OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Injury Epidemiology is 2. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric dog bite injuries	31
Built and social environment characteristics associated with motorcyclist mortality in Latin American cities from the SALURBAL study	20
Adverse childhood experiences, child behavioral health needs, and family characteristics associated with the presence of a firearm in the home: a survey of parents in Chicago	19
Understanding knowledge and approval for sociopolitical groups: results from the 2023 National Survey of Gun Policy	19
Prevalence, risk factors and perceptions of caregivers on burns among children under 5 years in Kisenyi slum, Kampala, Uganda	17
Firearm safe storage practices among firearm owners in rural and urban households	16
Changes in pediatric injuries sustained while engaged in activities where helmet usage is recommended during the COVID-19 pandemic	15
Snakebites and resource utilization in pediatric urban and rural populations in the United States: 2016–2023	15
Individual, firearm, and purchasing characteristics associated with risk of firearm-related violent crime arrest: a nested case-control study	14
Child injuries in Lebanon: assessing mothers’ injury prevention knowledge attitude and practices	13
ProjectDRIVE: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial to improve driving practices of high-risk teen drivers with a traffic violation	13
Correction: A methodology for the public health surveillance and epidemiologic analysis of outdoor falls that require an emergency medical services response	13
Voluntary, temporary out-of-home firearm storage: a survey of law enforcement agencies in two states	12
Relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and structural inequalities within the pediatric trauma population	12
Spatial de-concentration of fatal and nonfatal firearm violence in Boston, MA, 2007–2021	12
The influence of heatwaves on traffic safety in five cities across Québec with different thermal landscapes	11
Substance use in rural trauma patients admitted for motor vehicle injuries before and during the COVID-19 pandemic	11
Community partnership approaches to safe sleep (CPASS) program evaluation	11
Pediatric hospital visits for unintentional drowning in bathtubs in Central Texas, USA	11
Can place of death at home be used as a proxy for suicide at home? A record linkage study	10
Association of medical conditions and firearm suicide among legal handgun purchasers in California: a case–control study	10
Diabetes mellitus and hard braking events in older adult drivers	10
Who discovers the firearm suicide decedent: an epidemiologic characterization of survivor-victims	10
Stay-at-home, Safe at Home? A survey of parental home safety practices before and during the COVID-19 pandemic	10
Youth victim perspective: optimizing presentation of patient-reported outcomes in a violence intervention program	10

The status of drowning prevention and control in the region of the Americas	10
Injury patterns and seat belt effectiveness in pregnant motor vehicle occupants: evidence from US crash data, 1998–2021	10
The impact of COVID-19 and public health measures on homicide and suicide trends in Botswana using an interrupted time series analysis	10
Cervical vertebral and spinal cord injuries in rollover occupants	9
Racial and ethnic disparities of sudden unexpected infant death in large US cities: a descriptive epidemiological study	9
All-terrain vehicle exposure and the association of certified training on adolescent safety behaviors and crash experiences	9
Patterns and characteristics of firearm thefts from vehicles in San Antonio, Texas	9
High peak drinking levels mediate the relation between impulsive personality and injury risk in emerging adults	8
Pivoting injury prevention efforts during a pandemic: results of an international survey	8
Militancy in the military: military service and support for political violence and right-wing extremism	8
Geography, rurality, and community distress: deaths due to suicide, alcohol-use, and drug-use among Colorado Veterans	8
Trends in views of democracy and society and support for political violence in the USA, 2022–2024: findings from a nationally representative survey	8
Nonfatal injury emergency department visits and inpatient hospitalizations among persons under age 65 with an intellectual and developmental disability or deaf or hard of hearing disability	8
R2DRV: study protocol for longitudinal assessment of driving after mild TBI in young drivers	7
State cannabis laws and cannabis positivity among fatally injured drivers	7
Military community engagement to prevent firearm-related violence: adaptation of project safe guard for service members	7
An epidemiological study of unintentional pediatric firearm fatalities in the USA, 2009–2018	7
Social network size and endorsement of political violence in the US	7
Two decades of nonfatal injury data: a scoping review of the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System-All Injury Program, 2001–2021	7
Publisher Correction to: Time‑dependent suicide rates among Army soldiers returning from an Afghanistan/Iraq deployment, by military rank and component	7
Vehicle traffic as a determinant of community firearm violence	7
Multi-site medical record review for validation of intentional self-harm coding in emergency departments	7
