OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of International Journal of Paleopathology is 2. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Identification of working reindeer using palaeopathology and entheseal changes	22
Periodontal disease in sheep and cattle: Understanding dental health in past animal populations	17
Gastrointestinal infection in Italy during the Roman Imperial and Longobard periods: A paleoparasitological analysis of sediment from skeletal remains and sewer drains	15
The greatest health problem of the Middle Ages? Estimating the burden of disease in medieval England	15
A dual process model for paleopathological diagnosis	14
Advances in the molecular detection of tuberculosis in pre-contact Andean South America	14
An Investigation of Micro-CT Analysis of Bone as a New Diagnostic Method for Paleopathological Cases of Osteomalacia	14
Refining the methods for identifying draught cattle in the archaeological record: Lessons from the semi-feral herd at Chillingham Park	13
Detection of Vibrio cholerae aDNA in human burials from the fifth cholera pandemic in Argentina (1886–1887 AD)	11
Cancers as rare diseases: Terminological, theoretical, and methodological biases	11
Identifying draught cattle in the past: Lessons from large-scale analysis of archaeological datasets	11
How rare is rare? A literature survey of the last 45 years of paleopathological research on ancient rare diseases	10
Cranial modification and the shapes of heads across the Andes	10
A joint medico-historical and paleopathological perspective on vitamin D deficiency prevalence in post-Medieval Netherlands	10
Was it an axe or an adze? A cranial trauma case study from the Late Neolithic – Chalcolithic site of Cova Foradada (Calafell, Spain)	9
Osteoarthritis, entheses, and long bone cross-sectional geometry in the Andes: Usage, history, and future directions	9
Children of the abyss: Investigating the association between isotopic physiological stress and skeletal pathology in London during the Industrial Revolution	9
Cribriotic lesions in archaeological human skeletal remains. Prevalence, co-occurrence, and association in medieval and early modern Netherlands	9
Metabolic diseases in Andean paleopathology: Retrospect and prospect	9
Mid-7th century BC human parasite remains from Jerusalem	8
What is a rare disease in animal paleopathology?	8
Spatial paleopathology: A geographic approach to the etiology of cribrotic lesions in the prehistoric Andes	8
Is dietary deficiency of calcium a factor in rickets? Use of current evidence for our understanding of the disease in the past	8
Challenging definitions and diagnostic approaches for ancient rare diseases: The case of poliomyelitis	7
Linking isotope analysis and paleopathology: An andean perspective	7

The dark satanic mills: Evaluating patterns of health in England during the industrial revolution	7
Bone pathologies of modern non-draft cattle (Bos Taurus) in the context of grazing systems and environmental influences in the South Urals, Russia	7
Severe skeletal lesions, osteopenia and growth deficit in a child with pulmonary tuberculosis (mid-20th century, Portugal)	7
Differential diagnosis of metabolic disease in a commingled sample from 19th century Hisban, Jordan	7
Developing an archaeology of malaria. A critical review of current approaches and a discussion on ways forward	6
Do computed tomography findings agree with traditional osteological examination? The case of porous cranial lesions	6
Asymmetric midshaft femur remodeling in an adult male with left sided hip joint ankylosis, Metal Period Nagsabaran, Philippines	6
On some paleopathological examples of amputation and the implications for healthcare in 13th-17th century Lithuania	6
Evidence of dental agenesis in late pleistocene Homo	6
Was the rise of TB contemporaneous with the industrial revolution? Epidemiological evolution of TB in France (17th-20th centuries) inferred from osteoarchaeological and historical archives	6
Exoskeletal and eye repair in Dalmanitina socialis (Trilobita): An example of blastemal regeneration in the Ordovician?	6
Radiological evidence of purulent infections in ancient Egyptian child mummies	5
Mortality, migration and epidemiological change in English cities, 1600–1870	5
Changes in mortality in a non-industrialized Portugal: Coimbra Municipal Cemetery records (1861–1914) and identified osteological collections	5
A case of dwarfism in 6th century Italy: Bioarchaeological assessment of a hereditary disorder	5
Approaches to osteoporosis in paleopathology: How did methodology shape bone loss research?	5
The impact of industrialization on malignant neoplastic disease of bone in England: A study of medieval and industrial samples	5
