OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Biomechanics is 31. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
A comparison of three methods for establishing an ACL reference length in vivo	93
Increasing accessibility to biomechanics for Black students with early exposure through NBD	91
Screw pullout strength in osteoporotic bone: A comparative study of synthetic femur surrogates	89
Partial coverage adhesive augmented sternal fixation and stabilization: A biomechanical analysis	80
Can intermittent changes in trunk extensor muscle length delay muscle fatigue development?	79
A novel approach to assess coordination in people with transtibial amputations using continuous and event relative phase	74
Effect of smartphone use on cervical spine stability	69
Reliability of medial versus lateral video analysis for footstrike assessment in treadmill and overground running	67
Dynamic viscoelastic properties of porcine gastric tissue: Effects of loading frequency, region and direction	65
Simulation-based analysis of rigid alignment bias in PCA of weight-bearing foot shapes	56
Design and optimisation of an Intra-Aortic Shrouded rotor axial pump	54
A mobile platform-based app to assist undergraduate learning of human kinematics in biomechanics courses	52
Synergistic yet different: Rethinking the gastrocnemii as two functionally distinct muscles	51
Scapular motion during shoulder joint extension movement	51
Connecting developed pressure – Preload relationship in ex-vivo beating heart with cellular sarcomere length – Tension relationship	46
Shoulder kinematics and muscle synergy during multi-plane humeral elevation and lowering	46
New biomechanical models for cumulative plantar tissue stress assessment in people with diabetes at high risk of foot ulceration	44
Enhanced external counterpulsation treatment regulates blood flow and wall shear stress metrics in femoral artery: An in vivo study in healthy subjects	43
Influence of bone material behavior assumption on finite element-predicted tibia-implant micromotions in total ankle replacement	42
Knockout of collagen V in development, but not in skeletal maturity, leads to long-term deficits in supraspinatus tendon mechanics in mice	40
Stress-Based biomechanical modeling in hip dysplasia Surgery: A scoping review	39
Tibiofemoral contact forces during walking with and without peak vertical ground reaction force feedback	39
Ultrasound-based personalized hemodynamic modeling of large regions of the peripheral artery using a novel optical tracking approach	36
Ankle Exoskeleton Resistance Training May Improve Older Adult Plantarflexor Strength and Mobility: A Pilot Evaluation	35
Dynamic compression modulates anabolic and catabolic activity in chondrocyte seeded agarose constructs	35

Correlation of sit-to-walk and sit-to-stand performance with gait kinematic outcomes and self-reported pain and function in end-stage knee osteoarthritis	34
From fluctuations to stability: In-Situ chondrocyte response to cyclic compressive loading	33
Impaired postural control following unanticipated single-leg landings in female soccer players with chronic ankle instability	32
Difference in movement coordination and variability during Five-Repetition Sit-to-Stand between people with and without Chronic Low back pain	32
Joint moment–angle/velocity relations in the hip, knee, and ankle: A meta-visualization of datasets	31
Prediction of gait kinetics using Markerless-driven musculoskeletal modeling	31