OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Bone & Joint Research is 24. 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
Systemic glucose-insulin-potassium reduces skeletal muscle injury, kidney injury, and pain in a murine ischaemia-reperfusion model	170
Prognostic factors associated with failure of total elbow arthroplasty	94
Enhancing precision in limb-salvage surgery	92
Candy box technique with sutures and Nice knot	91
The effect of ethnicity on the age-related changes of spinopelvic characteristics: a systematic review	74
Ultrasound combined with voriconazole for treating acute fungal periprosthetic joint infection caused by Candida albicans	56
Ontogenetic changes in femoral morphology and joint loads in children	53
Mechanical influence of facet tropism in patients with chronic discogenic pain disorder	49
The effect of impaction energy and bone quality on cementless femoral implant fixation and femoral periprosthetic fracture risk	47
The future of osteoarthritis treatment: exploring the potential of exosomes from adipose tissue-derived stem cells	36
Mental health implications of fracture-related infections	34
Feasibility and reliability of shear wave elastography-guided collateral ligament balancing during total knee arthroplasty	32
Can severity of trunnion damage be estimated by visual inspection alone?	32
Managing large type 2a bone defects from osteoporotic tibial plateau fractures	32
Exosomes from dysfunctional chondrocytes affect osteoarthritis in Sprague-Dawley rats through FTO-dependent regulation of PIK3R5 mRNA stability	30
Defining the optimal position of the lipped liner in combination with cup orientation and stem version	30
Subluxation-induced liner adhesion and the effect of impaction to prevent liner dislocation in ceramic hip arthroplasty	29
CDK12 mediates the inhibition effect of mechanical unloading on osteoblast proliferation by regulating RNAPII transcription activation	29
Cartilage oligomeric matrix protein as a potential biomarker for knee osteoarthritis	27
Classification of distinct osteoarthritis subtypes with different knee joint tissues by gene expression profiles	27
Diagnosing periprosthetic joint infections	26
Discogenic pain in lumbar vertebra	25
Molecular crosstalk between articular cartilage, meniscus, synovium, and subchondral bone in osteoarthritis	25
Osteochondral lesions of talus	25
Therapeutic potential of IκB kinase epsilon inhibition in preventing meniscal degeneration of early osteoarthritis	24

Reviewer acknowledgement	24
Prediction of implant failure risk due to periprosthetic femoral fracture after primary elective total hip arthroplasty	24