OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Annals of Saudi Medicine 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
Management of twin reversed arterial perfusion sequence: one center's experience	20
Clinical profile of functional constipation in Saudi children	17
Comparison of nutritional risk status assessment tools in predicting 30-day survival in critically ill COVID-19 pneumonia patients	13
Improved long-term survival rate in the responders to bortezomib, cyclophosphamide, dexamethasone induction therapy in a transplant-eligible cohort of predominantly middle-age multiple myeloma patient	13
Predicting COVID-19 outcomes with the Edmonton Obesity Staging System	13
Comorbidity of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in young adults who had major depressive disorder	12
Association between human herpesviruses and head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: a molecular perspective	12
Recurrent diabetic ketoacidosis in Saudi patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus: a retrospective study from a tertiary hospital	11
Diabetic ketoacidosis in Saudi Arabia: factors precipitating initial admission and readmission	11
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the diagnosis, tumor characteristics, and survival outcomes of colorectal cancer: a retrospective cohort study	11
Histopathological findings in obese patients undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in the Western region of Saudi Arabia	11
Clinical profile, course and outcomes of adults with inflammatory bowel disease over a decade: a single center experience	10
Abdominal access in laparoscopic surgery of obese patients: a novel abdominal access technique	10
Comment on: Optic nerve sheath diameter measurement by ultrasound and age group	10
Prevalence and predictors of co-occurring functional seizure in patients with epilepsy at a tertiary care center in Makkah	10
Factors associated with 30-day mortality and morbidity in patients undergoing emergency colorectal surgery	9
Clinical profiles and mortality risk factors in pediatric pulmonary hemorrhage: a single-center study in Saudi Arabia	9
Risk factors for postoperative hypocalcemia following total thyroidectomy: a retrospective study	9
Adolescent pregnancies in Turkey: a single center experience	9
Demographic, clinical and genetic factors associated with COVID-19 disease susceptibility and mortality in a Kurdish population	9
Effect of infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 on the fetus in pregnant women who recovered from infection	9
Prevalence of nocturnal enuresis among children and adults in Saudi Arabia: a systematic review and meta-analysis	9
Evaluation of critically ill obstetric patients treated in an intensive care unit during the COVID-19 pandemic	9
Dependence of clinical outcomes on time of hospital admission in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction	8
Role of body mass index in anastomotic leakage after curative treatment for rectal cancer	8

Comment on: Association between serum vitamin D levels and age in patients with epilepsy: A retrospective study from an epilepsy center in Saudi Arabia	8
Predictors of medication regimen complexity and its impact on hemoglobin a1c in type 2 diabetes patients: a retrospective analysis in ambulatory care in Makkah City	8
Transformation of dental services from a governmental model to a revenue-generation model of operation in a tertiary care hospital: a health economics assessment	8
Identification and antifungal resistance profiling of Candida (Candidozyma) auris in a tertiary hospital in Istanbul, Türkiye	8
Acute infrarenal abdominal aortic occlusion in a patient with COVID-19	7
Comment on “The effect of preoperative chest physiotherapy on oxygenation and lung function in cardiac surgery patients: a randomized controlled study”	7
Impact of 3D high-definition laparoscopy on total laparoscopic hysterectomy: a body mass index-stratified retrospective analysis	7
Efficacy and safety of empagliflozin: a “real-world” experience from Saudi Arabia	7
Efficacy and safety of semaglutide: real-world tertiary care experience from Saudi Arabia	7
The therapeutic effect of leucogen in treating alcoholic liver cirrhosis with thrombocytopenia or leukopenia	7
Optimized serum ferritin prediction of iron overload in transfusion-dependent thalassemia: likelihood ratio and age-adjustment approach	7
Prognosis of patients hospitalized with a diagnosis of COVID-19 pneumonia in a tertiary hospital in Turkey	7
Endometrial thickness as a predictive value of ectopic pregnancy in in-vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injection cycles: a case-control study	7
Prevalence of bacterial bloodstream infections and association between neutropenia and 30-day mortality among oncology inpatients at a university hospital in Saudi Arabia	6
Does red blood cell transfusion affect clinical outcomes in critically ill patients? A report from a large teaching hospital in south Iran	6
The relationship between degree of coronary artery stenosis detected by coronary computed tomography angiography and ACEF risk score in patients with chronic coronary syndrome	6
Sex-based outcomes of obesity in critically ill patients: a retrospective cohort study	6
Argon plasma coagulation: an effective treatment for solitary rectal ulcer syndrome	6
The prevalence of strabismus and visual outcomes in children with hydrocephalus and a ventriculoperitoneal shunt: medical record review	6
Prevalence and association of hyperuricemia with liver function in Saudi Arabia: a large cross-sectional study	6
The outcome of high-frequency oscillatory ventilation in pediatric patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome in an intensive care unit	6
Association between serum vitamin D levels and age in patients with epilepsy: a retrospective study from an epilepsy center in Saudi Arabia	5
Hepatic fibrosis changes in patients with chronic hepatitis C infection who respond to direct-acting antivirals	5
The combined impact of hyponatremia and hematocrit on the risk for 90-day readmission and death in patients with heart failure: dilutional hyponatremia versus depletional hyponatremia	5
Intracoronary epinephrine versus adenosine in the management of refractory no-reflow phenomenon: a single-center retrospective cohort study	5
Clinical outcomes of corticosteroid administration for acute respiratory distress syndrome in adults based on meta-analyses and trial sequential analysis	5
Errata	5
Mesenchymal stem cells and platelet rich plasma therapy for knee osteoarthritis: an umbrella review of systematic reviews with meta-analysis	5