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Papers

(The median citation count of Croatian Medical Journal is 1. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Multifocal micronodular pneumocyte hyperplasia with a novel mutation in TSC1: a case report	154
Socio-economic and health-related determinants of unmet health needs: a national cross-sectional study on the adult population	41
Incidence and risk factors for venous and arterial thromboses in hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019: data on 4014 patients from a tertiary center registry	21
The association between fear of COVID-19 and depression, anxiety, and psychosis among Lebanese chronic patients with schizophrenia: any moderating effect of spirituality?	16
Evaluation of evidence-based medicine adoption among Nigerian surgeons: competence, knowledge, attitudes, practices, and barriers	16
CMJ joins the call of health journals for immediate actions on global environmental crisis	14
Precise identification of cascading alpha satellite higher order repeats (HORs) in T2T-CHM13 assembly of human chromosome 3	13
The impact of earthquakes on the frequency and prognosis of the most common emergency cardiac conditions	13
Lung long distance: histopathological changes in lung tissue after COVID-19 pneumonia	13
Dapagliflozin vs empagliflozin in patients with chronic heart failure: a registry analysis	12
Nothing lasts forever	12
Propensity-score matched comparison between minimally invasive and conventional aortic valve replacement	12
Immune-mediated diseases after coronavirus disease 2019 vaccination: rare but important complication	12
Eduardo E. Benarroch. Neuroscience for Clinicians: Basic Processes, Circuits, Disease Mechanisms, and Therapeutic Implications Oxford University Press; 2021. 832 pages. ISBN: 9780190948894 (hardcover)	11
A new generation of health professionals – ethical dilemmas and challenges	11
Large multi-modal models – the present or future of artificial intelligence in medicine?	10
A survey on practitioners’ attitudes toward artificial intelligence in radiology	10
Palliative care – too complex to make it simple	10
Lupus anticoagulant-hypoprothrombinemia syndrome with severe bleeding diathesis after coronavirus disease 2019: a case report	10
End-of-life patients and palliative care in intensive care units in Croatia: the current situation	8
Breast lump as the initial presentation of metastatic uterine leiomyosarcoma: a case report and comprehensive literature review	8
Factors contributing to variability in metformin concentration in polycystic ovary syndrome	8
Treatment of relapsing multiple sclerosis – recommendations of the Croatian Neurological Society	8
Interleukin-2 gene methylation levels and interleukin-2 levels associated with environmental exposure as risk biomarkers for preterm birth	8
Effects of gestational diabetes mellitus on the quality and quantity of blood hematopoietic stem cells: a case-control study	8

Challenging pharmacotherapy management of a psychotic disorder due to a delicate pharmacogenetic profile and drug-drug interactions: a case report and literature review	7
Stone-induced urethral fistula treatment with microfragmented adipose tissue containing mesenchymal stem cells: a case report from veterinary medicine with potential application in humans	7
Genomic sequencing for newborn screening: current perspectives and challenges	7
Alcohol use among Croatian adolescents: the alignment of 13-year-old and 15-year-old girls with boys, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic	7
Liver transplantation in hepatocellular carcinoma – should we perform downstaging?	7
The construction of the Split Sleep Questionnaire on sleep habits during the COVID-19 pandemic in the general population	6
Screening for diabetic peripheral neuropathy at community pharmacies in Slovakia	6
Real-life experience with remdesivir for treatment of hospitalized coronavirus disease 2019 patients: matched case-control study from a large tertiary hospital registry	6
The diagnostic yield of molecular karyotyping: a retrospective single-center study	6
Neuroprotective effects of goji berry (Lycium barbarum L.) polysaccharides on depression-like behavior in ovariectomized rats: behavioral and biochemical evidence	6
Personalized medicine: the future is here	6
Intermittent tramadol vs tramadol administration via patient-controlled pump after lumbar discectomy: a randomized controlled trial	6
The utility of the systemic immune inflammation and systemic inflammation response indices in suspected intermediate-risk pulmonary embolism	6
SARS-CoV-2 infection among physicians over time in Ontario, Canada: a population-based retrospective cohort study	6
The Applied Genomics Development Strategy by the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts paves the way for the future development of applied genomics in Croatia	6
Gamma knife thalamotomy in treating refractory tremor: initial clinical experience in Croatia	5
Patients prefer human psychiatrists over chatbots: a letter to the editor	5
Importance of numerical density of tubulointerstitium infiltrates in the prognosis of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies-associated glomerulonephritis	5
Limitations of life-sustaining treatments in intensive care units in Croatia: a multicenter retrospective study	5
Pathohistological features of the aging human lacrimal gland	5
Nearly coming full circleThe 13th ISABS–Mayo Clinic Conference, Split, Croatia, June 17–20, 2024	5
The prognostic role of diabetes mellitus type 2 in the setting of hepatocellular carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis	5
Non-invasive prenatal testing of beta-hemoglobinopathies using next generation sequencing, in-silico sequence size selection, and haplotyping	5
Arthroscopic resection of localized tenosynovial giant cell tumor in the deep infrapatellar bursa: a case report	5
