OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Advances in Wound Care is 4. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Diagnostic Performance of Ultrasonography for Diabetic Foot Osteomyelitis	277
Development of a Tissue Oxygenation Flow-Based Index Toward Discerning the Healing Status in Diabetic Foot Ulcers	150
Vasoconstrictor Agent Administration as a Risk Factor for Pressure Injury Development in Intensive Care Unit Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	134
Dynamic Prediction of Time to Wound Healing at Routine Wound Care Visits	114
Efficacy of D33 Sealed Foam in Preventing Skin Injury from Surgical Positioning: Randomized Clinical Trial	81
Frailty Predicts Postoperative Complications in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Diabetic Foot Ulcers	66
Efficacy and Safety of Lidocaine Patch in the Management of Acute Postoperative Wound Pain: A Comprehensive Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials	63
Pressure Injury Incidence and Quality of Care Index (1990–2021): An Analysis of Trends and Health Inequalities Based on the Study of Global Burden of Disease 2021	58
Individualized Risk Prediction for Improved Chronic Wound Management	54
Efficacy and Safety of Human Amniotic Membrane for Chronic Wounds: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Clinical Trials	53
From Chronic Wounds to Scarring: The Growing Health Care Burden of Under- and Over-Healing Wounds	52
Electrically Conductive Hydrogels for Wound Healing	51
Standardized Wound Care: Patchwork Practices?	51
Patterns of Co-Occurring Pressure Injuries: A Data-Driven Study Using Real-World Clinical Records	50
Prevalent Types of Peristomal Skin Damage During Chemoradiotherapy and Their Risk Factors	49
Advancing Therapeutic Solutions for Burn Wounds: Potential Use of Noninvasive Ultrasound-Driven Splenic Stimulation	47
Incisional Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Versus Primary Wound Suturing after Intestinal Ostomy Closure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	46
In Sequence Antifibrotic Treatment and Rehabilitation after Volumetric Muscle Loss Injury	46
Counting the Cost of Cellular and/or Tissue-Based Products in Diabetic Foot Ulcers: Is There a Justifiable Price Limit per Square Centimeter?	45
Effects of ON101 for Hard-to-Heal Diabetic Foot Ulcers in a Randomized Phase III Trial: A Post Hoc Analysis	40
Effects of a New Enzymatic Debrider (SN514-066b) on Eschar Protein Digestion, Burn Wound Debridement, and Healthy Skin Irritation	35
Extrusion-Based 3D Bioprinting of Bioactive and Piezoelectric Scaffolds as Potential Therapy for Treating Critical Soft Tissue Wounds	34
Integration of Flow Cytometry and Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Analysis to Explore the Fibroblast Subpopulations in Keloid that Correlate with Recurrence	33
Image-Based Artificial Intelligence in Wound Assessment: A Systematic Review	32
An Evidence Map of Clinical Practice Guideline Recommendations and Quality on Venous Leg Ulcer	31

Application of Perioperative Real-Time Fluorescence Imaging to Achieve High-Quality Debridement: A Randomized Control Trial	29
Unlocking the Potential of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells for Wound Healing: The Next Frontier of Regenerative Medicine	29
Multifunctional Elastin-Like Polypeptide Fusion Protein Coacervates Inhibit Receptor-Mediated Proinflammatory Signals and Promote Angiogenesis in Mouse Diabetic Wounds	27
Reliability of an AI-Powered Application Across Different Mobile Devices for Assessment of Chronic Wounds	27
The Promising Hydrogel Candidates for Preclinically Treating Diabetic Foot Ulcer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	27
Structured Exercise Therapy Increases Endogenous Antioxidants to Repair Muscle Strength and Health in Porcine Ischemic Myopathy Model of Peripheral Artery Disease	27
Prophylactic Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Reducing Surgical Site Infections in Closed Abdominal Incision: A Randomized Controlled Trial	27
Global Burden of Pressure Ulcer and Contributing Factors from 1990 to 2021: A Systematic Analysis with Forecasts to 2035	26
Prediction Models for Intraoperative Acquired Pressure Injury of Adults: A Systematic Review and Critical Appraisal	26
Innovations in Stem Cell Therapy for Diabetic Wound Healing	25
Current Overview of Obesity-Induced Lymphedema	24
Prognostic Nutritional Index as a Predictor of Mortality in Intensive Care Unit Patients with Pressure Injuries: Insights from a Large Cohort Study	24
Noninferiority of Copper Dressings Than Negative Pressure Wound Therapy in Healing Diabetic Wounds: A Randomized Clinical Trial	24
In Vivo , Label-Free Multiphoton Microscopy Is Sensitive to Altered Metabolism and Structure in Aged Skin	22
Moisturizers, Emollients, or Barrier Preparations for the Prevention of Pressure Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	21
Management of Diabetic Wounds: Expert Panel Consensus Statement	20
