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High Impact Articles
High impact papers are those to which special attention is paid by experts in the given field, with a large number of visitors, frequent downloads and higher citation rates. The research must be creative, with high academic standards and have a wide influence, if it is to become a high impact paper. They are ranked by the number of downloads.
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Behavioural and emotional disorders in childhood: A brief overview for paediatricians  
Michael O Ogundele 
World J Clin Pediatr 7(1):9-26. Published online Feb 8, 2018. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v7.i1.9
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Imaging of the pediatric thymus: Clinicoradiologic approach  
Smita Manchanda, Ashu S Bhalla, Manisha Jana, Arun K Gupta 
World J Clin Pediatr 6(1):10-23. Published online Feb 8, 2017. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v6.i1.10
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Perianal infectious dermatitis: An underdiagnosed, unremitting and stubborn condition  
Elena Daniela Serban 
World J Clin Pediatr 7(4):89-104. Published online Oct 25, 2018. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v7.i4.89
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Congenital and childhood myotonic dystrophy: Current aspects of disease and future directions  
Genevieve Ho, Michael Cardamone, Michelle Farrar 
World J Clin Pediatr 4(4):66-80. Published online Nov 8, 2015. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v4.i4.66
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Retinopathy of prematurity: Past, present and future  
Parag K Shah, Vishma Prabhu, Smita S Karandikar, Ratnesh Ranjan, Venkatapathy Narendran, Narendran Kalpana 
World J Clin Pediatr 5(1):35-46. Published online Feb 8, 2016. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v5.i1.35
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Caffeine therapy in preterm infants  
Hesham Abdel-Hady, Nehad Nasef, Abd Elazeez Shabaan, Islam Nour 
World J Clin Pediatr 4(4):81-93. Published online Nov 8, 2015. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v4.i4.81
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Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus disease is rare in children: An update from Saudi Arabia  
Jaffar A Al-Tawfiq, Rana F Kattan, Ziad A Memish 
World J Clin Pediatr 5(4):391-396. Published online Nov 8, 2016. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v5.i4.391
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Appendicitis in children less than five years old: A challenge for the general practitioner  
Pierluigi Marzuillo, Claudio Germani, Baruch S Krauss, Egidio Barbi 
World J Clin Pediatr 4(2):19-24. Published online May 8, 2015. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v4.i2.19
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Short and long term prognosis in perinatal asphyxia: An update  
Caroline E Ahearne, Geraldine B Boylan, Deirdre M Murray 
World J Clin Pediatr 5(1):67-74. Published online Feb 8, 2016. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v5.i1.67
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Early infant male circumcision: Systematic review, risk-benefit analysis, and progress in policy  
Brian J Morris, Sean E Kennedy, Alex D Wodak, Adrian Mindel, David Golovsky, Leslie Schrieber, Eugenie R Lumbers, David J Handelsman, John B Ziegler 
World J Clin Pediatr 6(1):89-102. Published online Feb 8, 2017. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v6.i1.89
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Play therapy in children with autism: Its role, implications, and limitations  
Reem Elbeltagi, Mohammed Al-Beltagi, Nermin Kamal Saeed, Rawan Alhawamdeh 
World J Clin Pediatr 12(1):1-22. Published online Jan 9, 2023. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v12.i1.1
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Conversion from prolonged intravenous fentanyl infusion to enteral methadone in critically ill children  
Vijay Srinivasan, Daniel Pung, Sean P O’Neill 
World J Clin Pediatr 6(2):110-117. Published online May 8, 2017. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v6.i2.110
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Should dopamine be the first line inotrope in the treatment of neonatal hypotension? Review of the evidence  
Sadaf I Bhayat, Harsha M S Gowda, Michael Eisenhut 
World J Clin Pediatr 5(2):212-222. Published online May 8, 2016. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v5.i2.212
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Neither hereditary periodic fever nor periodic fever, aphthae, pharingitis, adenitis: Undifferentiated periodic fever in a tertiary pediatric center  
Silvia De Pauli, Sara Lega, Serena Pastore, Domenico Leonardo Grasso, Anna Monica Rosaria Bianco, Giovanni Maria Severini, Alberto Tommasini, Andrea Taddio 
World J Clin Pediatr 7(1):49-55. Published online Feb 8, 2018. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v7.i1.49
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Reducing childhood obesity through coordinated care: Development of a park prescription program  
