OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Clinical and Experimental Dermatology is 26. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Erythropoietic protoporphyria and afamelanotide: a patient’s perspective	95
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An unusual case of tertiary syphilis	65
A blistering eruption of the head and neck in an 18‐year‐old	59
Clustered yellow papules in the posterior axilla of a middle‐aged woman	51
Intralymphatic histiocytosis-like changes in orofacial granulomatosis	50
Self-healing cutaneous nodules with fever and arthritis: worrisome presentation of a benign disorder	45
Assessment of knowledge and comfort prescribing common systemic medications within an academic medical dermatology clinic: a cross-sectional survey study	45
Comment on 'A prospective real world study evaluating serum levels of arginine and cysteine in females with chronic telogen effluvium: do we really need blanket prescription with amino acid supplement	44
Cryosurgery as adjuvant treatment for cutaneous sporotrichosis in two patients with diabetes mellitus type 2	43
Review of dermoscopic features in hypopigmentary disorders	41
‘Growing up with a red nose’: a patient’s perspective on rosacea	39
A case of human T-lymphotropic virus-1-associated lichenoid dermatitis	39
The impact of appendectomy on the occurrence of alopecia areata: a retrospective cohort study	37
Prevalence and association of psoriasis with seborrhoeic dermatitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis	36
Ethical dilemmas in dermatology: challenging you to think about difficult issues	36
Painful papulonodules and plaques on the buttocks and limbs	35
Secondary oral squamous cell carcinoma following haematopoietic stem cell transplantation	33
Current landscape of clinical trials for vitiligo: improving outcome standardization and trial diversity	33
Special issue on artificial intelligence: call for papers	30
Answering the call to diversify the dermatology curriculum in undergraduate medical education	29
Distinctive lower incidence rates of cutaneous melanoma on the hips and lower extremities of men	29
Painful subcutaneous masses in a patient with severe psoriasis	27
Recent-onset erythematous tender plaques and nodules in a child with nephrotic syndrome	26

Characteristics and outcomes of clinical primary dermal melanoma: a case series