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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Evaluation of patients presenting with febrile seizures in an Iranian referral hospital: emphasis on the frequency of meningitis and co-infections	82
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	77
Heparin versus normal saline for the care of peripheral intravenous catheters in pediatrics: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	59
Association between physical activity and cardiovascular parameters in 7-year-old children: a Chinese cross-sectional study	56
Parents’ experiences of family and daily life after their child’s stay in the pediatric intensive care unit: a qualitative descriptive study	53
Novel mutation in ELN gene causes cardiac abnormalities and inguinal hernia: case report	44
Feasibility of a randomized controlled trial of a proprioceptive and tactile vest intervention for children with challenges integrating and processing sensory information	44
Caregivers’ experiences on preterm infants’ management in a tertiary care facility in Ghana: a qualitative exploratory study	43
EBV associated epiglottitis in an immunocompetent child	42
Urethral keratosis caused by vitamin A deficiency: two case reports	40
Relationship of dietary nutrients with early childhood caries and caries activity among children aged 3–5 years—a cross-sectional study	40
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	40
Protocol for visual-acoustic intervention with service delivery in-person and via telepractice (VISIT) non-inferiority trial for residual speech sound disorder	38
Removal of an embedded duodenal foreign body in a Schizophrenic adolescent with a guidewire-formed lasso	35
Hypothermia in preterm infants admitted to low-resource neonatal units in northern Nigeria: an observational study of occurrence and risk factors	35
Correction: Factors associated with arterial stiffness assessed by pulse pressure amplification in healthy children and adolescents: a cross-sectional study	33
Characteristics of neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy at high altitude and early results of therapeutic hypothermia	30
An evaluation of the empirical vancomycin dosing guide in pediatric cardiology	30
Association between umbilical venous catheter‒related hepatic complications and tip position in neonates: a retrospective ultrasound-based analysis	30
Comparison of ranibizumab and conbercept treatment in type 1 prethreshold retinopathy of prematurity in zone II	30
Manipulation of solid dosage forms for oral administration to paediatric patients for drug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa: an observation study	29
Length of stay and its associated factors in the neonatal intensive care unit of Gadarif Hospital, Eastern Sudan: a retrospective study	28
Onset and predictors of first-line antiretroviral therapy treatment failure among children in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis	28
Epidemiology and risk factors for thrombosis in children and newborns: systematic evaluation and meta-analysis	28
Early aEEG can predict neurodevelopmental outcomes at 12 to 18 month of age in VLBWI with necrotizing enterocolitis: a cohort study	28

Evaluating high dose laxatives via nasogastric tube versus enemas in children with severe constipation: a prospective cohort study	27
Trends and determinants of early neonatal mortality in Ethiopia: evidence from the Ethiopian demographic and health survey data	27
Study protocol for the ACTIVE SCHOOL study investigating two different strategies of physical activity to improve academic performance in Schoolchildren	27
A decision tree model for predicting intravenous immunoglobulin resistance and coronary artery involvement in Kawasaki disease	27