OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery is 28. 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
Letter re: “Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta and resuscitative thoracotomy are associated with similar outcomes in traumatic cardiac arrest”	111
Meetings/Courses	79
“Intravenous lidocaine for the management of traumatic rib fractures: A double-blind randomized controlled trial (INITIATE program of research)”: Letter to the Editor	74
Intubation of bleeding patients in the emergency department or the operating room: A medical decision to be justified	63
Meetings/Courses	47
Meetings/Courses	45
Plasma thrombin generation kinetics vary by injury pattern and resuscitation characteristics in pediatric and young adult trauma patients	45
MEETINGS/COURSES	44
Re: Leichtle et al. Blunt cerebrovascular injury: The case for universal screening (J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2020;89(5):880–886)	43
Penalizing underage alcohol use is associated with lower mortality for young drivers: Use/lose laws and their association with motor vehicle collision mortality	39
Exploratory cluster analysis of IL2Ra and associated biomarkers and complications after blunt chest trauma	37
Predictors of discharge against medical advice in pediatric trauma patients: A nationwide analysis	36
Multicompartmental trauma alters bone marrow erythroblastic islands	36
Evaluation of urological and gynecological surgeons as force multipliers for mass casualty trauma care	36
The injured monocyte: The link to chronic critical illness and mortality following injury	36
Development and validation of a Bayesian belief network predicting the probability of blood transfusion after pediatric injury	35
Development and validation of a Bayesian network predicting neurosurgical intervention after injury in children and adolescents	35
End-tidal carbon dioxide as a predictor of mortality in trauma patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis	34
Correlation analysis of salivary cytokines and hormones with resiliency	34
Anatomy of the interchondral joints and the effects on mobility of ribs	33
The ability of statewide prehospital pediatric blood transfusion protocols to predict early in-hospital blood product administration: A National Trauma Data Bank analysis	33
Evaluation of vascular repair by tissue-engineered human acellular vessels or expanded polytetrafluoroethylene grafts in a porcine model of limb ischemia and reperfusion	32
Does pneumocephalus affect the application of the pediatric brain injury guidelines?	32
American Association for the Surgery of Trauma–World Society of Emergency Surgery guidelines on the diagnosis and management of major thoracic vascular injuries	31
Access to trauma center care: A statewide system-based approach	31

Comments on: “Chest Wall Injury Society guidelines for surgical stabilization of rib fractures: Indications, contraindications, and timing” by Bauman et al.	29
When is enough enough? Odds of survival by unit transfused	29
Treatment with MG53 ameliorates traumatic brain injury–associated acute kidney injury	28
Surgical stabilization of rib fractures versus nonoperative treatment in patients with multiple rib fractures following cardiopulmonary resuscitation: An international, retrospective matched case-cont	28
Effect of targeting normoxemia on supplemental oxygen-free days for adults with acute thermal burns: A stepped wedge cluster randomized clinical trial	28
Establishing national stakeholder priorities for quality improvement in pediatric trauma care: Consensus results using a modified Delphi process	28