OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Medical Engineering & Physics is 19. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Selection of animal bone surrogate samples for orthopaedic screw testing based on human radius CT-derived bone morphology	87
Reporting checklist for verification and validation of finite element analysis in orthopedic and trauma biomechanics	44
A novel technology integrating robotics and 3D printing for closed reduction of tibia shaft fracture with MIPPO:A proof-of-concept study	44
Thermal imaging for characterization of skin adaptation in prosthesis users	34
Benchmarking 2D human pose estimators and trackers for workflow analysis in the cardiac catheterization laboratory	32
Semi-supervised medical image segmentation with dual-branch mixup-decoupling confidence training	28
Breast cancer histopathology image classification using transformer with discrete wavelet transform	27
A patient-matched prosthesis for thumb amputations: Design, mechanical and functional evaluation	26
Enhancing assistive technology design: Biomechanical finite element modeling for grasping strategy optimization in exoskeleton data gloves	25
Use of electrical muscle stimulation body massager (EMS-BMs) improves deep venous blood flow	24
A finite element model for investigating the influence of keel design and position on unicompartmental knee replacement cementless tibial component fixation	24
On the relation between tidal and forced spirometry	22
Balance, barycentremetry and external shape analysis in idiopathic scoliosis: What can the physician expect from it?	22
A hybrid orthosis combining functional electrical stimulation and soft robotics for improved assistance of drop-foot	21
A phased array ultrasound system with a robotic arm for neuromodulation	21
Numerical analysis of oxygen uptake processes by red blood cells in stopped-flow measurements: Effects of cell shape, membrane permeability and unstirred layer	20
Towards improving the accuracy of musculoskeletal simulation of dynamic three-dimensional spine rotations with optimizing model and algorithm	19
Experimental and numerical assessment of two reconstructive techniques for the fragility fractures of the pelvis type Ia	19
Accuracy of the fully integrated Insole3’s estimates of spatiotemporal parameters during walking	19
Comparison of the biomechanical effects of lumbar disc degeneration on normal patients and osteoporotic patients: A finite element analysis	19
Impact of extracellular matrix and collagen network properties on the cervical intervertebral disc response to physiological loads: A parametric study	19