OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Pediatrics 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Children hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia complicated by effusion: a single-centre retrospective cohort study	69
Assessment of vitamin status; A, E and D in Egyptian neonates with IUGR: a cross sectional study	64
Study protocol for the ACTIVE SCHOOL study investigating two different strategies of physical activity to improve academic performance in Schoolchildren	62
UGT1A1 mutation association with increased bilirubin levels and severity of unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia in ABO incompatible newborns of China	55
Association between physical activity and cardiovascular parameters in 7-year-old children: a Chinese cross-sectional study	51
Father-child attachment on children’s screen time: mediating role of ego resilience	46
Parents’ perceptions of the safe environment for every kid (SEEK) model in the Swedish child health services	41
Parents’ experiences of family and daily life after their child’s stay in the pediatric intensive care unit: a qualitative descriptive study	40
Epidemiology of asthma exacerbation in children before and after the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective study in Chengdu, China	39
Early versus late parenteral nutrition in term and late preterm infants: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial	37
Effects of maturity status on the rate of torque development in young male soccer players	37
Caregivers’ experiences on preterm infants’ management in a tertiary care facility in Ghana: a qualitative exploratory study	36
The Pregnancy and EARly Life study (PEARL) - a longitudinal study to understand how gut microbes contribute to maintaining health during pregnancy and early life	35
Case report: risk of skin necrosis related to injectable vancomycin in critically ill newborn infants	33
Increasing the psychosocial focus in child developmental assessments: a qualitative study	32
Supporting recommendations for childhood preventive interventions for primary health care: elaboration of evidence synthesis and lessons learnt	32
Feasibility of a randomized controlled trial of a proprioceptive and tactile vest intervention for children with challenges integrating and processing sensory information	31
Heparin versus normal saline for the care of peripheral intravenous catheters in pediatrics: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	30
A clinical observational study of dinutuximab beta as first-line maintenance treatment for patients with high-risk neuroblastoma in China	29
Prognosis and treatment of 46 Chinese pediatric cystic fibrosis patients	29
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	28
Novel mutation in ELN gene causes cardiac abnormalities and inguinal hernia: case report	27
The Cohort of Indonesian Preterm Infants for Long-term Outcomes (CIPTO) study: a protocol	27
Evaluation of patients presenting with febrile seizures in an Iranian referral hospital: emphasis on the frequency of meningitis and co-infections	26
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	26

Association between gestational weight gain and preterm birth and post-term birth: a longitudinal study from the National Vital Statistics System database	25
Factors affecting maximal oxygen uptake in prepubertal children: a systematic review and meta-analysis	25
Association between umbilical venous catheter‒related hepatic complications and tip position in neonates: a retrospective ultrasound-based analysis	25
Clinical application of middle descending colon-double lumen ostomy with distal stoma narrowing in the treatment of anorectal malformation	25
The accuracy of fatty liver index for the screening of overweight and obese children for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in resource limited settings	25
Body weight and eating attitudes influence improvement of depressive symptoms in children and pre-adolescents with eating disorders: a prospective multicenter cohort study	25