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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Does proprioceptive reweighting contribute to reactive balance strategies during slip-like perturbations? a proof-of-concept in healthy adults	215
Partial coverage adhesive augmented sternal fixation and stabilization: A biomechanical analysis	94
Prediction of trunk muscle activation and spinal forces in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis during simulated trunk motion: A musculoskeletal modelling study	70
Effect of smartphone use on cervical spine stability	60
Can intermittent changes in trunk extensor muscle length delay muscle fatigue development?	58
A comparison of three methods for establishing an ACL reference length in vivo	58
A mobile platform-based app to assist undergraduate learning of human kinematics in biomechanics courses	49
In vitro measurement of hepatic flow distribution in Fontan vascular conduits: Towards rapid validation techniques	47
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]	46
Establishing a threshold for total joint moment asymmetry in asymptomatic adults	45
Difference in movement coordination and variability during Five-Repetition Sit-to-Stand between people with and without Chronic Low back pain	45
Importance of the numerical schemes in the CFD of the human nose	44
Increasing accessibility to biomechanics for Black students with early exposure through NBD	40
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.”	40
Early post-operative performance of an anatomically designed hybrid thread interference screw for ACL reconstruction: A comparative study	35
Jumping towards field-based ground reaction force estimation and assessment with OpenCap	35
Validation of OpenCap on lower extremity kinematics during functional tasks	34
Design and optimisation of an Intra-Aortic Shrouded rotor axial pump	34
Connecting developed pressure – Preload relationship in ex-vivo beating heart with cellular sarcomere length – Tension relationship	33
Kinematic instability in the joints of flatfoot subjects during walking: A biplanar fluoroscopic study	32
Dynamic compression modulates anabolic and catabolic activity in chondrocyte seeded agarose constructs	32
Test-retest reliability of a dance-specific jump test using wearable technology among university contemporary dancers	31
Enhanced external counterpulsation treatment regulates blood flow and wall shear stress metrics in femoral artery: An in vivo study in healthy subjects	30
Lower limb kinematics and kinetics of people with through-knee amputation compared to individuals with transfemoral amputation and able-bodied controls during walking	30
A novel approach to assess coordination in people with transtibial amputations using continuous and event relative phase	29

Influence of bone material behavior assumption on finite element-predicted tibia-implant micromotions in total ankle replacement	29
Analysis of microvascular thrombus mechanobiology with a novel particle-based model	29
Frequency and amplitude dependence of nuclear displacement and phase delay in mechanical vibrations for determining cellular natural frequency	29
Correspondence between scapular anatomical coordinate systems and the 3D axis of motion: A new perspective on an old challenge	29