OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Bone & Joint Journal is 31. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Corrigendum	88
A new method for evaluating radial neck fractures based on Judet classification	77
Reviewer acknowledgement	69
Corrigenda	66
Implant survival at four years for hemiarthroplasty and total shoulder arthroplasty in the treatment of atraumatic avascular necrosis of the humeral head	57
The effect of intra-articular autologous protein solution on knee osteoarthritis symptoms	56
Stakeholder prioritization preferences for individuals awaiting hip and knee arthroplasty	54
The duration of antibiotic prophylaxis in primary hip and knee arthroplasty	54
Shortening and in situ relengthening versus bone transport for the treatment of metaphyseal defect of lower limb long bones	53
A leap towards personalized orthopaedic surgery and the prediction of spinopelvic mechanics in total hip arthroplasty	50
PROMIS Depression and Anxiety in shoulder surgery patients	49
The impact of closed suction wound drainage on chronic pain and health-related quality of life after posterior spinal fusion in patients with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis	49
High treatment failure rate in haematogenous compared to non-haematogenous periprosthetic joint infection	48
Long-term mortality rates and associated risk factors following primary and revision knee arthroplasty	46
Assessing the effectiveness of suprascapular nerve block in the treatment of frozen shoulder	46
Interposition GraftJacket allografts for irreparable rotator cuff tears	43
Temporal trends in comorbidity in adult elective hip and knee arthroplasty patients in England	42
Cardiac function may be compromised in patients with elevated blood cobalt levels secondary to metal-on-metal hip implants	41
Patient-reported outcome measures offer little additional value two years after arthroplasty	40
Varus placement of the tibial component of Oxford unicompartmental knee arthroplasty decreases the risk of postoperative tibial fracture	39
Monobloc dual-mobility acetabular component versus a standard single-mobility acetabular component	38
Patellar resurfacing versus retention in cruciate-retaining and posterior-stabilized total knee arthroplasty	37
The Fragility Fracture Postoperative Mobilisation multicentre audit	36
Robotic arm-assisted medial compartment knee arthroplasty is a cost-effective intervention at ten-year follow-up	36
Neurological recovery after early versus delayed surgical decompression for acute traumatic spinal cord injury	36

A nationwide study of blood transfusion in hip fracture patients	36
Tossed around in a stormy sea	35
Knee torsion predicts the preoperative J-sign grade in patients with recurrent patellar dislocation	35
Time to challenge some entrenched practice	35
Old problems, new problems, and some solutions	34
Optimizing surgical practice	33
Comparison of outcomes between fungal and non-fungal periprosthetic joint infections in total knee arthroplasty	31
Utility of preoperative MRI for assessing proximal fragment vascularity in scaphoid nonunion	31