Profiles of pregnant women encountering motor vehicle crashes in Taiwan, 2008–2017	7
Geospatial estimates of suicidal ideation and suicide attempt prevalence in the U.S. veteran population (2022)	7
Outpatient healthcare costs of childhood injuries in Australia: a 15-year longitudinal analysis using linked survey and health insurance data	6
The association between remoteness of injury and in-hospital mortality for motor vehicle collision major trauma patients: evidence of survivor bias in an analysis of registry data	6
Research needs related to firearm rights restoration	6
Characteristics of patients repeatedly presenting to the emergency department for self-harm injuries: a 6-year retrospective study	6
Research utility and limitations of textual data in the National Violent Death Reporting System: a scoping review and recommendations	6
The association between county ordinances allowing off-road vehicles on public roads and crash rates	6
Neighborhood collective efficacy and environmental exposure to firearm homicide among a national sample of adolescents	6
Extortion experiences of recent adult immigrants from Latin America: self-reported prevalence, associated costs, and current mental health	6
They built this city—construction workers injured in Delhi, India: cross-sectional analysis of First Information Reports of the Delhi Police 2016–2018	6
Risky social media challenges: a scoping review, 2000–2024	6
A joinpoint analysis examining trends in firearm injuries at six us trauma centers from 2016 to 2022	6
Fatal and non-fatal firearm-related injuries in Canada, 2016–2020: a population-based study using three administrative databases	6
Safe at home: prevention of pediatric unintentional injuries	6
Pediatric firearm injury epidemiology at a level 1 trauma center from 2019 to 2021: including time of the COVID-19 pandemic	5
Extreme risk protection order use in six US states: a descriptive study	5
An intervention to improve safe firearm storage for adolescents presenting with suicide ideation or attempt in a pediatric emergency department	5
Development and implementation of an injury and illness surveillance system for team USA	5
Pediatric lawn mower-related injuries and contributing factors for bystander injuries	5
Caregiver water safety knowledge and views of toddler water competency	5
Pre- and postnatal safe sleep knowledge and planned as compared to actual infant sleep practices	5
A multicenter evaluation of pediatric emergency department injury visits during the COVID-19 pandemic	5
Perceived neighborhood crime and gun carrying behavior: examining the role of a history of traumatic brain injury	5
A multi-state evaluation of extreme risk protection orders: a research protocol	5
Association of prior criminal charges and convictions with subsequent violent and firearm-related crime: a retrospective cohort study	5
Storage of firearms in vehicles: findings from a sample of firearm owners in nine U.S. states	5
Rural adolescent attitudes and use of bicycle helmets in Iowa	5

Impact of standardization on racial and socioeconomic disparities in non-accidental trauma evaluations in infants in a pediatric emergency department	5
Neighborhood predictors of suicide and firearm suicide in Detroit, Michigan	5
Evolution of the risk of death and hospitalisation in drivers involved in road crashes in spain, 1993–2020: an age-period-cohort analysis	5
Opioid-related polysubstance use and its effect on mortality and health resource utilization among trauma patients	5
Correction: Views of democracy and society and support for political violence in the USA: findings from a nationally representative survey	4
The epidemiology of firework-related injuries in the US, 2012–2022	4
Survivor perspectives on research priorities for assessing mental health outcomes after school shootings: a qualitative study	4
Repeat self-harm hospitalizations in Canada: a survival analysis	4
Drowning is fast, silent, and preventable: a Texas example of research in action	4
CHASE (Children’s Housing Assessment for a Safe Environment): a protocol for the inspection and modification of injury risks in children’s homes	4
Self-harm emergency department visits in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from a sentinel surveillance system	4
Racial and incident discrepancies in news media reporting of sudden unexpected infant death (SUID)	4
Changes in suicide in California from 2017 to 2021: a population-based study	4
Pediatric outdoor recreational injuries: another hidden concern during the COVID-19 pandemic	4
Impact of cable lock distribution on firearm securement after emergent mental health evaluation: a randomized controlled trial	4
“You wished the ground would open and swallow you up”: Expert opinions on shame, the collective, and other cultural considerations for suicide prevention among Asian American and Pacific Islander vete	4
Ambient air pollution and the risk of violence in primary and secondary school settings: a cross-sectional study	4
Expectations of and perceived need for civil war in the USA: findings from a 2023 nationally representative survey	3
Impact of COVID-related policies on gunshot wound assault hospitalizations in the United States: a statewide time series analysis	3
Epidemiology of adult trauma injuries in Malawi: results from a multisite trauma registry	3
