OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Pediatrics is 27. 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
Evaluation of patients presenting with febrile seizures in an Iranian referral hospital: emphasis on the frequency of meningitis and co-infections	74
Moderating effect of a sodium-rich diet on the association between long-term exposure to fine particulate matter and blood lipids in children and adolescents	73
Body weight and eating attitudes influence improvement of depressive symptoms in children and pre-adolescents with eating disorders: a prospective multicenter cohort study	69
Clinical application of middle descending colon-double lumen ostomy with distal stoma narrowing in the treatment of anorectal malformation	54
Heparin versus normal saline for the care of peripheral intravenous catheters in pediatrics: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	53
Assessment of vitamin status; A, E and D in Egyptian neonates with IUGR: a cross sectional study	53
Association between physical activity and cardiovascular parameters in 7-year-old children: a Chinese cross-sectional study	50
Parents’ experiences of family and daily life after their child’s stay in the pediatric intensive care unit: a qualitative descriptive study	42
Effects of maturity status on the rate of torque development in young male soccer players	40
Epidemiology of asthma exacerbation in children before and after the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective study in Chengdu, China	40
Feasibility of a randomized controlled trial of a proprioceptive and tactile vest intervention for children with challenges integrating and processing sensory information	39
Early versus late parenteral nutrition in term and late preterm infants: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial	39
Novel mutation in ELN gene causes cardiac abnormalities and inguinal hernia: case report	38
The Cohort of Indonesian Preterm Infants for Long-term Outcomes (CIPTO) study: a protocol	36
EBV associated epiglottitis in an immunocompetent child	34
Caregivers’ experiences on preterm infants’ management in a tertiary care facility in Ghana: a qualitative exploratory study	34
Pulmonary tuberculosis case notification and burden of drug resistance among children under 15 years of age in Ethiopia: sub-analysis from third-round drug resistance tuberculosis survey	30
Sex differences in the relationship between body mass index in Chinese adolescents and future risk of hypertension: a decade-long cohort study	30
Urethral keratosis caused by vitamin A deficiency: two case reports	30
Protocol for visual-acoustic intervention with service delivery in-person and via telepractice (VISIT) non-inferiority trial for residual speech sound disorder	29
Relationship of dietary nutrients with early childhood caries and caries activity among children aged 3–5 years—a cross-sectional study	29
Hypothermia in preterm infants admitted to low-resource neonatal units in northern Nigeria: an observational study of occurrence and risk factors	28
Association between umbilical venous catheter‒related hepatic complications and tip position in neonates: a retrospective ultrasound-based analysis	27
Comparison of ranibizumab and conbercept treatment in type 1 prethreshold retinopathy of prematurity in zone II	27
Correction: Factors associated with arterial stiffness assessed by pulse pressure amplification in healthy children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study	27

Expanding diversity within phenylketonuria in ecuadorian patients: genetic analysis and literature review of newborn screenings	27
Removal of an embedded duodenal foreign body in a Schizophrenic adolescent with a guidewire-formed lasso	27