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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Letter re: “Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta and resuscitative thoracotomy are associated with similar outcomes in traumatic cardiac arrest”	154
Development and validation of a Bayesian network predicting neurosurgical intervention after injury in children and adolescents	92
Effect of tranexamic acid on endothelial von Willebrand factor/ADAMTS-13 response to in vitro shock conditions	66
Meetings/Courses	65
“Intravenous lidocaine for the management of traumatic rib fractures: A double-blind randomized controlled trial (INITIATE program of research)”: Letter to the Editor	53
Intubation of bleeding patients in the emergency department or the operating room: A medical decision to be justified	53
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	41
Intercostal liposomal bupivacaine injection for rib fractures: A prospective randomized controlled trial	40
Meetings/Courses	37
Plasma thrombin generation kinetics vary by injury pattern and resuscitation characteristics in pediatric and young adult trauma patients	37
Transcriptome reveals the dysfunction of pancreatic islets after wound healing in severely burned mice	36
Ultrasound is superior to supine chest x-ray for the diagnosis of clinically relevant traumatic pneumothorax	35
Correlation analysis of salivary cytokines and hormones with resiliency	32
Meetings/Courses	31
Access to trauma center care: A statewide system-based approach	30
Anatomy of the interchondral joints and the effects on mobility of ribs	30
Establishing national stakeholder priorities for quality improvement in pediatric trauma care: Consensus results using a modified Delphi process	29
Evaluation of vascular repair by tissue-engineered human acellular vessels or expanded polytetrafluoroethylene grafts in a porcine model of limb ischemia and reperfusion	29
MEETINGS/COURSES	29
Re: Leichtle et al. Blunt cerebrovascular injury: The case for universal screening (J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2020;89(5):880–886)	28
Letter re: “ECMO In trauma care: What you need to know”	28
Surgical stabilization of rib fractures versus nonoperative treatment in patients with multiple rib fractures following cardiopulmonary resuscitation: An international, retrospective matched case-cont	27
Treatment with MG53 ameliorates traumatic brain injury–associated acute kidney injury	27
Multicompartmental trauma alters bone marrow erythroblastic islands	27
Cell-free mitochondria are detected in high concentrations in the plasma of orthopedic trauma patients	27

Penalizing underage alcohol use is associated with lower mortality for young drivers: Use/lose laws and their association with motor vehicle collision mortality	27
Effect of targeting normoxemia on supplemental oxygen-free days for adults with acute thermal burns: A stepped wedge cluster randomized clinical trial	26
Firearm injuries treated at trauma centers in the United States	26
When is enough enough? Odds of survival by unit transfused	26
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	26
Early major fracture care in polytrauma—priorities in the context of concomitant injuries: A Delphi consensus process and systematic review	26