OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery is 4. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Emerging trends in rhinoplasty education: accelerated adoption of digital tools and virtual learning platforms	79
Robotics and cochlear implant surgery: goals and developments	31
Strategies for obviation and management of trismus in oral cancer	27
Patient-specific implants in orbital reconstruction	25
Hyperspectral imaging and evaluation of surgical margins: where do we stand?	20
Vacuum assisted therapy in the head and neck	16
Laryngeal cancers in paediatric and young adult patients: epidemiology, biology and treatment	15
Distant metastasis from head and neck cancer: role of surgical treatment	14
Chronic rhinosinusitis and asthma: epidemiology, pathophysiology, morbidity, treatment	14
The remaining obstacles for a totally implantable cochlear implant	14
Modern management of distant metastases from head and neck squamous cell carcinoma	14
The role of telehealth in the delivery of oral and maxillofacial surgery services at a level 6 hospital in New South Wales Australia during COVID-19 – the John Hunter Hospital experience: a commentary	12
Editorial introductions	12
Management of eagle syndrome	11
Muscle transposition and free muscle transfer in facial nerve reanimation	10
Sustainable equipment donation in otolaryngology in low-resource settings	10
Host-related indexes in head and neck cancer	10
Compartmental surgery for T4b oral squamous cell carcinoma involving the masticatory space	9
Editorial introductions	9
Current management of cervicofacial nontuberculous mycobacterial infections in the pediatric population	9
It's not only swallowing: a clinician primer to adult food refusal beyond dysphagia	9
Evaluation and diagnosis of pediatric patients with dizziness	9
Editorial introductions	9
Postoperative management following endoscopic skull base surgery	8
Malnutrition in aged care: interplay between dysphagia and diet	8

Surgical treatment of sinonasal inverted papilloma	8
Editorial introductions	8
Paucity of rhinological services and training in sub-Saharan Africa	8
When neck lymph nodes metastases do not origin from a head and neck unknown primary	8
Managing massive palatial defect secondary to palatoplasty failures: an in-depth analysis	7
Paediatric voice disorder: who to refer and how to assess? A summary of recent literature	7
Recent evidence of advanced preservation rhinoplasty	7
Swallowing after total laryngectomy surgery: where are we after 150 years?	7
Primary and secondary autoimmune disorders and hearing loss	7
Cognitive and behavioral effects of hearing loss	7
Craniopharyngioma surgery for rhinologists	7
Temporal bone fracture related facial palsy: efficacy of decompression with and without grafting	7
Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma in HIV patients	7
Gene therapy for inner ear disease: the next targets	7
Editorial introductions	6
The added value of radiomics in determining patient responsiveness to laryngeal preservation strategies	6
Current opinion in refractory and/or unexplained chronic cough	6
Pediatric ossiculoplasty and implications in cholesteatoma surgery	6
Long-term complications of extracranial pericranial flaps in skull base reconstruction	6
Skull base osteoradionecrosis: from pathogenesis to treatment	6
Thyroid lymphoma	6
Salivary pepsin testing for laryngopharyngeal reflux: will it change our management?	6
Contemporary review of middle ear adenomatous neuroendocrine tumors	6
Indications of external beams radiation for thyroid cancer	6
Delivering a bespoke education programme and learning framework for the integrated speech & language therapy head and neck cancer service across Cheshire and Merseyside, within the UK	6
Oncology for the rhinologist	6
Current trends in unilateral cleft lip repair	6
Changes in the sinus microbiome in health and chronic rhinosinusitis	6
Intraoperative imaging during head and neck reconstruction	5
Current opinion of presentation of dysphagia and dysphonia in patients with coronavirus disease 2019	5
Paediatric nasal dermoid: evaluation and management	5
Managing lymphoedema following treatment for head and neck cancer: is complete decongestive therapy an effective intervention to improve dysphagia outcomes?	5
Dragged kicking and screaming…▪▪	5
Update on the evaluation and management of dysphagia in sporadic inclusion body myositis	5
Use of the preepiglottic baton plate for treatment of tongue-based obstruction in newborns with Robin sequence	5
Defining ‘control’ of chronic rhinosinusitis	5
Nonsurgical rhinoplasty: prevention and management of associated complications	4
Advancing laryngology through artificial intelligence: a comprehensive review of implementation frameworks and strategies	4
Update on injection augmentation pharyngoplasty in the treatment of velopharyngeal insufficiency	4
Limits and potential implementation of the present pN classification for oral squamous cell carcinoma	4
Cochlear implantation: an effective modality for hearing restoration following vestibular schwannoma resection	4
Grafting materials and techniques in rhinoplasty: a Middle Eastern perspective	4
Editorial introductions	4
Editorial introductions	4
Supraglottoplasty outcomes in laryngomalacia in children	4
Assessing institutional pediatric airway emergency readiness: key components and practices	4
Emerging concepts in sinonasal tumor research	4
State-of-the-art: septal perforation repair	4
Hidden hearing loss: current concepts	4
Neurosurgery for the rhinologist	4

Management of paediatric sialorrhea	4
New developments in the application of artificial intelligence to laryngology	4
Rhinology in the developing world – an important yet frequently overlooked theme	4
Two-team approaches in modern head and neck oncologic and reconstructive surgery: ablative considerations	4
COVID-19 related olfactory dysfunction	4
Are open access article processing charges affordable for otolaryngologists in low-income and middle-income countries?	4
Cochlear implantation in systemic autoimmune disease	4