The Unique Roles of Adipose Tissue in Wound Healing	20
Split-Thickness Skin and Dermal Pixel Grafts Can Be Expanded up to 500 Times to Re-Epithelialize a Full-Thickness Burn Wound	20
How Should Clinical Wound Care and Management Translate to Effective Engineering Standard Testing Requirements from Foam Dressings? Mapping the Existing Gaps and Needs	19
Understanding Scarring in the Oral Mucosa	19
The Association Between Risk-Adjusted Wound Healing Rates and Long-Term Outcomes in a Network of U.S. Wound Care Clinics	19
Using Three-Dimensional Bioprinting to Generate Realistic Models of Wound Healing	19
Trends and Innovation in Negative Pressure Wound Therapy: A Review of Burn Wound Management	18
Hypoxia-Inducible Factor Prolyl Hydroxylase Inhibitor Roxadustat Accelerates Wound Healing in a Mouse Hind limb Lymphedema Model	18
Diabetic Wound Vasculopathy and Neuropathy: Spotlight on Wound Lipid Signaling	18
Human Amniotic Membrane Promotes Angiogenesis in an Oxidative Stress Chronic Diabetic Murine Wound Model	17
Correction to: Reduced Hospitalizations and Amputations in Patients with Diabetic Foot Ulcers Treated with Cyclical Pressurized Topical Wound Oxygen Therapy: Real-World Outc	15
Acknowledgment of Reviewers 2022	15
Pulse Capacitive Coupling Electric Field Regulates Cell Migration, Proliferation, Polarization, and Vascularization to Accelerate Wound Healing	14
Novel Topical Esmolol Hydrochloride (Galnobax) for Diabetic Foot Wound: Phase 1/2, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Vehicle-Controlled Parallel-Group Study	14
Associations Among Wound-Related Factors Including Biofilm, Wound-Related Symptoms and Systemic Inflammation in Older Adults with Chronic Venous Leg Ulcers	14
Smoking Status Impacts Mitochondrial Function and Synthetic Function in Mesenchymal Stem Cells Derived from Diabetics with Arterial Insufficiency	13
Getting Started on Artificial Intelligence in Health Care and Clinical Research: Includes Rigor Checklist for Authors and Reviewers	12
The Science of Skin: Measuring Damage and Assessing Risk	11
The Pathophysiology and Management of Pathologic Scarring—a Contemporary Review	11
Clinical Features and Mechanisms of Differential Wound Healing and Scarring Across Anatomical Sites	11
Lineage Mapping of Extracellular Vesicles: What Cells Do They Come from and Where Do They Go?	11
The Correlation Between Wound Bed Preparation and Wound Closure in Venous Leg Ulcers: A Post Hoc Analysis of the ChronEx Multicenter Randomized Controlle	11
Protein-Based Nutrition for Chronic Wounds: A Clinician’s Guide to Patient Selection, Dosing, Monitoring, and Outcomes	11
Inflammation in Wound Healing and Pathological Scarring	11
Acellular Adipose Matrices Seem to Be an Effective and Safe Strategy for Soft Tissue Regeneration and Volume Restoration: A Systematic Review of Clinically Relevant Literature	11
Chemotherapy-Mediated Complications of Wound Healing: An Understudied Side Effect	10
The Challenge of Healing Wounds in Radiation-Injured Skin	10
Nitrous Oxide to Reduce Wound Care–Related Pain in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	10
Skin Inflammation with a Focus on Wound Healing	10
Efficacy of a Novel Daily-Use Hydrocolloid Pad on Wound Healing: Findings of a 16-Day, Single-Center, Randomized, Controlled Study	9
Cerium Nitrate Stiffens In Vitro Skin Models and Reduces Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pathogenicity and Penetrat	9
Tissue Engineering-Based Strategies for Diabetic Foot Ulcer Management	9
The Invisible Wound: Silent Focal Breach of Skin Integrity that Cascades into Systemic Dysfunction and Chronic Morbidity	9
Immune Imbalance Drives Keloid Pathogenesis: Emerging Targets for Precision Immunotherapy	8

Nanosheet Promotes Chronic Wound Healing by Localizing Uncultured Stromal Vascular Fraction Cells	8
Re: “A Novel Randomized Trial Protocol for Evaluating Wound Healing Interventions” by Bull et al.	8
Re-Ulceration Is Common in Persons with Diabetes and Healed Foot Ulcer After Participant-Driven Education in Group: A Randomized Controlled Trial	8
Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Enhances Fat Graft Survival in a Murine Model	8
Debridement of Diabetic Foot Ulcers	8
Biosponge-Encased Placental Stem Cells for Volumetric Muscle Loss Repair	8
The Shizuoka Study of a Population-Based Retrospective Cohort for the Evaluation of Risk of Pressure Injury in the Elderly	8
New Opportunities for Electric Fields in Promoting Wound Healing: Collective Electrotaxis	8
Artificial Skin Therapies; Strategy for Product Development	8
Acknowledgment of Reviewers 2023	8
The WOUND-Q Function and Symptoms Scales for Chronic Lower Extremity Wounds: A Validation Study	8
The Effect of Telemedicine Interventions on Patients with Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials	8
A First-in-Human Randomized Clinical Study Investigating the Safety and Tolerability of Stabilized Hypochlorous Acid in Patients with Chronic Leg Ulcers	7
