OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of American Journal of Emergency Medicine is 39. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
A pilot study examining the use of ultrasound to measure sarcopenia, frailty and fall in older patients	265
The financial strain placed on America's hospitals in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic	193
Prediction model for gonorrhea, chlamydia, and trichomoniasis in the emergency department	168
MicroRNA-365 expression in the serum of patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction after myocardial infarction	133
Impact in total ischemic time and ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction admissions during COVID-19	126
Effect of transitioning from conventional cardiac troponin to high-sensitivity cardiac troponin on resource utilization- a single center experience	113
Suctioning in the management of bronchiolitis: A prospective observational study	102
Corrigendum to “Effect of transitioning from conventional cardiac troponin to high-sensitivity cardiac troponin on resource utilization - A single center experience” [Am J Emerg Med Volume 80 (2024) 1	93
Alien hand syndrome: An atypical presentation of acute left parietal stroke in a community emergency department	91
High risk and low prevalence diseases: Botulism	84
Editorial Board	74
An unusual cause of giant T waves	69
Nitrous oxide myeloneuropathy as the differential diagnosis of Guillain-Barre syndrome	66
Impact of crowding in local ambulance demand on call-to-ambulance scene arrival in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest	65
Characteristics of very elderly patients in the emergency department – A retrospective analysis	64
The Society for Clinical Ultrasound Fellowships 2018 benchmark survey: Summary of salary and administrative data	61
Response to “ultrasound-guided paramedian approach: A novel technique for lumbar puncture”	54
Care intensity of spontaneous intracranial hemorrhage: Effectiveness of the critical care resuscitation unit	52
Non-COVID-19 admissions to the emergency department during the pandemic second wave in Italy: What is changed from the first wave?	52
TOC	51
Response to “Fixed dose ketamine for prehospital management of hyperactive delirium with severe agitation”	50
Giant pulmonary bullae mistaken for pneumothorax	47
Gender dynamics and academic rank in emergency medicine collaboration networks: A social network and gender propensity analysis	47
Age and C-reactive protein as modifiers of Kocher criteria in pediatric septic knee monoarthritis	46
The unseen impact of Hypermagnesemia in geriatric emergency care: A call for further investigation	45

Immediate and sustained relief of postherpetic neuralgia with erector spinae nerve block in a 60-year-old woman	45
Impact of doxycycline discharge kits on appropriate treatment of sexually transmitted infections among patients in the emergency department	45
Acute intoxication caused by three common synthetic cannabinoids: The experience of a large, urban, tertiary care hospital	45
Pharmacotherapy adjuncts for traumatic brain injury: A narrative review of evidence and considerations in the emergency department	43
Metoprolol vs diltiazem for atrial fibrillation with rapid ventricular rate: Systematic review and meta-analysis of adverse events	43
Swift and Safe high-sensitive troPonin Evaluation in the Emergency Department with a 30-min protocol: The SPEED-30 cohort study	43
Early versus late administration of adrenaline in pediatric patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest	43
Comparison of McMahon and dialysis scores in earthquake survivors: A response to the letter	43
Mortality risk factors in patients receiving ECPR after cardiac arrest	42
Fatal disseminated varicella infection in a patient on long-term oral corticosteroids	41
Variability in advanced imaging of pediatric neck infections in US emergency departments	40
Fiberoptic laryngoscopy findings in pediatric burn patients referred to the pediatric emergency department	40
Unmasking CHANTER syndrome: A rare neurological consequence of opioid overdose	40
Comparison of performances of top emergency medicine journals in terms of COVID-19 publications in 2020	39
Development of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination and therapeutics: Population-level impact during the early pandemic	39
Effectiveness of the rapid emergency medicine score and the rapid acute physiology score in prognosticating mortality in patients presenting to the emergency department with COVID-19 symptoms	39
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest volumes and characteristics during the COVID-19 pandemic	39