Examining pathogen DNA recovery across the remains of a 14th century Italian friar (Blessed Sante) infected with Brucella melitensis	5
Trepanations in the ancient Greek colony of Akanthos: Skull surgery in the light of Hippocratic medicine	5
Towards a definition of Ancient Rare Diseases (ARD): Presenting a complex case of probable Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease from the North Caucasian Bronze Age (2200-1650 cal BCE)	5
Osteoporosis, osteomalacia, and hip fracture: A case study from the Terry collection	5
Time to be nosy: Evaluating the impact of environmental and sociocultural changes on maxillary sinusitis in the Middle Nile Valley (Neolithic to Medieval periods)	5
Digital imaging techniques applied to a case of concha bullosa from an early medieval funerary area in central Italy	5
A 13th-century cystic echinococcosis from the cemetery of the monastery of Badia Pozzeveri (Lucca, Italy)	5
Bioarchaeological reconstruction of physiological stress during social transition in Albania	5
Two probable cases of mastoiditis in a cemetery from the Warring States to Han Dynasty (475 BCE–220 CE) in Qufu, Shandong Province, China	4
Influences of industrial development and urbanization on human lives in premodern Japan: Views from paleodemography	4
Paleopathology and children in the Andes: Local/situated biologies and future directions	4
Caring for the injured: Exploring the immediate and long-term consequences of injury in medieval Cambridge, England	4
The pathway of tuberculosis in Argentina: Historical (19th and 20th centuries), epidemiological, and paleopathological data	4
An introduction to advances in Andean South American paleopathology	4
Can the palaeoepidemiology of rickets during the industrialisation period in France be studied through bioarchaeological grey literature and French medico-historical literature of the 18th-early 20th	4
Maxillary sinusitis as a respiratory health indicator: a bioarchaeological investigation into medieval central Italy	4
Rarity of congenital malformation and deformity in the fossil record of vertebrates – A non-human perspective	4
Patterns of trauma across Andean South America: New discoveries and advances in interpretation	4
3D reappraisal of trepanations at St. Cosme priory between the 12th and the 15th centuries, France	4
Surviving (but not thriving) after cranial vault trauma: A case study from Transylvania	4
Intestinal parasite infection in the Augustinian friars and general population of medieval Cambridge, UK	4
The prevalence of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis in England and Catalonia from the Roman to the post-medieval periods	4
Osteolytic lesions on the os petrosum of a Bronze Age individual from La Llana cave (Northern Spain) compatible with a possible case of otitis media. A multifaceted methodological approach	4
Compounding vulnerabilities: Syndemics and the social determinants of disease in the past	4
The role of case studies in recent paleopathological literature: An argument for continuing relevance	4
A probable case of holoprosencephaly with cyclopia in a full-term fetus from a modern skeletal collection	4
Fancy shoes and painful feet: Hallux valgus and fracture risk in medieval Cambridge, England	4
Gout and ‘Podagra’ in medieval Cambridge, England	4
A possible case of juvenile idiopathic arthritis from Renaissance Lucca (Tuscany, central Italy)	4
Examining variation in skeletal tuberculosis in a late pre-contact population from the eastern mountains of Peru	4
Evidence of otitis media and mastoiditis in a Medieval Islamic skeleton from Spain and possible implications for ancient surgical treatment of the condition	4
Rare cases of rare diseases: Re-examining early 20th century cases of anencephaly from the collection of the Moscow State University, Russia	4
Lesions in sheep elbows: Insights from a large-scale study	4

Developmental anomalies and South American paleopathology: A comparison of block vertebrae and co-occurring axial anomalies among three skeletal samples from the El Brujo archaeological complex of nor	4
Was it worth migrating to the new British industrial colony of South Australia? Evidence from skeletal pathologies and historic records of a sample of 19th-century settlers	4
The micro from mega: Dental calculus description and the first record of fossilized oral bacteria from an extinct proboscidean	3
Co-occurrence of malignant neoplasm and Hyperostosis Frontalis Interna in an Iron Age individual from Münsingen-Rain (Switzerland): A multi-diagnostic study	3
The potential for over diagnosis of Paget’s disease of bone using macroscopic analysis	3
Sex, gender, and sexuality in paleopathology: Select current developments and pathways forward	3
Correlation of atherosclerosis and osteoarthritis in ancient Egypt: A standardized evaluation of 45 whole-body CT examinations	3