Sarah E Messiah, Sandy Jiang, Jack Kardys, Eric Hansen, Maria Nardi, Lourdes Forster 
World J Clin Pediatr 5(3):234-243. Published online Aug 8, 2016. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v5.i3.234
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Synthetic cannabinoids 2015: An update for pediatricians in clinical practice  
Daniel Castellanos, Leonard M Gralnik 
World J Clin Pediatr 5(1):16-24. Published online Feb 8, 2016. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v5.i1.16
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Hirschsprung’s disease: Historical notes and pathological diagnosis on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Dr. Harald Hirschsprung’s death  
Consolato Sergi 
World J Clin Pediatr 4(4):120-125. Published online Nov 8, 2015. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v4.i4.120
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Decision-making patterns in managing children with suspected biliary dyskinesia  
Warapan Nakayuenyongsuk, Hassan Choudry, Karla Au Yeung, Wikrom Karnsakul 
World J Clin Pediatr 6(2):124-131. Published online May 8, 2017. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v6.i2.124
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Imaging evaluation of hemoptysis in children  
Divya Singh, Ashu Seith Bhalla, Prasad Thotton Veedu, Arundeep Arora 
World J Clin Pediatr 2(4):54-64. Published online Nov 8, 2013. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v2.i4.54
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Prevalence of respiratory syncytial virus infection among children hospitalized with acute lower respiratory tract infections in Southern India  
Sandesh Kini, Bhuvanesh Sukhlal Kalal, Sara Chandy, Ranjani Shamsundar, Anita Shet 
World J Clin Pediatr 8(2):33-42. Published online Apr 9, 2019. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v8.i2.33
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Tourette syndrome associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: The impact of tics and psychopharmacological treatment options  
Olumide O Oluwabusi, Susan Parke, Paul J Ambrosini 
World J Clin Pediatr 5(1):128-135. Published online Feb 8, 2016. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v5.i1.128
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Antiseptic use in the neonatal intensive care unit - a dilemma in clinical practice: An evidence based review  
Sundar Sathiyamurthy, Jayanta Banerjee, Sunit V Godambe 
World J Clin Pediatr 5(2):159-171. Published online May 8, 2016. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v5.i2.159
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History of the infantile hepatic hemangioma: From imaging to generating a differential diagnosis  
Maria Gnarra, Gerald Behr, Alison Kitajewski, June K Wu, Sudha A Anupindi, Carrie J Shawber, Nick Zavras, Dimitrios Schizas, Chris Salakos, Konstantinos P Economopoulos 
World J Clin Pediatr 5(3):273-280. Published online Aug 8, 2016. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v5.i3.273
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Vitamin D therapy in children with inflammatory bowel disease: A systematic review  
Tarah Rigterink, Laura Appleton, Andrew S Day 
World J Clin Pediatr 8(1):1-14. Published online Jan 22, 2019. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v8.i1.1
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Review of the evidence for the management of co-morbid Tic disorders in children and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder  
Michael O Ogundele, Hani F Ayyash 
World J Clin Pediatr 7(1):36-42. Published online Feb 8, 2018. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v7.i1.36
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Single-incision pediatric endosurgery in newborns and infants  
Yury Kozlov, Vladimir Novozhilov, Polina Baradieva, Pavel Krasnov, Konstantin Kovalkov, Oliver J Muensterer 
World J Clin Pediatr 4(4):55-65. Published online Nov 8, 2015. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v4.i4.55
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Acute flaccid paralysis in a patient with sacral dimple  
Mohammed Mostafa, Nehad Nasef, Tarik Barakat, Amany K El-Hawary, Hesham Abdel-Hady 
World J Clin Pediatr 2(3):26-30. Published online Aug 8, 2013. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v2.i3.26
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Critical evaluation of unscientific arguments disparaging affirmative infant male circumcision policy  
Brian J Morris, John N Krieger, Jeffrey D Klausner 
World J Clin Pediatr 5(3):251-261. Published online Aug 8, 2016. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v5.i3.251
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Screening for asymptomatic chlamydia and gonorrhea in adolescent males in an urban pediatric emergency department  
Megan E Maraynes, Jennifer H Chao, Konstantinos Agoritsas, Richard Sinert, Shahriar Zehtabchi 
World J Clin Pediatr 6(3):154-160. Published online Aug 8, 2017. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v6.i3.154
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Effects of resistance training on cardiovascular health in non-obese active adolescents  