The Relationship Between Autoimmune Disease and Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs on Wound Healing	7
Topical Reconstituted High-Density Lipoproteins Elicit Anti-Inflammatory Effects in Diabetic Wounds	7
Targeting Anaerobic Respiration in Pseudomonas aeruginosa with Chlorate Improves Healing of Chronic Wounds	7
Current Methodologies for Inducing Aligned Myofibers in Tissue Constructs for Skeletal Muscle Tissue Regeneration	7
Dual-Action Topical Therapy Accelerates Healing of MRSA-Infected Burn Wounds by Targeting Infection and Inflammation	7
Switching from Galenic to Advanced Dressings or Vacuum Assisted Closure Therapy Can Improve Quality of Life of Patients with Chronic Non-Responsive Pressure Skin Ulcers: Preliminary Data with Italian	7
Recent Advances in Functional Wound Dressings	6
Use of Therapeutic RNAs to Accelerate Wound Healing in Diabetic Rabbit Wounds	6
The Functionality of High-Density Lipoproteins Is Impaired in People with Diabetes Who Require Minor Amputations	6
Testosterone Promotes Nerve Tethering and Acellular Biomaterial Perineural Fibrosis in a Rat Wound Repair Model	6
Plasma Medicine in Wound Care	6
Bridging the Gap: Contemporary Paradigms in Nerve Scaffolds and Regeneration	6
Clinical Measurement of Transepidermal Water Loss	6
Mechanical Strain Drives Myeloid Cell Differentiation Toward Proinflammatory Subpopulations	6
Comparative Effectiveness of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy with and Without Oxidized Regenerated Cellulose/Collagen/Silver-ORC Dressing	6
Systematic Review of Relevant Biomarkers for Human Connective Tissue Repair and Healing Outcome: Implications for Understanding Healing Processes and Design of Healing Interventions	6
The Role of Hydrogel Biomaterials in the Intervention of Wound Healing and Skin Regeneration via Exosomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Preclinical Animal Studies	6
Gelatin Microspheres Loaded with Wharton's Jelly Mesenchymal Stem Cells Promote Acute Full-Thickness Skin Wound Healing and Regeneration in Mice	5
In Vitro , Ex Vivo , and In Vivo Approaches for Investigation of Skin Scarring:	5
Chondrocyte Mitochondrial Quality Control: A Novel Insight into Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Regeneration	5
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Techniques in Peripheral Arterial Disease	5
The Effectiveness of 595-nm Pulsed Dye Laser for the Treatment of Bilateral Cleft-Lip Scars in Asian Patients: A 6-Month Prospective, Randomized, Self-Controlled Trial	5
Adipose-Based Therapeutics and Transplantation of Hypodermis	5
Treatment of Surgical Scars with Fractional Carbon Dioxide (CO ₂ ) Laser: A Randomized Controlled Trial	5
A Novel Xenograft Model Demonstrates Human Fibroblast Behavior During Skin Wound Repair and Fibrosis	5
Prediction of Healing Trajectory of Chronic Wounds Using a Machine Learning Approach	5
Selective Autophagy: A Potential Player in Cutaneous Wound Healing	5
Single-Cell Proteomics Uncovers Dual Traits of Dermal Sheath Cells in Wound Repair	5
High Transepidermal Water Loss at the Closed Wound Site Marks Compromised Functional Wound Closure and Associates with Wound Recurrence in Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A Prognostic Factor Study	5
AI-Powered Image-Based Assessment of Pressure Injuries Using You Only Look Once Version 8 (YOLOv8) Models	4
Integrating Regenerative Therapies and Artificial Intelligence for Precision Management of Diabetic Foot Ulcers	4
Antimicrobial Peptides for Diabetic Wound Healing: Preclinical and Clinical Studies	4
The Diabetic Foot Consortium Biomarker Platform Study: A New Approach to Advance Diabetic Foot Ulcer Healing	4
Response to Astrada et al. re: “A Novel Randomized Trial Protocol for Evaluating Wound Healing Interventions”	4
Acellular Scaffolds for Muscle Regeneration: Advances and Challenges	4
Behind the Scenes of Extracellular Vesicle Therapy for Skin Injuries and Disorders	4
Rosalind Franklin Society Proudly Announces the 2023 Award Recipient for Advances in Wound Care	4
HMGB1 Accelerates Wound Healing by Promoting the Differentiation of Epidermal Stem Cells via the “HMGB1-TLR4-Wnt/Notch” Axis	4
Deferoxamine to Minimize Fibrosis During Radiation Therapy	4
Negative Pressure Wound Therapy: Challenges, Novel Techniques, and Future Perspectives	4
Re: “How Should Clinical Wound Care and Management Translate to Effective Engineering Standard Testing Requirements from Foam Dressings? Mapping the Existing Gaps and Needs” by Gefen et al.	4
Assessment of Patient-Reported Outcomes for Closed-Incision Negative Pressure Therapy with Wide-Coverage Dressings in Simple Mastectomy and Immediate Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction	4
Comparison of “Semiocclusive Dressing” Treatment Using Plastic Wrap or Low-Adherent Absorbent Wound Dressings Versus Occlusive Dressing Treatment for Stage III/IV Pressure Injuries in the Inflammatory	4