middle Age	177
Temporal Trends in Childhood Household Income Among Applicants and Matriculants to Medical School and the Likelihood of Acceptance by Income, 2014-2019	177
Friends	176
Shedding Patterns of Genital Herpes Simplex Virus Infections	174
WHO Declares End of COVID-19 Global Health Emergency	171
Trends in Preventive Aspirin Use by Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Risk	170
Oral Antibiotics and Risk of Serious Cutaneous Adverse Drug Reactions	170
Early Intervention in Patients With Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis and Myocardial Fibrosis—Reply	169
Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures	166
DNA Sequencing to Detect Residual Disease in Adults With Acute Myeloid Leukemia Prior to Hematopoietic Cell Transplant	160
Eladocagene Exuparvovec for Aromatic L-Amino Acid Decarboxylase Deficiency	158
NIH: Routine Lab Tests Not a Reliable Way to Diagnose Long COVID	156
Diagnosis and Management of Prediabetes	155
Effect of High-Flow Nasal Cannula Therapy vs Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy on Liberation From Respiratory Support in Acutely Ill Children Admitted to Pediatric Critical Care Units	155
Reducing Unnecessary Oophorectomies for Benign Ovarian Neoplasms in Pediatric Patients	154
Functional Brain Organization Differences Found Between Boys and Girls With Autism Spectrum Disorder	153
Patents and Regulatory Exclusivities on GLP-1 Receptor Agonists	153
Legalization of Psychedelic Substances	153
Restoring Physician Authority in an Era of Hospital Dominance	151
’Til Death Do Our Smartphones Part	151
Coordinated Care for Optimization of Cardiovascular Preventive Therapies in Patients With Diabetes—Reply	150
The Future of Research on Vaccine Uptake at the National Institutes of Health	149
The Relationship Between Income and Child Health	148
Court Intrusion Into Science and Medicine—The Mifepristone Decisions	147
Diversifying the Genetic Landscape of Heart Disease	147
Illicit Substance Use and Treatment Access Among Adults Experiencing Homelessness	147
Percentage of Opioid Tests Available in US Injury Death Investigations, 2021	146
Platform Trials in ALS	146
Deciding When It’s Better to Deprescribe Medicines Than to Continue Them	145
The Role of Health Care Systems in Bolstering the Social Safety Net to Address Health Inequities in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic	144
Follow-Up of Extracranial-Intracranial Bypass Surgery for Symptomatic Cerebral Artery Occlusion	144
Corticosteroid and Lidocaine Injection for Hip Osteoarthritis	143
Immigration Policy, US Medical Training, and Patient Care	143
Transforming Clinical Research to Meet Health Challenges	140
Minor Consent Laws for Sexually Transmitted Infection and HIV Services	139
Identifying Children Likely to Benefit From Antibiotics for Acute Sinusitis	137
The Industrial Medical-Letter-Writing Complex	137
The Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and Unethical Behavior	137
Leveraging Medicare to Advance Health Equity	136

Role of the Heart in Dementia Etiology in the Absence of Atrial Fibrillation or Stroke	136
Ziritaxestat and Lung Function in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis	135
Affiliation Bias in Peer Review of Abstracts	135
Even Better	134
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Inhaled Sedation	134
Home-Based Walking Exercise for Peripheral Artery Disease	131
Esketamine Monotherapy Effective for Treatment-Resistant Depression	131
Prescription Stimulant Misuse Affects About 1 in 4 Users	131
A New Era in Menopause Management?	131
Adenoma Detection Rates and Risk of Colorectal Cancer	130
Audio Highlights	130
Vitamin D Guidelines in Primary Care	130
Hospital Characteristics Associated With Social Needs Activities in the US	129
Skin Lesions, Foot Drop, and Hand Contractures	129
Association of Supernumerary Sex Chromosome Aneuploidies With Venous Thromboembolism	129
The COVID-19 Pandemic in Serial Medical Dramas	128
AI’s Threat to the Medical Profession	127
Rethinking Inhalers in the Era of Climate Change	127
The Statistics of Diabetes	127
Audio Highlights	126
Trends in Obesity-Related Measures Among US Children, Adolescents, and Adults	126
FDA Approves Semaglutide to Reduce Risk of Kidney Disease Progression	126
Omicron Has Reached the US—Here’s What Infectious Disease Experts Know About the Variant	125
Adolescent-Centered Sexual and Reproductive Health Communication	125
The FDA and the Clinical Community	125
Vaping in Youth	125
Trends in Deaths From Falls Among Adults Aged 65 Years or Older in the US, 1999-2020	125
Short-term Adverse Events Following Immunization With Modified Vaccinia Ankara-Bavarian Nordic (MVA-BN) Vaccine for Mpox	124
A Blood Test for Alzheimer Disease, Repurposing GLP-1s, and Wildfire Smoke—Highlights From the AAIC	124
UV Stabilizer BTMPS in the Illicit Fentanyl Supply in 9 US Locations	123
