OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research is 37. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Hsa_circ_0007292 promotes chondrocyte injury in osteoarthritis via targeting the miR-1179/HMGB1 axis	359
How effective is proximal fibular osteotomy in redistributing joint pressures? Insights from an HTO comparative in-silico study	85
Age-related traumatic anatomy and personalized medial incision design for calcaneal fractures in older adults using three-dimensional mapping	72
The prevalence and risk factors for peripheral nerve injury following arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis	61
Hidden blood loss and its risk factors after hip reconstruction in children	57
Forearm bone mineral density predicts subsidence of titanium mesh cage after anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion in patients with cervical spondylosis	54
The efficacy of pericapsular nerve group block for reducing pain and opioid consumption after total hip arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis	53
A biomechanical study comparing the compression force and osseous area of contact of two screws fixation techniques used in ankle joint arthrodesis model	52
Clinical efficacy and learning curve of percutaneous endoscopic cervical discectomy for symptomatic cervical spondylotic radiculopathy	52
Parallel vs. Orthogonal dual plating for distal humerus fractures: a systematic review and pooled analysis of functional outcomes and union times	51
Relationship between muscle size and density and proximal femoral bone mineral density in elderly men with hip fractures across different age groups	51
Reactive arthritis following COVID-19 current evidence, diagnosis, and management strategies	48
Higher graft failure rates following primary ACL reconstruction and conservative MCL treatment compared to simultaneous primary ACL and MCL reconstruction: a retrospective cohort study	47
The difference and clinical application of modified thoracolumbar fracture classification scoring system in guiding clinical treatment	46
Exosomes promote hFOB1.19 proliferation and differentiation via LINC00520	45
Effects of obturator and femoral nerve blocks on pain and kinematic gait parameters in patients undergoing unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: a retrospective cohort study	45
Return to work following primary total hip arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis	44
Long non-coding RNA Gm37494 alleviates osteoarthritis chondrocyte injury via the microRNA-181a-5p/GABRA1 axis	44
Electroacupuncture attenuates intervertebral disc degeneration by upregulating aquaporins via the cAMP/PKA pathway	43
RIPK3 is spatially associated with cartilage degeneration in osteoarthritis: integrative transcriptomic and histological analysis	43
Comparison of thoracolumbar versus non-thoracolumbar osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures in risk factors, vertebral compression degree and pre-hospital back pain	43
CircPRKD3/miR-6783-3p responds to mechanical force to facilitate the osteogenesis of stretched periodontal ligament stem cells	43
Effect of sagittal screw angle and distance of screw apex to superior endplate on adjacent segment disease after posterolateral lumbar fusion: a retrospective study	43
Finite element analysis of the effect of residual lateral wall volume on postoperative stability in intertrochanteric fractures	43
Association between triglyceride-glucose index and bone mineral density in US adults: a cross sectional study	42

Clinical characteristic, management, and outcomes of cervical spinal brucellosis: a retrospective cohort study over 1-year postoperative follow-up	42
Evaluation of the effect of phellodendrin application on rats creating an experimental model of non-compression lumbar disc herniation on the NF-κB-related inflammatory signaling pathway	42
Hidden blood loss of minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion of lumbar degenerative diseases in patients with osteoporosis: a retrospective study	41
Oblique lateral interbody fusion (OLIF) compared with unilateral biportal endoscopic lumbar interbody fusion (ULIF) for degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis: a 2-year follow-up study	41
Three-dimensional printed screw guide-assisted metatarsal osteotomy for the treatment of mild-to-moderate hallux valgus	40
Three-dimensional-printed guide plate for direct percutaneous pedicle screw implantation in minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion surgery: a retrospective study of 162 patients	38
Risk factors for intensive care unit admission following correction surgery for adult spinal deformity	38
Cannulated screws versus dynamic hip screw versus hemiarthroplasty versus total hip arthroplasty in patients with displaced and non-displaced femoral neck fractures: a systematic review and frequentis	38
Long non-coding RNA LINC-PINT: emerging clinical significance and molecular mechanisms in knee osteoarthritis	37
Isokinetic assessment of the female’s soccer player’s knee. A systematic review of outcomes measures	37
Visible trephine-based foraminoplasty in PTED leads to asymmetrical stress changes and instability in the surgical and adjacent segments: a finite element analysis	37
MEX3B aggravates osteoarthritis progression by post-transcriptionally activating TLR4-NF-κB signaling axis	37
Detection of simulated complications in all-polymer PEEK knee prostheses: a cadaveric imaging study using Radiography, CT, and MRI	37