OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Paleopathology is 3. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Investigating the “scapula sign” as an indicator of rickets	25
The palaeopathology of industry, a perspective from Britain	23
Testing the Digital Atlas of Ancient Rare Diseases (DAARD) using a new case of Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease from Early Byzantine (500–700 CE) Olympia, Greece	23
An arts-based approach for communicating paleopathological research to public audiences: the Phoenix Bioscience Core’s Artist + Researcher (ARx) program	19
Continuity in intestinal parasite infection in Aalst (Belgium) from the medieval to the early modern period (12th-17th centuries)	16
Are endocranial granular impressions pathognomonic of tuberculous meningitis or a marker of tuberculous infection? An investigation on a medieval osteoarcheological assemblage from Italy	16
An intersectional and Bayesian investigation of pleural disease in industrializing England (1700–1857CE)	14
Cortisol in deciduous tooth tissues: A potential metric for assessing stress exposure in archaeological and living populations	14
Skeleton matter(s): Reframing current approaches in bioarchaeology towards a more inclusive future	13
Editorial Board	11
Age-related disease or disease-related age? Perspectives for paleopathological research	11
Periodontitis and alveolar resorption in human skeletal remains: The relationship between quantitative alveolar bone loss, occlusal wear, antemortem tooth loss, dental calculus and age at death in a l	10
Archival pasts and futures in paleopathology	9
A historical case of Eagle’s syndrome from the Constantine-Helena Church, Niğde, Türkiye	9
Bilateral hip dysplasia in a South African male: A case study from the 17–18th century	8
The association between skeletal lesions and tuberculosis in a pre-antibiotic South African sample	8
Is the promontory a promising site to diagnose otitis media in paleopathology? A search for evidence	8
Histology of pulmonary tuberculosis in a 19th-century mummy from Comiso (Sicily, Italy)	8
Tentative indicators of malaria in archaeological skeletal samples, a pilot study testing different methods	7
A case of rheumatoid arthritis in a Nubian woman from the site of Sheikh Mohamed, near Aswan, Egypt	7
Editorial Board	6
Animal disease evidenced in the bone assemblage of a Late Neolithic settlement in Greece: Implications for animal management	6
Editorial Board	6
The impact of industrialization on malignant neoplastic disease of bone in England: A study of medieval and industrial samples	6
Clubfoot and its implications for the locomotion of a medieval skeleton from Estremoz, Portugal	6

Rickets, resorption and revolution: An investigation into the relationship between vitamin D deficiency in childhood and osteoporosis in adulthood in an 18th-19th century population	5
Endemic congenital iodine deficiency syndrome from a 19th to 20th century poorhouse cemetery in Riggisberg, Switzerland	5
Dental health in Roman dogs: A pilot study using standardized examination methods	5
Archeometric detection of mercury: A paleopharmacological case study of skeletal remains of a child with vitamin deficiencies (Rouen, France, late 18–19th centuries)	5
Editorial Board	5
Holes in the Head. Double cranial surgery on an individual from the Chalcolithic burial site of Camino del Molino (SE Spain)	5
Play or foul play: A case of perimortem cranial injuries on a child from Yaoheyuan, Western Zhou China (1046–771 BCE)	5
Intestinal parasite infection in the Augustinian friars and general population of medieval Cambridge, UK	5
Insights into molar-incisor hypomineralisation in past populations: A call to anthropologists	5
Disability in medieval Poulton (Cheshire): A case of hand amputation	5
Investigating wild bovines to assess pathological indicators of traction exploitation	5
Embracing complexity. Porous cranial lesions and their paleopathological significance in two population samples from Neolithic Northern Germany	5
A case of secondary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy from medieval Tuscany (central Italy, 10th-12th centuries CE)	4
ABSTRACTS	4
Observer agreement on the morphology of porous cranial lesions: Results from a workshop at the 2019 meeting of the Paleopathology Association	4
A severe case of bilateral humerus varus deformity from the Middle Bronze age necropolis of Olmo di Nogara, Northeast Italy. The contribution of biomechanical analysis to paleopathological study	4
Surgery under siege: A case study of leg amputation in 18th century Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, Canada	4
Editorial Board	4
Do the regions of the spinal column record stress differently? An analysis of diminished growth in the vertebral neural canal	4
Insights into the anatomical expressions of anencephaly in three infants from 17th to 19th- century Lisbon, Portugal	4
Early Iron Age horse exploitation in Thrace (Bulgaria) inferred from dental attrition and vertebral pathology	4
Mechanical stress in the urbanized Roman Phoenician coast	4
Erratum to “A distant city: Assessing the impact of Dutch socioeconomic developments on urban and rural health using respiratory disease as a proxy” [Int. J. Paleopathol. 42 (2023) 34–45]	3
The role of case studies in recent paleopathological literature: An argument for continuing relevance	3
Chronic maxillary sinusitis in palaeopathology: A review of methods	3
Perspectives on anemia: Factors confounding understanding of past occurrence	3
A case of congenital multiple epiphyseal dysplasia from the Late Migration Period graveyard in Drnholec (Czech Republic)	3
Characteristics of dental malocclusion in a 18th/19th century population from Radom (Poland)	3
Considering care: A traumatic obturator fracture dislocation of the hip in a middle-aged man from Gaelic Medieval Ballyhanna, Co. Donegal, Ireland	3
Editorial Board	3
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	3
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	3
A probable case of "lumpy jaw" in early medieval (11th – 12th c.) cattle from a stronghold in Kruszwica, Poland	3
Bioarchaeological evidence of violent deaths from medieval Prague	3
Zoonotic parasite infection from a funerary context: A Late Antique child case from Cantabrian Spain	3
Developing an archaeology of malaria. A critical review of current approaches and a discussion on ways forward	3
Exploring the antiquity of rheumatoid arthritis: A case study from medieval Transylvania	3
A pathological lesion or a postmortem artefact? An interdisciplinary approach to deal with an interesting early medieval case	3
The ivy and the palm: Care and mourning for a child buried in 19th-century Madrid, Spain	3
The use of Fisher’s exact test in contingency table analysis in palaeopathology	3
A possible case of hypertrophic osteopathy in osteological remains representing cattle hide processing from a Roman villa in England	3
A short and sickly life. Multi-indicator analysis of an infant from a late antique Italian burial site (Piano della Civita, Artena, 3rd-5th cent CE)	3
Heterogeneity in experiences of vitamin D deficiency in an early to mid-19th century population from Montreal, Quebec	3
Postmortem changes in ancient Egyptian child mummies: Possible pitfalls on CT images	3