What to Know About the Recent Rise in Parvovirus B19 Infections	122
Revisiting the FDA’s Accelerated Approval Pathway	122
Audio Highlights	121
Discovery of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 and Its Biological Activity—Reply	121
HIV and Hepatitis C Virus Testing and Treatment Services in Specialty Treatment Facilities That Offer Medication for Opioid Use Disorder in the US	121
Progressive Massive Fibrosis Identified at Federally Funded Black Lung Clinics in the US	121
Viral Infections Associated With Injection Drug Use	120
Patient-Centered Climate Action and Health Equity	119
Effect of Pessary vs Surgery on Patient-Reported Improvement in Patients With Symptomatic Pelvic Organ Prolapse	119
Methylprednisolone as Adjunct to Endovascular Thrombectomy for Large-Vessel Occlusion Stroke	119
Biparametric vs Multiparametric MRI for Prostate Cancer Diagnosis	118
Characterization of Research Grant Terminations at the National Institutes of Health	118
Treatments Used Among Adolescent Residential Addiction Treatment Facilities in the US, 2022	116
Tirzepatide for Weight Reduction in Chinese Adults With Obesity	116
Pulmonary Vein Isolation vs Sham Intervention in Symptomatic Atrial Fibrillation	115
The PACT Act—Expanding Coverage and Access for Veterans	115
Dr Fauci and the Art of Science Communication	115
Effect of Regional vs General Anesthesia on Incidence of Postoperative Delirium in Older Patients Undergoing Hip Fracture Surgery	114
New Reforms to Prescription Drug Pricing in the US	113
Skin Cancer Screening	113
Addressing the Long-term Effects of COVID-19	113
Extracorporeal Blood Purification and Acute Kidney Injury in Cardiac Surgery	113
Single Ascending Dose Study of a Short Interfering RNA Targeting Lipoprotein(a) Production in Individuals With Elevated Plasma Lipoprotein(a) Levels	112
Reforming the World Health Organization’s Essential Medicines List	112
The WHO Declaration of Monkeypox as a Global Public Health Emergency	112
Effect of Aspirin vs Enoxaparin on Symptomatic Venous Thromboembolism in Patients Undergoing Hip or Knee Arthroplasty	111
Improving Prior Authorization in Medicare Advantage	111
Nonhuman “Authors” and Implications for the Integrity of Scientific Publication and Medical Knowledge	110
Cardiovascular Clinical Trials in the Asia-Pacific Region	110
Active Monitoring With or Without Endocrine Therapy for Low-Risk Ductal Carcinoma In Situ	110
Effect of Sacubitril/Valsartan vs Standard Medical Therapies on Plasma NT-proBNP Concentration and Submaximal Exercise Capacity in Patients With Heart Failure and Preserved Ejection Fraction	109
Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura	108
Effect of a Community-Based Medical Oncology Depression Screening Program on Behavioral Health Referrals Among Patients With Breast Cancer	108
Video Laryngoscopy for Surgical Endotracheal Intubation	107
COVID-19 Booster Shot Data Now Available From Nursing Homes	107
World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki	107
JAMA	106
Miscellany	105
Early Respiratory Infections Tied to Premature Death Later in Life	105
RSV Infection Might Be Resuming Prepandemic Patterns	105
Treatment of Menopause Symptoms With Hormone Therapy	103
Two mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines Stimulate Different Immune Responses	103
Losartan Decreases Incidence of Epilepsy in Arterial Hypertension	102
Virus	101
Radiographic Absence of the Left Humeral Head	101
Audio Highlights	101
Selective vs Standard Obstetric Thromboprophylaxis Protocol—Reply	101
Program Offering Free COVID-19 and Flu Services Expands Nationwide	101
The Supreme Court Expands Second Amendment Rights as the Nation Experiences Historic Levels of Firearms Violence	100
Colonoscopy Did Not Reduce Cancer Deaths in Trial	100
California’s State Insurance Gender Nondiscrimination Act and Utilization of Gender-Affirming Surgery—Reply	99
Unintended Pregnancy and Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes	98
At-home COVID-19 Test Instructions Frequently Misinterpreted	98
“Living” Systematic Review of Mental Health During Pandemic	97
Newborn Screening Using Genome Sequencing for Early Actionable Conditions	96
Update on Dry Eye Disease—Reply	95
“I Am a—Nobody”: Illness, Selfhood, and Poetry	95
LSD Use Increasing More Among People With Depression	95
Losing the Human Voice	95
Treatment of Adults Hospitalized With COVID-19 Pneumonia	95
Review of Prediabetes—Reply	95
HHS Launches Climate and Health Outlook Portal	95
Threats and Opportunities Associated With Rapid Growth of Mega-Journals	94
Recent Use of Non–Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants and Intracranial Hemorrhage Among Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke Treated With Alteplase	94
White House Advisor Nahid Bhadelia, MD, MALD, on COVID-19 in Resource-Limited Nations—Undercounted Deaths, Vaccine Inequity, and More	93