The role of glycans in personalization of preventive health care	5
No increase in GFAP and S-100B in very preterm infants with mild periventricular leukomalacia or intraventricular hemorrhage: a pilot study	5
Evaluation of colon mucosa using screening colonoscopy and flexible spectral imaging color enhancement in patients with long lasting ulcerative colitis	5
The effect of standard-dose wintertime vitamin D supplementation on influenza infection in immunized nursing home elderly residents	5
The effect of 5-alpha reductase inhibitors on the detection of prostate cancer with multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging and prostate biopsy	4
Mandatory vaccination in child daycare and its relevance to coronavirus disease 2019	4
Simple-minded solutions to complex problems	4
Outcomes of 1.3 million patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention according to the presence of cancer and atrial fibrillation: a retrospective study	4
Chiari malformation type 1 with combined nuclear PAX1 and DKK1 genes and mitochondrial D-loop variants: a case report	4
Geriatric rehabilitation center outcomes after successful weaning from extremely prolonged mechanical ventilation in older adults	4
Toxicity of benzodiazepines in the treatment of insomnia disorders in older adults: a systematic literature review	4
Is perfect prompting possible for chatbots?In Reply to: Comparing ChatGPT’s ability between writing versus reviewing papers – then what?	4
Analysis of health care professionals’ incident reports on medical devices in Croatia	3
Changes in sexually transmitted infections-related sexual risk-taking among young Croatian adults: a 2005-2021 three-wave population-based study	3
The future of medicine: embracing novelty while sticking to the basics	3
Journal editors and academic medicine	3
Bibliometric indicators of the Croatian Medical Journal – can small non-profit journal compete in the bibliometrics arena?	3
Health workforce shortage – doing the right things or doing things right?	3
Twelfth ISABS Conference on Forensic and Anthropologic Genetics and Mayo Clinic Lectures in Individualized Medicine, Dubrovnik, Croatia, June 22-27, 2022	3
From fragmented care back to social medicine: European policy responses to the needs of complex patients	3
Healthcare professionals’ perspective on managing the healthcare system in Croatia: a cross-sectional study	3
The burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in Croatia in 2019: a country-level systematic analysis	3
4-phenyl butyric acid improves hepatic ischemia/reperfusion and affects gene expression of ABC transporter Abcc5 in rats	3
The growing importance of genetics in human reproduction and development	3
Benign fasciculation syndrome and migraine aura without headache as possible adverse events after BNT162b2 mRNA vaccination: a web-based survey	3
The promise of cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus	3

Intraoperative superior hypogastric plexus block for pain relief after a cesarean section: a case-control study	3
Opportunities and risks of ChatGPT in medicine, science, and academic publishing: a modern Promethean dilemma	3
Improvement in the outcomes of mantle cell lymphoma in the last decade: a real-life non interventional study of the Croatian Cooperative Group for Hematologic Diseases	3
Anti-obesity effect of collagen peptides obtained from Diplulmaris antarctica, a jellyfish of the Antarctic region	3
The COVID-19 lockdown promotes changes in sleep habits in the Croatian general population	3
Outpatient treatment of pneumonia in a setting with and without an infectious disease doctor	3
Scientists from small countries on the hunt for scientometric figures – global indicators and local finances	3
Modeling the COVID-19 epidemic in Croatia: a comparison of three analytic approaches	2
Clinical characteristics and laboratory parameters of deep venous thrombosis after SARS-CoV-2 infection in a non-hospital setting – a single-center retrospective study	2
Polypharmacy - is there a cure for drug therapy problems?	2
Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic two years later… What’s next?	2
Association of discharge policy with the length of hospital stay among patients with coronavirus disease 2019: a cross-sectional study	2
Experience with comprehensive pharmacogenomic multi-gene panel in clinical practice: a retrospective single-center study	2
The Croatian version of the Body Image Scale: translation and validation	2
Necrotic ulcerative stomatitis in a patient with long-standing celiac disease: a case report	2
The burden of viral lower respiratory tract infections during the neonatal period: six-year experience at a tertiary referral hospital	2
Could choosing risdiplam instead of nusinersen in the treatment of type 1 spinal muscular atrophy be a huge cost-minimization opportunity?	2
The impact of COVID-19 on sustainable development	2
Applying the complex patient model to the care of persons with disabilities	2
Informal care: the indispensable pillar of care for complex patients	2
Balancing tradition and innovation: rethinking the dichotomy in anatomy teaching	2
Beyond the business-to-client model: how the business-to-business model can transform the complex patient care	2
Margaret P. Battin, Leslie P. Francis, Jay A. Jacobson, and Charles B. Smith. Patient as Victim and Vector: Ethics and Infectious Disease, second editionOxford University Press; 592 pages; e-book ISBN	2
Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Lebanese university students related to sexually transmitted diseases: a cross-sectional study	2
Is HERA a panacea for making the European Health Union a reality?	2
A remote care model for patients at high risk of hospital admission due to COVID-19 deterioration: who makes it at home? – a multicenter follow-up case from Slovenia	2
Occurrence of metopic suture in modern and archaeological Croatian population	2
