OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Injury Epidemiology is 5. 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
Analysis of the regional distribution of road traffic mortality and associated factors in Japan	107
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	38
Prevalence, risk factors and perceptions of caregivers on burns among children under 5 years in Kisenyi slum, Kampala, Uganda	28
Snakebites and resource utilization in pediatric urban and rural populations in the United States: 2016–2023	23
Understanding knowledge and approval for sociopolitical groups: results from the 2023 National Survey of Gun Policy	22
A firm recommendation: measuring the softness of infant sleep surfaces	18
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric dog bite injuries	17
A cross sectional study of non-medical use of prescription opioids and suicidal behaviors among adolescents	15
Relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and structural inequalities within the pediatric trauma population	14
Spatial de-concentration of fatal and nonfatal firearm violence in Boston, MA, 2007–2021	14
Changes in pediatric injuries sustained while engaged in activities where helmet usage is recommended during the COVID-19 pandemic	14
The practice of lethal means restriction counseling in US emergency departments to reduce suicide risk: a systematic review of the literature	13
Child injuries in Lebanon: assessing mothers’ injury prevention knowledge attitude and practices	12
The influence of heatwaves on traffic safety in five cities across Québec with different thermal landscapes	11
ProjectDRIVE: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial to improve driving practices of high-risk teen drivers with a traffic violation	11
Voluntary, temporary out-of-home firearm storage: a survey of law enforcement agencies in two states	11
Correction: A methodology for the public health surveillance and epidemiologic analysis of outdoor falls that require an emergency medical services response	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
Stay-at-home, Safe at Home? A survey of parental home safety practices before and during the COVID-19 pandemic	10
Pediatric patients with dog bites presenting to US children’s hospitals	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
Assessing improvements in emergency department referrals to a hospital-based violence intervention program	10
Individual, firearm, and purchasing characteristics associated with risk of firearm-related violent crime arrest: a nested case-control study	10

Youth victim perspective: optimizing presentation of patient-reported outcomes in a violence intervention program	9
Using Crash Outcome Data Evaluation System (CODES) to examine injury in front vs. rear-seated infants and children involved in a motor vehicle crash in New York State	9
Cervical vertebral and spinal cord injuries in rollover occupants	9
Who discovers the firearm suicide decedent: an epidemiologic characterization of survivor-victims	9
Pivoting injury prevention efforts during a pandemic: results of an international survey	8
All-terrain vehicle exposure and the association of certified training on adolescent safety behaviors and crash experiences	8
State cannabis laws and cannabis positivity among fatally injured drivers	8
Racial and ethnic disparities of sudden unexpected infant death in large US cities: a descriptive epidemiological study	8
Measuring the hidden burden of violence: use of explicit and proxy codes in Minnesota injury hospitalizations, 2004–2014	8
Rural youth’s exposure to firearm violence and their attitudes regarding firearm safety measures	8
High peak drinking levels mediate the relation between impulsive personality and injury risk in emerging adults	8
Geography, rurality, and community distress: deaths due to suicide, alcohol-use, and drug-use among Colorado Veterans	8
Two decades of nonfatal injury data: a scoping review of the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System-All Injury Program, 2001–2021	7
Trends in views of democracy and society and support for political violence in the USA, 2022–2024: findings from a nationally representative survey	7
The risks of warm nights and wet days in the context of climate change: assessing road safety outcomes in Boston, USA and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	7
Examining differences between mass, multiple, and single-victim homicides to inform prevention: findings from the National Violent Death Reporting System	7
Publisher Correction to: Time‑dependent suicide rates among Army soldiers returning from an Afghanistan/Iraq deployment, by military rank and component	7
Profiles of pregnant women encountering motor vehicle crashes in Taiwan, 2008–2017	7
Research needs related to firearm rights restoration	7
Prevalence and predictors of psychological distress following injury: findings from a prospective cohort study	7
Military community engagement to prevent firearm-related violence: adaptation of project safe guard for service members	7
Multi-site medical record review for validation of intentional self-harm coding in emergency departments	7
Social network size and endorsement of political violence in the US	7
Safe at home: prevention of pediatric unintentional injuries	7
R2DRV: study protocol for longitudinal assessment of driving after mild TBI in young drivers	6
A joinpoint analysis examining trends in firearm injuries at six us trauma centers from 2016 to 2022	6
Cost-effectiveness analysis of a large-scale crèche intervention to prevent child drowning in rural Bangladesh	6
An intervention to improve safe firearm storage for adolescents presenting with suicide ideation or attempt in a pediatric emergency department	6
The association between county ordinances allowing off-road vehicles on public roads and crash rates	6
Evolution of the risk of death and hospitalisation in drivers involved in road crashes in spain, 1993–2020: an age-period-cohort analysis	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
An epidemiological study of unintentional pediatric firearm fatalities in the USA, 2009–2018	6
Neighborhood collective efficacy and environmental exposure to firearm homicide among a national sample of adolescents	6
A multicenter evaluation of pediatric emergency department injury visits during the COVID-19 pandemic	6
Research utility and limitations of textual data in the National Violent Death Reporting System: a scoping review and recommendations	6
Fatal and non-fatal firearm-related injuries in Canada, 2016–2020: a population-based study using three administrative databases	5
Development and implementation of an injury and illness surveillance system for team USA	5
Caregiver water safety knowledge and views of toddler water competency	5
Pediatric lawn mower-related injuries and contributing factors for bystander injuries	5
Neighborhood predictors of suicide and firearm suicide in Detroit, Michigan	5
Epidemiology of sudden death in organized school sports in Japan	5
Opioid-related polysubstance use and its effect on mortality and health resource utilization among trauma patients	5
What factors impact pedestrian and cyclist fatalities? A state level analysis	5
Storage of firearms in vehicles: findings from a sample of firearm owners in nine U.S. states	5
A multi-state evaluation of extreme risk protection orders: a research protocol	5
Impact of standardization on racial and socioeconomic disparities in non-accidental trauma evaluations in infants in a pediatric emergency department	5
Pediatric firearm injury epidemiology at a level 1 trauma center from 2019 to 2021: including time of the COVID-19 pandemic	5