Paleoparasitology and archaeoparasitology in Iran: A retrospective in differential diagnosis	3
Thundering hoofbeats and dazzling zebras: A model integrating current rare disease perspectives in paleopathology	3
External auditory exostoses and early Neolithic aquatic resource procurement in Cyprus: Results from Cypro-PPNB Kissonerga-Mylouthkia in regional context	3
Continuity in intestinal parasite infection in Aalst (Belgium) from the medieval to the early modern period (12th-17th centuries)	3
A probable case of multiple myeloma from Bronze Age China	3
Looking back, looking forward: Paleopathology in Andean South America	3
Infectious disease and nutritional deficiencies in early industrialized South Africa	3
Height and health in Roman and Post-Roman Gaul, a life course approach	3
Syphilis in an Italian medieval jewish community: A bioarchaeological and cultural perspective	3
Treponematosis in a pre-Columbian hunter-gatherer male from Antofagasta (1830 ± 20 BP, Northern Coast of Chile)	3
Are the identified collections of immature skeletons dating from the Industrial Revolution good references for paleoauxological studies? Cases studies from England & France	2
A possible case of paralysis in early modern Vilnius and the implications for social care	2
Klippel-Feil syndrome cases from Slovakia	2
Considering care: A traumatic obturator fracture dislocation of the hip in a middle-aged man from Gaelic Medieval Ballyhanna, Co. Donegal, Ireland	2
Paleopathology of the Ychsma: Evidence of respiratory disease during the Late Intermediate Period (AD 1000-1476) at the Central Coastal site of Pachacamac, Peru	2
Three cases of brachydactyly type E from two commingled tombs at the Late Intermediate period - Late Horizon site of Marcajirca, Ancash, Peru	2
The Bioarchaeology of Disability: A population-scale approach to investigating disability, physical impairment, and care in archaeological communities	2
A new approach to recording nasal fracture in skeletonized individuals	2
Caring for the sick in a medieval rural community: A study based on paleopathological and archaeological data from Medieval Rus’	2
First report in pre-Columbian mummies from Bolivia of Enterobius vermicularis infection and capillariid eggs: A contribution to Paleoparasitology studies	2
A content analysis by bibliometry of the first ten years of the International Journal of Paleopathology	2
And as things have been they remain: Enteric disease and differential mortality among ethnic groups in early twentieth century Milwaukee	2
Osseous mass in a maxillary sinus of an adult male from the 16th–17th-century Spain: Differential diagnosis	2
Bone pathologies of modern caprines (Ovis aries & Capra hircus) in the context of the pasture-stall system of the steppe zone of the South Urals	2
Perspectives on anemia: Factors confounding understanding of past occurrence	2
A wolf from Gravettian site Pavlov I, Czech Republic: Approach to skull pathology	2
Kinship and the familial occurrence of skeletal developmental anomalies in the noble Swéerts-Sporck family (Bohemia, 17th to 20th centuries)	2
Differential diagnosis of a diffuse sclerosis in an identified male skull (early 20th century Coimbra, Portugal): A multimethodological approach for the identification of osteosclerotic dysplasias in	2
Ancient DNA analysis of rare genetic bone disorders	2
Assessing the relative benefits of imaging with plain radiographs and microCT scanning to diagnose cancer in past populations	2
The unwritten history of medical treatment: Evidence for ritual-healers and their activities in the pre-literate past	2
Spotted bones in an osteopoikilosis-related disease (Buschke Ollendorff Syndrome): Identifying this rare condition from the lab to the field	2
Exploring oral paleopathology in the Central Andes: A review	2
Zoonotic parasite infection from a funerary context: A Late Antique child case from Cantabrian Spain	2
Identifying sialoliths through SEM technology	2
A critical review of the anthropological and paleopathological literature on osteopetrosis as an ancient rare disease (ARD)	2
Oral pathological conditions of an Early Epipaleolithic human from Southwest Asia: Ohalo II H2 as a probable case of intentional dental ablation	2
The Skinner Burial of Ontario, Canada, and the Question of Paget’s Disease in the Americas	2
Helping to shine light on the Dark Ages: Applying the bioarchaeology of care approach to remains from the early Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Worthy Park	2
The physiopathology of osteoarthritis: Paleopathological implications of non-articular lesions from a modern surgical sample	2
Advances in regional paleopathology of the Southern Coast of the Central Andes	2