OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of International Wound Journal 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
Our contemporary understanding of the aetiology of pressure ulcers/pressure injuries	72
Emerging treatment strategies in wound care	60
Clinical and economic burden of wound care in the tropics: a 5‐year institutional population health review	53
Personal protective equipment related skin reactions in healthcare professionals during COVID‐19	50
Update on the role of antiseptics in the management of chronic wounds with critical colonisation and/or biofilm	48
Hyperspectral imaging in wound care: A systematic review	48
The role of topical probiotics on wound healing: A review of animal and human studies	48
Cost of managing patients with venous leg ulcers	44
Protecting prone positioned patients from facial pressure ulcers using prophylactic dressings: A timely biomechanical analysis in the context of the COVID‐19 pandemic	43
Societal pandemic burnout: A COVID legacy	43
The prevalence, characteristics, and related factors of pressure injury in medical staff wearing personal protective equipment against COVID‐19 in China: A multicentre cross‐sectional surve	40
Clinical and economic burden of diabetic foot ulcers: A 5‐year longitudinal multi‐ethnic cohort study from the tropics	39
The impact of resveratrol on skin wound healing, scarring, and aging	38
Topical cannabis‐based medicines – A novel paradigm and treatment for non‐uremic calciphylaxis leg ulcers: An open label trial	37
Critical biomechanical and clinical insights concerning tissue protection when positioning patients in the operating room: A scoping review	32
An explainable machine learning model for predicting in‐hospital amputation rate of patients with diabetic foot ulcer	32
Rational selection of bioactive principles for wound healing applications: Growth factors and antioxidants	32
Risk of readmissions, mortality, and hospital‐acquired conditions across hospital‐acquired pressure injury (HAPI) stages in a US National Hospital Discharge database	32
Wound assessment, imaging and monitoring systems in diabetic foot ulcers: A systematic review	29
Fat grafting and platelet‐rich plasma for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers: A feasibility‐randomised controlled trial	27
Prospective clinical study on the efficacy of bacterial removal with mechanical debridement in and around chronic leg ulcers assessed with fluorescence imaging	27
Social participation of people with chronic wounds: A systematic review	26
The impact of surgical site infection on hospitalisation, treatment costs, and health‐related quality of life after vascular surgery	26
The efficacy and safety of cold atmospheric plasma as a novel therapy for diabetic wound in vitro and in vivo	26
Challenges in the management of critical ill COVID‐19 patients with pressure ulcer	25

Prevalence and risk factors of chronic wounds in nursing homes in Germany