OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery is 26. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Needs Based Assessment of Trauma Systems 2, is it ready for primetime? A natural experiment testing its reliability	126
Anatomy of the interchondral joints and the effects on mobility of ribs	78
Firearm injuries treated at trauma centers in the United States	60
When is enough enough? Odds of survival by unit transfused	53
MEETINGS/COURSES	44
Letter re: “ECMO In trauma care: What you need to know”	44
Letter re: “Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta and resuscitative thoracotomy are associated with similar outcomes in traumatic cardiac arrest”	43
Meetings/Courses	42
Correlation analysis of salivary cytokines and hormones with resiliency	42
Appendectomy versus nonoperative management of simple appendicitis: A post hoc analysis of an Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter study using a hierarchical ordinal scale	42
Meetings/Courses	35
How much is too much crystalloid? Building a foundation for the study of optimal resuscitation practices in pediatric trauma patients with severe traumatic brain injury: Authors' response to Ghasemian	34
“Intravenous lidocaine for the management of traumatic rib fractures: A double-blind randomized controlled trial (INITIATE program of research)”: Letter to the Editor	33
Transcriptome reveals the dysfunction of pancreatic islets after wound healing in severely burned mice	33
Meetings/Courses	31
Evaluation of urological and gynecological surgeons as force multipliers for mass casualty trauma care	31
Effect of tranexamic acid on endothelial von Willebrand factor/ADAMTS-13 response to in vitro shock conditions	30
Ultrasound is superior to supine chest x-ray for the diagnosis of clinically relevant traumatic pneumothorax	28
Multicompartmental trauma alters bone marrow erythroblastic islands	28
Evaluation of vascular repair by tissue-engineered human acellular vessels or expanded polytetrafluoroethylene grafts in a porcine model of limb ischemia and reperfusion	28
Establishing national stakeholder priorities for quality improvement in pediatric trauma care: Consensus results using a modified Delphi process	28
Trauma transfers discharged from the emergency department—Is there a role for telemedicine?	27
A new quantitative assessment method for predicting pneumonia caused by chest wall injury	27
Choosing wisely: A prospective study of direct to operating room trauma resuscitation including real-time trauma surgeon after-action review	27
Surgical stabilization of rib fractures versus nonoperative treatment in patients with multiple rib fractures following cardiopulmonary resuscitation: an international, retrospective matched case-cont	27

Development and validation of a Bayesian network predicting neurosurgical intervention after injury in children and adolescents