OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Critical Care is 25. 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
Artificial intelligence and machine learning in critical care research	126
Mortality prediction with machine learning in COVID-19 patients	104
Developing ceragenins as a new broad-spectrum therapeutic tool against sepsis-causing bacteria	68
The survival benefit of resin cartridge extracorporeal blood purification therapy in patients with septic shock	58
Determination of Covid-19 stress level in intensive care nurses after pandemic	39
Editorial Board	39
Letter to the editor: “Red blood cell distribution width as prognostic factor in sepsis: A new use for a classical parameter”	39
Mortality of in-hospital cardiac arrest among patients with and without preceding sepsis: A national inpatient sample analysis	36
TOC	34
What every intensivist should know about stoicism to prevent burnout	32
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	31
Hemodynamic profile of cirrhotic patients with sepsis and septic shock: A propensity score matched case-control study	31
Nitroglycerin infusion improves peripheral perfusion of patients with septic shock	31
Letter to the Editor: “Some concerns about the systematic review of diagnostic and prognostic prediction models in ventilator-associated pneumonia”	31
Authors response: “Etomidate as an induction agent for endotracheal intubation in critically ill patients: A meta-analysis of randomized trials”	31
Early high-dose vasopressors in refractory septic shock: A cohort study	30
Hemodynamic effects of slower versus faster intravenous fluid bolus rates in critically ill patients: An observational study	29
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	29
Does extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation improve survival with favorable neurological outcome in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest? A systematic review and meta-analysis	28
Circulating soluble urokinase plasminogen receptor is reduced by - and predicts early treatment response to therapeutic plasma exchange in septic shock	27
Impact of colonization with multidrug-resistant bacteria on the risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia in septic shock	27
Effectiveness and safety of adjunctive inhaled antibiotics for ventilator-associated pneumonia: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	26
Isolated diastolic dysfunction is associated with increased mortality in critically ill patients	25
Neuropsychiatric sequelae following extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in the intensive care unit	25
Protective effect of intravenous amino acid on kidney function: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	25

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”