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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Letter re: “ECMO In trauma care: What you need to know”	144
Treatment with MG53 ameliorates traumatic brain injury–associated acute kidney injury	90
Cell-free mitochondria are detected in high concentrations in the plasma of orthopedic trauma patients	65
Re: Leichtle et al. Blunt cerebrovascular injury: The case for universal screening (J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2020;89(5):880–886)	59
Penalizing underage alcohol use is associated with lower mortality for young drivers: Use/lose laws and their association with motor vehicle collision mortality	53
Exploratory cluster analysis of IL2Ra and associated biomarkers and complications after blunt chest trauma	52
Evaluation of urological and gynecological surgeons as force multipliers for mass casualty trauma care	47
Effect of targeting normoxemia on supplemental oxygen-free days for adults with acute thermal burns: A stepped wedge cluster randomized clinical trial	41
Proof of concept of an Automated Battlefield Trauma System for large-scale combat operations	38
The injured monocyte: The link to chronic critical illness and mortality following injury	38
Predictors of discharge against medical advice in pediatric trauma patients: A nationwide analysis	36
Development and validation of a Bayesian belief network predicting the probability of blood transfusion after pediatric injury	35
Firearm injuries treated at trauma centers in the United States	35
Letter re: “Resuscitative endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta and resuscitative thoracotomy are associated with similar outcomes in traumatic cardiac arrest”	34
Development and validation of a Bayesian network predicting neurosurgical intervention after injury in children and adolescents	32
“Intravenous lidocaine for the management of traumatic rib fractures: A double-blind randomized controlled trial (INITIATE program of research)”: Letter to the Editor	30
Meetings/Courses	30
Effect of tranexamic acid on endothelial von Willebrand factor/ADAMTS-13 response to in vitro shock conditions	30
Intercostal liposomal bupivacaine injection for rib fractures: A prospective randomized controlled trial	28
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	28
Intubation of bleeding patients in the emergency department or the operating room: A medical decision to be justified	28
Meetings/Courses	28
Comparison of National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Surgical Risk Calculator, Trauma and Injury Severity Score, and American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status to predict operative t	27
Ultrasound is superior to supine chest x-ray for the diagnosis of clinically relevant traumatic pneumothorax	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

Surgical stabilization of rib fractures versus nonoperative treatment in patients with multiple rib fractures following cardiopulmonary resuscitation: An international, retrospective matched case-cont	26
Transcriptome reveals the dysfunction of pancreatic islets after wound healing in severely burned mice	26
Correlation analysis of salivary cytokines and hormones with resiliency	26
Plasma thrombin generation kinetics vary by injury pattern and resuscitation characteristics in pediatric and young adult trauma patients	26