OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Critical Care 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Mortality prediction with machine learning in COVID-19 patients	127
Developing ceragenins as a new broad-spectrum therapeutic tool against sepsis-causing bacteria	106
The survival benefit of resin cartridge extracorporeal blood purification therapy in patients with septic shock	74
Determination of Covid-19 stress level in intensive care nurses after pandemic	60
Letter to the editor: “Red blood cell distribution width as prognostic factor in sepsis: A new use for a classical parameter”	41
Editorial Board	40
Mortality of in-hospital cardiac arrest among patients with and without preceding sepsis: A national inpatient sample analysis	40
TOC	37
What every intensivist should know about stoicism to prevent burnout	36
Clinical and organizational framework of repurposing pediatric intensive care unit to adult critical care in a resource-limited setting: Lessons from the response of an urban general hospital to the C	34
Nitroglycerin infusion improves peripheral perfusion of patients with septic shock	34
Authors response: “Etomidate as an induction agent for endotracheal intubation in critically ill patients: A meta-analysis of randomized trials”	34
Letter to the Editor: “Some concerns about the systematic review of diagnostic and prognostic prediction models in ventilator-associated pneumonia”	33
Hemodynamic effects of slower versus faster intravenous fluid bolus rates in critically ill patients: An observational study	32
Hemodynamic profile of cirrhotic patients with sepsis and septic shock: A propensity score matched case-control study	32
Impact of colonization with multidrug-resistant bacteria on the risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia in septic shock	31
Corrigendum to “A high-volume trauma intensive care unit can be successfully staffed by advanced practitioners at night” [J Crit Care 2016 Jun;33:4–7; doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2016.01.024. Epub 2016 Jan 27	31
Early high-dose vasopressors in refractory septic shock: A cohort study	30
Protective effect of intravenous amino acid on kidney function: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	29
Letter to the editor: “Does extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation improve survival with favorable neurological outcome in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest? A systematic review and meta-analysis”	29
Isolated diastolic dysfunction is associated with increased mortality in critically ill patients	28
Neuropsychiatric sequelae following extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in the intensive care unit	28
Lung ultrasound to discriminate non-cardiogenic interstitial syndrome from cardiogenic pulmonary edema: Is “gestalt” as good as it gets?	27
Emergency management of intracerebral hemorrhage	26
Artificial intelligence and machine learning in critical care research	26

Prognostic importance of monitoring the lymphocyte count in critically ill COVID-19 patients during the ICU stay