OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Acta Orthopaedica is 16. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Good long-term outcomes of the hip Chiari osteotomy in adolescents and adults with hip dysplasia: a systematic review	39
Local cefuroxime tissue concentrations in the hand after single and repeated administration to 16 patients undergoing trapeziectomy: a randomized controlled trial	37
Less inflammatory response in the direct anterior than in the direct lateral approach in patients with femoral neck fractures receiving a total hip arthroplasty: exploratory results from a randomized	34
Range of hip abduction after preventive and reconstructive surgery in cerebral palsy: a longitudinal registry study of 307 children	33
Risk of reoperation due to surgical site infection in 74,771 hip fracture patients: a Danish nationwide cohort study	30
The incidence of physeal fractures in the lower limb and the frequency of premature physeal closure: a cohort study of 236 patients	28
Birthweight correlates to pubo-femoral distances and α angles in hip ultrasound of newborns at 6 weeks of age: a retrospective cohort study	28
Regional variation in low-value musculoskeletal surgery: a nationwide study from the Finnish Care Register	23
The different strategies in treating displaced femoral neck fractures: mid-term surgical outcome in a register-based cohort of 1,283 patients aged 60–69 years	22
Hip development after surgery to prevent hip dislocation in cerebral palsy: a longitudinal register study of 252 children	19
Superstition in arthroplasty: does a suspicious size or surgery date have a higher revision rate? A Dutch arthroplasty register study	19
Effect of high-dose dexamethasone on morphine use after periacetabular osteotomy for hip dysplasia: a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled single center trial	19
The incidence of late-detected developmental dysplasia of the hip and its functional outcomes: a 17-year cohort study using selective ultrasound screening	18
Association between socioeconomic status and patient-reported outcome at 1 year after shoulder arthroplasty for osteoarthritis or cuff-tear arthropathy: a nationwide cohort study of 2,292 arthroplasti	17
Digital health literacy in Norwegian patients with hip and knee arthroplasty: normative data from a cross-sectional study	16
1-year data on patient-reported outcome is enough after surgery for degenerative cervical myelopathy: a cohort study from the Swedish Spine register	16
Impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on patient-reported outcome measures in Dutch hip and knee arthroplasty patients	16
Antimicrobial resistance in orthopedics: microbial insights, clinical impact, and the necessity of a multidisciplinary approach—a review	16
Activities of daily living in lower limb amputees with a bone-anchored prosthesis: a retrospective case series with 24 months’ follow-up	16