Association of behavioral characteristics and mental health indices in a large nationwide representative sample of schoolchildren aged 11-15 years in Albania	2
Inter-University Centre in Dubrovnik: 50 years of fostering science without borders	2
Behavioral correlates of health literacy among university students of health sciences in Kosovo: a cross-sectional study	2
Call for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity, and protect healthWealthy nations must do much more, much faster	2
Human whole mitochondrial genome sequencing and analysis: optimization of the experimental workflow	2
An update to the custom-made MS Excel workbook performing the log-rank test with extended functionality and a new original COVID-19 training data set	2
Infection with human cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr virus, and high-risk types 16 and 18 of human papillomavirus in EGFR-mutated lung adenocarcinoma	2
Vaccination intention among healthcare workers during the first wave of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in relation to knowledge: a cross-sectional study in Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, and Poland	1
The knowledge about long-term consequences of preterm birth among health professionals, educational professionals, and parents in Slovenia	1
Testicular tissue bank: ten years of testicular tissue cryopreservation in Croatia	1
Non-REM parasomnias: a scoping review of dreams and dreamlike mentation	1
Evaluating oxygen reserve index-guided oxygenation for the prevention of postoperative delirium in elderly patients: a randomized controlled trial	1
Emergency medicine: navigating the challenges of complex patients	1
Risk factors for non-melanoma skin cancer development in renal transplant recipients: a 40-year retrospective study in Croatia	1
The gp130/STAT3-endoplasmic reticulum stress axis regulates hepatocyte necroptosis in acute liver injury	1
Solving problems that do not exist and not solving problems that do exist, magnetic personalities included	1
Healthcare crisis in Ukraine – worrying consequences of the Russian-Ukrainian war	1
Complex patients – an academism or reality?	1
Fragmentation, dehumanization, commodification: crisis of medicine	1
Pharmacogenetic distinction of the Croatian population from the European average	1
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in Zagreb: the first 40 years	1
Bibliometric and clinical trial registry analysis of the University of Split medical research from 1997 to 2022	1
Control values of intraocular pressure in different species: a review of literature	1
Characteristics and clinical outcomes of patients with acute gastrointestinal bleeding related to anticoagulant or antiplatelet therapy: a retrospective study	1
The mediating role of depressive, anxiety, and physical symptoms on work ability index in employed women with breast cancer: a prospective study from Croatia	1
Lycopene improves autophagy and attenuates carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatic fibrosis in rats	1
Effectiveness of the oxygen reserve index in detecting and preventing hyperoxia in critically ill patients on mechanical ventilation: a randomized controlled trial	1
Hospitalists: the missing link in complex patient care	1
The first case report of distal 16p12.1p11.2 trisomy and proximal 16p11.2 tetrasomy inherited from both parents	1
Dense single nucleotide polymorphism testing revolutionizes scope and degree of certainty for source attribution in forensic investigations	1
Parents’ attitudes toward childhood COVID-19 immunization in Croatia: a multicenter cross-sectional study	1
Aeroallergen sensitization rate and its multifactorial influences in continental Croatia: a cross-sectional study	1
Editors’ role in shaping the publishing environment and guiding authors in the era of artificial intelligence	1
More slices, less truth: effects of different test-set design strategies for magnetic resonance image classification	1
Identification of skeletal remains in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, including the homeland war – a 30-year review	1
A potential effect of psilocybin on anxiety in neurotic personality structures in adolescents	1
Medicinal signaling cells niche in stromal vascular fraction from lipoaspirate and microfragmented counterpart	1
How do they know: “instinct,” seasonality, hormones, or what?	1
Formation and elimination of soluble fibrin and D-dimer in the bloodstream	1
Infliximab rescue therapy in a patient with acute severe ulcerative colitis and coronavirus disease 2019 followed by Escherichia coli 0157:H7 infection: a case report	1
Holistic care and complex needs: unveiling the full potential of modern nursing	1
Relationship between disease impact scores and C-reactive protein/albumin ratio in patients with psoriatic arthritis	1
Candidate-gene studies related to drug pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, safety, and efficacy in the era of extensive technological developments: could we empower them by more efficient implementati	1
Pachydermodactily – the great imitator of arthritis: a case series	1
The performance of the WHO COVID-19 severity classification, COVID-GRAM, VACO Index, 4C Mortality, and CURB-65 prognostic scores in hospitalized COVID-19 patients: data on 4014 patients from a tertiar	1
Social media use, habits and attitudes toward e-professionalism among medicine and dental medicine students: a quantitative cross-sectional study	1
Cortical interneurons in schizophrenia – cause or effect?	1
Vitamin D in liver cancer: novel insights and future perspectives	1
Non-phosphorylated Tyr-1248 form of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) predicts resistance to trastuzumab therapy and poor disease-free survival of HER2-positive breast cancer patients	1
Cognitive functioning is prognostic in patients with IDH1-wild type and MGMT-unmethylated high-grade gliomas	1