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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Early dynamic prediction of organ system deterioration in intensive care unit (ICU) patients using machine learning	118
Vital signs monitoring for the assessment of septic shock severity	100
Intertwined roles for GDF-15, HMGB1, and MIG/CXCL9 in pediatric acute liver failure	75
Sepsis prediction on ICU admission: Limits and opportunities for machine learning	64
Authors response: “Urea to creatinine ratio as a predictor of persistent critical illness”	53
Hemodynamic effects of slower versus faster intravenous fluid bolus rates in critically ill patients: An observational study	52
Early high-dose vasopressors in refractory septic shock: A cohort study	44
A critical care outreach team under strain – Evaluation of the service provided to patients with haematological malignancy during the Covid-19 pandemic	42
Brain MRI after critical care admission: A longitudinal imaging study	38
Relationship between intensive care unit-acquired weakness, fatigability and fatigue: What role for the central nervous system?	38
Emergency management of intracerebral hemorrhage	37
COVID-19 and non-COVID ARDS patients demonstrate a distinct response to low dose steroids- A retrospective observational study	33
Comparison of intelivent ASV with conventional mode	33
Use of peripherally inserted central catheters in ICU patients: We need to put in balance the important risks versus the potential advantages!	31
The impact of timing of initiating invasive mechanical ventilation in COVID-19-related respiratory failure	31
Interpersonal mentalizing processes of intensivists: Some additional suggestions on empathy and theory of mind	30
Coagulopathy correlates with muscle titin injury in critically ill patients	28
Author's response: “What is meant by “fluid tolerance”?”	28
Psychiatric patients' intensive care admission characteristics, weaning from mechanical ventilation and sedative drug use: A single center retrospective case-control study	28
Letter to the Editor: “Long term feasibility of ultraprotective lung ventilation with low-flow extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal in ARDS patient”	28
Stewart analysis unmasks acidifying and alkalizing effects of ionic shifts during acute severe respiratory alkalosis	28
Pitfalls and pearls with drug dosing in the critically ill obese patient: 10 statements to guide ICU practitioners	27
Letter to the editor: “Red blood cell distribution width as prognostic factor in sepsis: A new use for a classical parameter”	26
Original work by women	26
Dynamic Hypergraphs: A novel analysis pipeline for defining spatiotemporal inflammation networks	26

Letter to the editor: “Characterising acute kidney injury: The complementary roles of biomarkers of renal stress and renal function”	25
Editorial Board	25