OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Intensive Care Medicine is 55. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Obituary and tribute to Professor J. Randall Curtis (Randy)	756
Weaning strategy in patients at low-to-medium risk of extubation failure	252
Workplace equity for clinicians with a disability: why it matters for all	244
Personalized oxygen targets are needed for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation	210
Preventing stress ulcer bleeding	182
Quantifying benefit and harm of extracorporeal life support in cardiogenic shock complicating acute myocardial infarction	165
Close collaboration between pathologists and intensivists to understand (not just) coronavirus disease	158
The certainty of parental love vs. the uncertainty of a “best” decision	155
Pitfalls in the use of microcirculation as a resuscitation goal	149
Persistent signs of poisoning after massive drug ingestion: move the ultrasound probe to the stomach	138
Comparing intravascular and surface cooling methods: a critical look at outcomes for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients—author's reply	135
A double plea for dyspnea as the next great cause of all ICU professions and for caution about the dyspnea-breathlessness equivalence	132
Sequencing interventions in ARDS: the critical role of timing and order in standardized management	126
SHAP model explainability in ECMO–PAL mortality prediction: a critical analysis	119
ICU venous thromboembolism prophylaxis: revisiting external validity, vulnerable subgroups, and diagnostic standards, with future directions. Authors' reply	113
Norepinephrine dose and concentration reporting: a closer look at the fine print	111
Serum sickness: a mimic of septic shock	102
18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography differentiates between pneumonia and atelectasis in a mechanically ventilated patient	102
Hemodynamic and neurological presentations of invasive meningococcal disease in adults: a nationwide study across 100+ French ICUs	101
Family-administered delirium screening improves satisfaction among ICU caregivers: a prospective cohort study	100
Reassessing open lung ventilation in ARDS: an updated meta-analysis of the 2023 ESICM guidelines highlights risks of routine use and supports individualized strategies	99
Plasminogen supplementation reverses fibrinolytic insufficiency in sepsis-induced disseminated intravascular coagulation: a pilot study	93
Effects of PEEP on ICP in ABI patients and its relationship with etiology	89
No ventilation, no ARDS: insights from four-dimensional computed tomography as dynamic imaging	88
Author Correction: Cyclosporine versus placebo pretreatment of brain-dead donors and kidney graft function (Cis-A-Rein trial): a multicenter, double-blind, randomized, controlled trial	88

Using the helmet	87
Optimal oxygen and mean arterial blood pressure targets after cardiac arrest	85
Correction: Achievement of therapeutic antibiotic exposures using Bayesian dosing software in critically unwell children and adults with sepsis	84
Frailty in intensive care medicine must be measured, interpreted and taken into account!	81
Correction: Expanding the role of PoCUS in tailoring diuretic strategies for congestion management in critical care	81
Weaning of neuromuscular patients: the reality is probably somewhere in between. Author’s reply	75
Correction to: Noninvasive respiratory support in intensive care medicine	75
Beyond inflammation: the role of metabolic dysregulation in sepsis diagnosis and treatment	74
Extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal for acute respiratory failure: a review of potential indications, clinical practice and open research questions	69
Staircase strategy, tier-three therapies, and effects on outcome in traumatic brain injured patients: the Triple-T TBI study	69
Nicotine patches in patients on mechanical ventilation for severe COVID-19: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre trial	67
Measuring patient’s effort on the ventilator	67
Mental health sequelae in survivors of cardiogenic shock complicating myocardial infarction. A population-based cohort study	67
Correspondence on “Mechanical ventilation for ICU patient with obesity: current best practices and future directions” Author’s reply	65
Beyond consensus: operationalizing gender equity and equality in intensive care medicine	63
Delivering optimal renal replacement therapy to critically ill patients with acute kidney injury	62
Severe Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: time to reassess our practices	62
Perioperative ARDS: beyond definitions toward etiology-driven care	62
Major adverse kidney events as an endpoint in acute kidney injury trials: is it time for a RE-MAKE?	61
ICU communication: ‘state of the art’	60
Lung-protective sedation: moving toward a new paradigm of precision sedation	59
Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction is prevalent but not associated with mortality in patients with septic shock	59
The UNDERSCORE for RRT weaning prediction: promising but not yet ready to unplug. Author's reply	58
Age and associated outcomes among patients receiving venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for acute respiratory failure: analysis of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization registry	58
Exposure to ambient air pollutants and acute respiratory distress syndrome risk in sepsis	56
Variation in intensive care unit beds capacity in China from 2007 to 2021	56
The ultrasound of silence	56
Frailty, Outcomes, Recovery and Care Steps of Critically Ill Patients (FORECAST): a prospective, multi-centre, cohort study	55
Greenery and outdoor facilities to improve the wellbeing of critically ill patients, their families and caregivers: things to consider	55
Status epilepticus in the ICU	55