OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Injury-International Journal of the Care of the Injured is 32. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Psychological dysfunction associated with calcaneal fractures	339
Predictors of hospital readmission after fractures: One-year follow-up study	163
Lower extremity CT angiograms and their effect on kidney function in orthopedic trauma patients	97
Open lower limb fractures in the elderly	88
British Orthopaedic Association Standard for Trauma (BOAST): Cervical Spine Clearance In The Trauma Patient	83
A tribute to professor Panayotis Soucacos “Takis”: A great surgeon, teacher and scholar	74
Critical size bone defects managed with modern techniques of bone transport: An update	72
Prognostic factors associated with risk of stroke following blunt cerebrovascular injury: A systematic review and meta-analysis	72
C3 geriatric distal femoral fracture – ORIF or replace with a distal femoral replacement (DFR)	61
Biomechanical evaluation of compression buttress screw and medial plate fixation for the treatment of vertical femoral neck fractures	60
ED to ED transfer does not prolong emergency department stays in a rural trauma system	60
Letter to the editor Regarding “Fracture gap of the lateral malleolus via posterolateral approach: Improved visualization of the posterior malleolus fracture”	55
Reply to Letter to the Editor	52
Acute Musculoskeletal Sports Injuries in School Age Children in Britain	50
Implant and patient survival rates using Exeter Trauma Stem hemiarthroplasty in fracture neck of femur patients: The largest study to date	44
Managing outcome expectations after Traumatic Brain Injury	42
Biomechanical comparison of the new cross-locking intramedullary nail with tension band wiring for transverse olecranon fractures	41
Early risk factors for prolonged mechanical ventilation in patients with severe blunt thoracic trauma: A retrospective cohort study	41
Outcome and technical consideration of conversion total hip arthroplasty after failed fixation of intracapsular and extracapsular hip fractures: Are they really that different?	40
Spanish research in orthopaedic trauma surgery has taken great strides. Will this trend continue?	38
Postoperative wound complications in extensile lateral approach versus sinus tarsi approach for calcaneal fractures: Are we improving? Updated meta-analysis of recent literature	37
Treating multifocal humerus fractures: A comparison between the mipo technique and intramedullary nailing	36
In reply death of the trauma centre	36
Author reply to letter to the editor	35
Implications of three-dimensional modeling of tibia for intramedullary nail fixation: An Asian cadaver study	35

Predicting early term complications of ORIF distal radius fracture in outpatient settings using NSQIP data	34
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	34
Is a trauma surgeon always a trauma specialist?	34
Early kyphoplasty in the elderly patient	33
A five-year review comparing 30-day mortality following intramedullary nailing versus sliding hip screw for trochanteric hip fractures	32
Orthopaedic trauma residency programs: Perspectives from different countries across the world	32
Length and offset restoration in partial hip arthroplasty (PHA) performed by resident surgeons: Comparison between preoperative planning and intraoperative X-ray	32