OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Biomechanics is 29. 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
Does proprioceptive reweighting contribute to reactive balance strategies during slip-like perturbations? a proof-of-concept in healthy adults	230
Partial coverage adhesive augmented sternal fixation and stabilization: A biomechanical analysis	98
Prediction of trunk muscle activation and spinal forces in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis during simulated trunk motion: A musculoskeletal modelling study	60
A comparison of three methods for establishing an ACL reference length in vivo	60
Effect of smartphone use on cervical spine stability	60
Can intermittent changes in trunk extensor muscle length delay muscle fatigue development?	51
In vitro measurement of hepatic flow distribution in Fontan vascular conduits: Towards rapid validation techniques	50
Corrigendum to “Connecting the wrist to the hand: A simulation study exploring changes in thumb-tip endpoint force following wrist surgery” [J. Biomech. 58 (2017) 97–104]	49
Establishing a threshold for total joint moment asymmetry in asymptomatic adults	48
Difference in movement coordination and variability during Five-Repetition Sit-to-Stand between people with and without Chronic Low back pain	46
Importance of the numerical schemes in the CFD of the human nose	45
In response to the “Letter to the editor regarding ‘Can gait kinetic data predict femoral bone mineral density in elderly men and women aged 50 years and older?’ by wooyoung et al.”	44
Increasing accessibility to biomechanics for Black students with early exposure through NBD	41
Early post-operative performance of an anatomically designed hybrid thread interference screw for ACL reconstruction: A comparative study	40
Design and optimisation of an Intra-Aortic Shrouded rotor axial pump	36
Connecting developed pressure – Preload relationship in ex-vivo beating heart with cellular sarcomere length – Tension relationship	36
Kinematic instability in the joints of flatfoot subjects during walking: A biplanar fluoroscopic study	35
Dynamic compression modulates anabolic and catabolic activity in chondrocyte seeded agarose constructs	35
Test-retest reliability of a dance-specific jump test using wearable technology among university contemporary dancers	34
Lower limb kinematics and kinetics of people with through-knee amputation compared to individuals with transfemoral amputation and able-bodied controls during walking	33
Enhanced external counterpulsation treatment regulates blood flow and wall shear stress metrics in femoral artery: An in vivo study in healthy subjects	32
Frequency and amplitude dependence of nuclear displacement and phase delay in mechanical vibrations for determining cellular natural frequency	31
A novel approach to assess coordination in people with transtibial amputations using continuous and event relative phase	31
The influence of swing leg technique on maximum running speed	30
Measuring the global mechanical properties of the human thorax: Costo-vertebral articulation	30

Suppressed quadriceps fascicle behavior is present in the surgical limbs of those with a history of ACL reconstruction	30
Analysis of microvascular thrombus mechanobiology with a novel particle-based model	30
Scapular motion during shoulder joint extension movement	30
Dynamic viscoelastic properties of porcine gastric tissue: Effects of loading frequency, region and direction	29