Clare Chung-Wah Yu, Alison Mary McManus, Hung-Kwan So, Ping Chook, Chun-Ting Au, Albert Martin Li, Jack Tat-Chi Kam, Raymond Chi-Hung So, Christopher Wai-Kei Lam, Iris Hiu-Shuen Chan, Rita Yn-Tz Sung 
World J Clin Pediatr 5(3):293-300. Published online Aug 8, 2016. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v5.i3.293
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Clinical asthma phenotyping: A trial for bridging gaps in asthma management  
Magdy Mohamed Zedan, Wafaa Nabil Laimon, Amal Mohamed Osman, Mohamed Magdy Zedan 
World J Clin Pediatr 4(2):13-18. Published online May 8, 2015. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v4.i2.13
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Abdominal obesity adversely affects bone mass in children  
Sowmya Krishnan, Michael P Anderson, David A Fields, Madhusmita Misra 
World J Clin Pediatr 7(1):43-48. Published online Feb 8, 2018. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v7.i1.43
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Pandemic influenza 2009: Impact of vaccination coverage on critical illness in children, a Canada and France observational study  
Olivier Fléchelles, Olivier Brissaud, Robert Fowler, Thierry Ducruet, Philippe Jouvet, the Pediatric Canadian Critical Care Trials Group H1N1 Collaborative and Groupe Francophone de Réanimation et Urgences Pédiatriques 
World J Clin Pediatr 5(4):374-382. Published online Nov 8, 2016. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v5.i4.374
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Vein of Galen malformation in a neonate: A case report and review of endovascular management  
Surasak Puvabanditsin, Rajeev Mehta, Kristy Palomares, Natalie Gengel, Christina Ferrucci-Da Silva, Sudipta Roychowdhury, Gaurav Gupta, Arun Kashyap, David Sorrentino 
World J Clin Pediatr 6(1):103-109. Published online Feb 8, 2017. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v6.i1.103
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Vitamin D deficiency/insufficiency from childhood to adulthood: Insights from a sunny country  
Motti Haimi, Richard Kremer 
World J Clin Pediatr 6(1):1-9. Published online Feb 8, 2017. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v6.i1.1
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Effects of carob-bean gum thickened formulas on infants’ reflux and tolerance indices  
Miglena Georgieva, Yannis Manios, Niya Rasheva, Ruzha Pancheva, Elena Dimitrova, Anne Schaafsma 
World J Clin Pediatr 5(1):118-127. Published online Feb 8, 2016. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v5.i1.118
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Cardiovascular magnetic resonance: Diagnostic utility and specific considerations in the pediatric population  
Frances M Mitchell, Sanjay K Prasad, Gerald F Greil, Peter Drivas, Vassilios S Vassiliou, Claire E Raphael 
World J Clin Pediatr 5(1):1-15. Published online Feb 8, 2016. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v5.i1.1
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Significance of platelet count in children admitted with bronchiolitis  
Amar Al Shibli, Najla Alkuwaiti, May Hamie, Dima Abukhater, Muhammad B Noureddin, Abdulla Amri, Salwa Al Kaabi, Aysha Al Kaabi, Mariam Harbi, Hassib Narchi 
World J Clin Pediatr 6(2):118-123. Published online May 8, 2017. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v6.i2.118
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Hypothesis on supine sleep, sudden infant death syndrome reduction and association with increasing autism incidence  
Nils J Bergman 
World J Clin Pediatr 5(3):330-342. Published online Aug 8, 2016. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v5.i3.330
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Serial physical examinations, a simple and reliable tool for managing neonates at risk for early-onset sepsis  
Alberto Berardi, Anna Maria Buffagni, Cecilia Rossi, Eleonora Vaccina, Chiara Cattelani, Lucia Gambini, Federica Baccilieri, Francesca Varioli, Fabrizio Ferrari 
World J Clin Pediatr 5(4):358-364. Published online Nov 8, 2016. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v5.i4.358
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Controversies in diagnosis and management of Kawasaki disease  
Rakesh Kumar Pilania, Dharmagat Bhattarai, Surjit Singh 
World J Clin Pediatr 7(1):27-35. Published online Feb 8, 2018. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v7.i1.27
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Oral medications regarding their safety and efficacy in the management of patent ductus arteriosus  
Mehmet Yekta Oncel, Omer Erdeve 
World J Clin Pediatr 5(1):75-81. Published online Feb 8, 2016. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v5.i1.75
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Nurse practitioner coverage is associated with a decrease in length of stay in a pediatric chronic ventilator dependent unit  
Courtney M Rowan, A Ioana Cristea, Jennifer C Hamilton, Nicole M Taylor, Mara E Nitu, Veda L Ackerman 
World J Clin Pediatr 5(2):191-197. Published online May 8, 2016. doi: 10.5409/wjcp.v5.i2.191
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