OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Gastroenterology is 29. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Construction and validation of a survival prognostic model for stage III hepatocellular carcinoma: a real-world, multicenter clinical study	112
Positioning exercises in improving the quality of magnetic-controlled capsule endoscopy	77
Association between air temperature and emergency admission for esophagogastric variceal bleeding: a case-crossover study in Beijing, China	66
The serum hepcidin and the hepcidin/ferritin ratio in NAFLD: a systematic review and meta-analysis	63
Relationship between serum total bilirubin levels and primary loss of response to Infliximab therapy in Crohn’s disease patients	60
Features on contrast-enhanced computed tomography for predicting recurrent esophageal variceal bleeding in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma	50
Unmasking the role of constipation in treatment-refractory enterobiasis in Bangladeshi children	49
Correlation between systemic inflammatory response syndrome and prognosis of patients with cirrhosis and hepatic encephalopathy	49
Identification and tissue-level validation of ferroptosis-related genes in small intestinal neuroendocrine neoplasms based on machine learning	49
The characteristics and clinical relevance of tumor fusion burden in non-EBV (+) gastric cancer with MSS	48
Anorectal manometry for the diagnosis of pelvic floor disorders in patients with hypermobility spectrum disorders and hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome	47
Association between estimated plasma volume status and the risk of 30-day mortality in patients with severe acute pancreatitis: a retrospective study based on the MIMIC-IV database	47
The effects of family-based Helicobacter pylori infection control and management strategies in Southwest China households: a two-year retrospective cohort study	46
Clinical application and effectiveness analysis of modified Asia–Pacific colorectal cancer screening score combined with fecal occult blood test for colorectal cancer screening in asymptomatic populat	40
Characteristics, clinical outcomes and patient-reported outcomes of patients with ulcerative colitis receiving tofacitinib: a real-world survey in the United States and five European countries	39
Role of liver transient elastography in detecting cirrhosis with esophageal and gastric varices and evaluating variceal severity	39
Differential diagnosis of gastrointestinal stromal tumors versus leiomyomas by special stains	38
ARL9 is upregulated and serves as a biomarker for a poor prognosis in colon adenocarcinoma	37
The prevalence of gallstone disease and associated factors among patients who visited the surgical department of Debre Birhan Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Debre Birhan, Ethiopia: an institution	35
Correction: Sevoflurane inhibits cholangiocarcinoma via Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway	34
Correction: The independent prognostic value of perioperative hepatic venous pressure gradient measurements in patients with portal hypertension who underwent laparoscopic splenectomy plus esophagogas	34
“Evaluation of hepatobiliary disorders using magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography in a low-resource setting in Kano, Nigeria: a retrospective study”	33
Endoscopic manifestation of intestinal transplant-associated microangiopathy after stem cell transplantation	33
SULT1E1 suppresses hepatocellular carcinoma progression via activation of the TGF-β/SMAD signaling pathway and cell cycle arrest	31
Reduced SNHG16 promotes sepsis-induced intestinal injury via the miR-15a-5p/AKT3 axis	31

Residual choledocholithiasis after choledocholithotomy T-tube drainage: what is the best intervention strategy?	30
Metabolic characteristics and risk profile of non-obese fatty liver disease in an elderly Chinese community cohort	30
Epidemiologic and clinical profiles of colorectal cancer in Southern Egypt	30
Sleep impairment in patients with ulcerative colitis: a cross-sectional assessment of clinical, inflammatory, metabolic and behavioral factors	29
Comparison of Tc-99 m scintigraphic method and radiological method for colon transmit assessment in patients with functional constipation	29
Development and validation of a prognostic model for cirrhotic patients after endoscopic variceal ligation	29