OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Injury-International Journal of the Care of the Injured is 31. 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
Association between surgical delays for femoral neck fractures and early postoperative complications in young and middle-aged adults: A study based on the national inpatient sample database	193
Clinical outcomes of trauma tertiary surveys conducted by allied health and non-medical healthcare professionals: A scoping review	174
Early kyphoplasty in the elderly patient	76
Letter to the editor Regarding “Fracture gap of the lateral malleolus via posterolateral approach: Improved visualization of the posterior malleolus fracture”	70
Predictors of hospital readmission after fractures: One-year follow-up study	68
Complications of surgically treated pelvic ring injuries with associated genitourinary injuries	55
Letter to editor - Modified gastrocnemius splitting anatomic approach to the tibial plateau. medium-term evaluation	49
Reply to Letter to the Editor	46
ED to ED transfer does not prolong emergency department stays in a rural trauma system	45
In reply death of the trauma centre	45
Author reply to letter to the editor	43
Vital signs among emergency department trauma patients in the setting of alcohol or drug use	43
Increase in trauma volume as compared to emergency department volume during the COVID-19 pandemic	43
Range of motion measurements do not correlate with patient reported outcome measures in the early post-operative period following ankle fracture	43
Can we safely place the distal volar locking plate screws into the subchondral zone of a distal radius fracture using a 45° supination oblique view under fluoroscopic guidance?	41
Only fair accuracy of the radiographic classification of adult proximal humeral fractures in the Swedish Fracture Register: a cohort analysis	40
Pooled infection rates from antibiotic-coated nails in open tibia fractures	40
Clinicians’ attitudes towards supplemental oxygen for trauma patients – A survey	39
Reply to comments on "long-term differences in clinical prognosis between crossed- and parallel-cannulated screw fixation in vertical femoral neck fractures of non-geriatric patients"	39
A Stable Solution: Biomechanical Assessment of External Fixators for the Treatment of Pelvic Injury Type AO 61 C1.3a	37
Influence of radiation personal protection equipment design on surgeon stress–A randomised repeated-measures crossover study	36
National evaluation of the association between stay-at-home orders on mechanism of injury and trauma admission volume	36
Weightbearing instructions after orthopaedic injury or surgery	34
Length and offset restoration in partial hip arthroplasty (PHA) performed by resident surgeons: Comparison between preoperative planning and intraoperative X-ray	33
Usefulness of external fixation and reverse Sural fasciocutaneous flap: Treatment of grade III B open tibial fractures in resource-limited settings	32

Both the level of lumbar fixation as well as the type of triangular construct should be adapted on an individual basis during spinopelvic fixation for unstable U-shaped sacral fractures and Tile C pel	31
The incidence, treatment and evolution of vascular injuries in high-grade blunt abdominal solid organ trauma	31
Comparison of transverse and longitudinal incisions in tibia intramedullary nailing: Implications for pain, numbness, and functional recovery	31
Shock wave damage from the ventral side in primary blast injury: An experimental study in pigs	31
Very long-term effects of conservatively treated blunt thoracic trauma: A retrospective analysis	31
Should we be scoring pain differently for rib fractures? A comparison of two scoring systems	31