OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Bone & Joint Journal is 32. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
The EBJIS definition of periprosthetic joint infection	344
Coronal Plane Alignment of the Knee (CPAK) classification	222
The number of patients “worse than death” while waiting for a hip or knee arthroplasty has nearly doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic	93
2021 Otto Aufranc Award: A simple Hip-Spine Classification for total hip arthroplasty	74
A prospective randomized controlled trial comparing the systemic inflammatory response in conventional jig-based total knee arthroplasty versus robotic-arm assisted total knee arthroplasty	72
Robotic-assisted total knee arthroplasty improves accuracy and precision compared to conventional techniques	71
Safety and efficacy of anterior vertebral body tethering in the treatment of idiopathic scoliosis	68
Functional alignment achieves soft-tissue balance in total knee arthroplasty as measured with quantitative sensor-guided technology	65
IMPACT-Restart: the influence of COVID-19 on postoperative mortality and risk factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection after orthopaedic and trauma surgery	63
Robotic arm-assisted versus manual total hip arthroplasty	61
Current actual success rate of the two-stage exchange arthroplasty strategy in chronic hip and knee periprosthetic joint infection	55
The influence of duration of infection on outcome of debridement and implant retention in fracture-related infection	54
Factors influencing periprosthetic femoral fracture risk	52
One-stage revision is as effective as two-stage revision for chronic culture-negative periprosthetic joint infection after total hip and knee arthroplasty	50
Meaningful values in the Forgotten Joint Score after total knee arthroplasty	46
Time to reconsider the routine use of tourniquets in total knee arthroplasty surgery	46
The lifetime risk of revision following total hip arthroplasty	45
The induced membrane technique for the management of long bone defects	45
2021 Mark Coventry Award: Use of a smartphone-based care platform after primary partial and total knee arthroplasty: a prospective randomized controlled trial	44
Cast immobilization is non-inferior to volar locking plates in relation to QuickDASH after one year in patients aged 65 years and older: a randomized controlled trial of displaced distal radius fractu	44
Next-generation sequencing not superior to culture in periprosthetic joint infection diagnosis	39
Single dose of tranexamic acid effectively reduces blood loss and transfusion rates in elderly patients undergoing surgery for hip fracture: a randomized controlled trial	38
Clinical application of artificial intelligence-assisted diagnosis using anteroposterior pelvic radiographs in children with developmental dysplasia of the hip	37
Social determinants of health in total knee arthroplasty	37
The antimicrobial activity and biocompatibility of a controlled gentamicin-releasing single-layer sol-gel coating on hydroxyapatite-coated titanium	36

Bacteriophage therapy for bone and joint infections	36
Estimating incidence rates of periprosthetic joint infection after hip and knee arthroplasty for osteoarthritis using linked registry and administrative health data	36
Robotic arm-assisted versus conventional medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: five-year clinical outcomes of a randomized controlled trial	35
Is there increased value in robotic arm-assisted total hip arthroplasty?	35
The influence of expectation modification in knee arthroplasty on satisfaction of patients: a randomized controlled trial	34
High mortality following revision hip arthroplasty for periprosthetic femoral fracture	34
Mortality after a proximal humeral fracture	33
2021 Chitranjan S. Ranawat Award: Intraosseous vancomycin reduces periprosthetic joint infection in primary total knee arthroplasty at 90-day follow-up	32
Blood and synovial fluid calprotectin as biomarkers to diagnose chronic hip and knee periprosthetic joint infections	32
Effect of scapular notching on clinical outcomes after reverse total shoulder arthroplasty	32
Reverse total shoulder arthroplasty	32
The association between surgical fixation of hip fractures within 24 hours and mortality	32
Mid- to long-term results of single-stage surgery for patients with chronic osteomyelitis using a bioabsorbable gentamicin-loaded ceramic carrier	32