OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of European Journal of Anaesthesiology is 25. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Pre-operative anaemia in nonagenarians and centenarians undergoing hip fracture surgery	245
An update on remimazolam and anaphylaxis	201
The burden of peri-operative work at night as perceived by anaesthesiologists	193
Platelet-sparing properties of aprotinin	180
Continuous positive airway pressure to prevent reintubation in patients recovering from cardiac surgery	167
Comparison of a videolaryngoscope with a 3D-printed angled blade and a direct laryngoscope with a Macintosh blade for rapid sequence tracheal intubation	136
Joint Letter to the Editor from the American Society of Anesthesiologists and the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care on Management of Neuromuscular Blockade	91
Reply to: vasopressor effects on venous return in septic patients: a review	74
(Re)animation of a stuffed plush bunny	67
Cost-effectiveness of detection of peri-operative myocardial injury	49
Association between pre-operative hyperuricemia and risk of in-hospital death in high-risk patients undergoing cardiac surgery	48
Anaesthesiologist workload during intra-operative paediatric anaesthesia	47
Serious games as an innovative learning tool at a medical conference to teach medical knowledge and crisis resource management	47
Personalised analgesia/nociception index-guided opioid administration for abdominal surgery	46
Anaesthetic implications of psilocybin and lysergic acid diethylamide: what is old is now new	37
Using small doses of norepinephrine or phenylephrine during the peri-operative period	37
Machine learning-based prediction of massive perioperative allogeneic blood transfusion in cardiac surgery	36
Epidemiology and outcomes of inguinal surgery with or without regional anaesthesia in neonates and small infants	34
Simulation-based education and training in anaesthesia during residency in Europe: where are we now?	32
Levosimendan improves central haemodynamic status and gas exchange in a model of ischaemic cardiac arrest	32
The risks we miss	27
Personality in anaesthesiologists, a systematic review of the literature	27
Reply to: The Video Classification of Intubation score: a new description tool for tracheal intubation using videolaryngoscopy	26
In response to ‘A big little problem – postoperative nausea and vomiting incidences are too low!’	26
Morbidity and mortality related to surgery in patients with bronchopulmonary dysplasia	26