OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Masseteric-facial anastomosis and hypoglossal-facial anastomosis after lateral skull base and middle ear surgery	132
The percentage of controlled chronic rhinosinusitis after treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis	76
Does the ChOLE classification relate to the duration of surgery?	57
Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio as a prognostic marker for head and neck cancer with lung metastasis	51
Laryngeal function-preserving of frontolateral vertical partial laryngectomy (FLVPL) for selected T4a glottic cancer with thyroid cartilage invasion adherence to the anterior commissure: an innovative	50
Retrospective analysis of the role of intra-operative parathyroid hormone monitoring during parathyroidectomy for primary hyperparathyroidism: a single center experience over 2 decades	50
Prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea after treatment for advanced T-stage head and neck cancer	45
An Unknown Foreign laryngeal Object: an exotic complication of skull base osteoradionecrosis	42
Radiological relationship of the ethmoid slit with the frontal sinus and the anterior ethmoidal artery and applications to the frontal sinus drillout	40
Prediction of severe radiation-induced oral mucositis in locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma using the combined systemic immune-inflammatory index and prognostic nutritional index	38
In response to the importance of 24-h hypopharyngeal–esophageal impedance–pH monitoring for the treatment of laryngopharyngeal reflux	36
Lateral neck cyst surgery without ipsilateral tonsillectomy: a retrospective analysis	36
Blue laser for the exclusive endoscopic transcanal approach to middle ear paraganglioma	36
Clinical features of chronic fungal rhinosinusitis in Korean geriatric and non-geriatric patients	33
Mapping quality of life after balloon dilatation in subglottic stenosis using Dyspnea index and Short Form Health Survey-36	33
Sphenopalatine artery pseudoaneurysm masquerading as a second primary maxillary carcinoma	33
Effects of rapid maxillary expansion on hearing loss and otitis media in cleft palate children	32
A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 2 study of intratympanic OTO-313 in patients with moderate to severe subjective tinnitus	32
Absence of multinucleated giant cell reaction as an indicator of tumor progression in oral tongue squamous cell carcinoma	32
Effect of auditory feedback on speech intelligibility of adults with cochlear implants	30
Speech recognition and quality of life outcomes of adults with cochlear implants following a quarter-century of deafness: what should be the maximum duration?	30
The first quick olfactory test specific for Alzheimer’s disease and French culture	29
Retrospective analysis of radiological investigation of surgically excised head and neck lipomas	29
Modified procedure for reconstructing the inferomedial orbital wall: silicone sheet implantation without surgical removal	28
Objective and subjective efficacy of hearing aids in patients with mild-to-moderate unilateral hearing loss: a prospective study	28

Analysis of the cause of retrolingual obstruction in patients with moderate–severe obstructive sleep apnea	28
Does a tonsillectomy indicated according to the German S2k guideline affect short-term quality of life in adults?	26