Protocolized abuse screening to decrease provider bias and increase capture of potential events	3
Principles of musculoskeletal sport injuries for epidemiologists: a review	3
A descriptive and comparative analysis of injuries reported in USA Cycling-sanctioned competitive road cycling events	3
Firearm locking device preferences among firearm owners in the USA: a systematic review	3
Weapon use during the index offense: a study among forensic psychiatry patients in Ontario, Canada	3
Women Veterans’ experiences discussing household firearms with their intimate partners: collaborative, devalued, and deferential relational types	3
Rural adolescent attitudes and use of helmets while riding ATVs, motorcycles and dirt bikes	3
Connecticut providers knowledge and attitudes towards use of extreme risk protection orders	3
Occupational burn injuries in Finland 2011–2015	3
Socioeconomic disparities and severity of gunshot injuries in Israel: a retrospective review of National Trauma Registry data from public hospitals 2019–2022	3
Using data fusion with multiple imputation to correct for misclassification in self-reported exposure: a case-control study of cannabis use and homicide victimization	3
Accuracy of the national violent death reporting system in identifying unintentional firearm deaths to children by children	3
Recreational off-highway vehicle exposure, safety behaviors and crash experiences among adolescents	3
Structural racism and intimate partner violence perpetration among racially diverse men transitioning into fatherhood: an anti-racist approach to IPV prevention	3
Epidemiology of traumatic cervical spinal fractures in a general Norwegian population	3
Characteristics and neighborhood-level opportunity of assault-injured children in Milwaukee	3
Redlining, reinvestment, and racial segregation: a bayesian spatial analysis of mortgage lending trajectories and firearm-related violence	3
Trends in firearm death among middle and high-school aged rural and urban adolescents from 2001 to 2022	3
Reducing fall injuries with better data	2
Factors associated with discharge destination from acute care after moderate-to-severe traumatic injuries in Norway: a prospective population-based study	2
The overlooked role of the home in mass shooting fatalities	2
Probabilistic data linkage to study the epidemiology of unintentional fatal drowning in a large metropolitan region	2
Effects of implementing permissive campus carry laws on rates of major violence at public colleges and universities	2
Exploring social, economic, and environmental correlates of suicide in Puerto Rico, 2017–2022: an ecological cross-sectional study	2
A systematic review of demographic and background factors associated with the development of children’s aquatic competence	2
Therapeutic errors involving diabetes medications reported to United States poison centers	2
The contributions of injury deaths to the gender gap in life expectancy and life disparity in Eastern Mediterranean Region	2
Safe system approach to preventing cyclist fatalities: safety by design for urban and rural environments	2
A contemporary examination of the effect of driver training for reducing crash risk in novice adolescent drivers: protocol for the DRIVER study, a random assignment trial	2
Bayesian methods for estimating injury rates in sport injury epidemiology	2
Pediatric trauma burden in Tanzania: analysis of prospective registry data from thirteen health facilities	2
Gun violence and the voices of youth on community safety in the time of COVID-19 in East Harlem, NY: a youth participatory action research cross-sectional study	2
Functional limitations and firearm purchases among low-income U.S. military veterans	2
Utilizing Haddon matrix to assess nonfatal commercial fishing injury factors in Oregon and Washington	2
Understanding co-production of injury research in Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities: a comprehensive scoping review	2
Ghost guns and crime: a tale of two California cities	2
Fine particulate matter exposure and risk of scooter collisions among older adults	2
American Indian and Alaska Native violence prevention efforts: a systematic review, 1980 to 2018	2
Using EMS data to explore community-level factors associated with firearm violence in North Carolina	2
Firearm rights restoration after prohibiting criminal convictions: a statewide descriptive study	2
Predicting neighborhood-level violence from features of the physical and social environment with machine learning	2
Epidemiology of pediatric road traffic injuries: a multicenter hospital-based study in Ghana	2
Importance of categories of crime for predicting future violent crime among handgun purchasers in California	2
Unlicensed driving among young drivers in North Carolina: a quasi-induced exposure analysis	2
A content analysis of the Orbeez® Gel Blaster injury challenge on TikTok	2
Epidemiology of maxillofacial injury among adults in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review	2
Evaluation of a prison violence prevention program: impacts on violent and non-violent prison infractions	2
Injury and illness: an analysis of team USA athletes at the 2024 winter youth olympic games	2
Psychological distress 12 years following injury in New Zealand: findings from the Prospective Outcomes of Injury Study-10 years on (POIS-10)	2