OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Injury Epidemiology is 2. 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
Snakebites and resource utilization in pediatric urban and rural populations in the United States: 2016–2023	106
Understanding caregiver preferences for firearm locking devices in a pediatric emergency department	36
Effects of implementing permissive campus carry laws on rates of major violence at public colleges and universities	26
Gender and ethnoracial disparities in Veterans’ trauma exposure prevalence across differing life phases	23
Effect of wearing a helmet on the occurrence of head injuries in motorcycle riders in Benin: a case-control study	22
Prevalence and predictors of psychological distress following injury: findings from a prospective cohort study	18
A cross sectional study of non-medical use of prescription opioids and suicidal behaviors among adolescents	17
Evaluating an urban pediatric hospital’s scald burn prevention program	14
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	14
Examining differences between mass, multiple, and single-victim homicides to inform prevention: findings from the National Violent Death Reporting System	13
COVID-19-related violence trend data challenges & a resource for injury researchers	12
A firm recommendation: measuring the softness of infant sleep surfaces	12
Hand and wrist injuries among collegiate athletes vary with athlete division	11
Analysis of the regional distribution of road traffic mortality and associated factors in Japan	11
Firework-related injuries treated at emergency departments in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 compared to 2018–2019	11
The dark side of nighttime all-terrain vehicle use	11
Firearm locking device preferences among firearm owners in the USA: a systematic review	10
Measuring gun violence in police data sources: transitioning to NIBRS	10
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	10
A descriptive and comparative analysis of injuries reported in USA Cycling-sanctioned competitive road cycling events	10
Changes in pediatric injuries sustained while engaged in activities where helmet usage is recommended during the COVID-19 pandemic	10
Your neighborhood matters: an ecological social determinant study of the relationship between residential racial segregation and the risk of firearm fatalities	10
Interactions at the point of firearm purchase and subsequent use of locking devices	9
An epidemiological study of unintentional pediatric firearm fatalities in the USA, 2009–2018	9
Research needs related to firearm rights restoration	9

Examining media reports of pediatric unintentional firearm injury deaths for prevention messaging concerning secured storage of firearms: U.S., 2021–2022	9
Firearm injury hospitalizations and handgun purchaser licensing laws: longitudinal evaluation of state-level purchaser licensure requirements on firearm violence, 2000–2016	8
Pediatric injuries and poisonings associated with detergent packets: results from the Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program (CHIRPP), 2011–2023	8
Time-dependent suicide rates among Army soldiers returning from an Afghanistan/Iraq deployment, by military rank and component	8
Using data fusion with multiple imputation to correct for misclassification in self-reported exposure: a case-control study of cannabis use and homicide victimization	8
Trends in police complaints and arrests on New York City subways, 2018 to 2023: an interrupted time-series analysis	8
Assault-related traumatic brain injury hospitalizations in Canada from 2010 to 2021: rates, trends and comorbidity	8
Social network size and endorsement of political violence in the US	8
Safe at home: prevention of pediatric unintentional injuries	8
R2DRV: study protocol for longitudinal assessment of driving after mild TBI in young drivers	8
Impact of a suicide prevention learning module for firearm training courses in Louisiana	8
Impact of neighborhood-level COVID-19 mortality on the increase in drug overdose mortality in New York City during the COVID-19 pandemic	8
Accuracy of the national violent death reporting system in identifying unintentional firearm deaths to children by children	8
Protocolized abuse screening to decrease provider bias and increase capture of potential events	7
The association between county ordinances allowing off-road vehicles on public roads and crash rates	7
Spatial co-occurrence of firearm homicides and opioid overdose deaths in Chicago by level of COVID-19 mortality, 2017–2021	7
Functional limitations and firearm purchases among low-income U.S. military veterans	7
Dual public health crises: the overlap of drug overdose and firearm injury in Indianapolis, Indiana, 2018–2020	7
Ghost guns: spookier than you think they are	7
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric dog bite injuries	7
Prevalence, risk factors and perceptions of caregivers on burns among children under 5 years in Kisenyi slum, Kampala, Uganda	6
Structural racism and intimate partner violence perpetration among racially diverse men transitioning into fatherhood: an anti-racist approach to IPV prevention	6
An intervention to improve safe firearm storage for adolescents presenting with suicide ideation or attempt in a pediatric emergency department	6
Short‐term outcomes in children following emergency department visits for minor injuries sustained at home	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
Characteristics and neighborhood-level opportunity of assault-injured children in Milwaukee	6
Musculoskeletal injuries sustained at the California, USA: Baja California, Mexico border	6
Attitudes and perceived barriers to firearm safety anticipatory guidance by pediatricians: a statewide perspective	6
The Advancing Understanding of Transportation Options (AUTO) study: design and methods of a multi-center study of decision aid for older drivers	6
Motor vehicle crashes on tribal reservations: mapping and statistics	6
The influence of heatwaves on traffic safety in five cities across Québec with different thermal landscapes	6
Impact of caregiver swimming capability on perceptions of swimming pool supervision of toddlers	6
The practice of lethal means restriction counseling in US emergency departments to reduce suicide risk: a systematic review of the literature	6
Gun violence against unhoused and unstably housed women: A cross-sectional study that highlights links to childhood violence	6
Effect of Stay-at-Home orders and other COVID-related policies on trauma hospitalization rates and disparities in the USA: a statewide time-series analysis	5
Absolute versus relative socioeconomic disadvantage and homicide: a spatial ecological case–control study of US zip codes	5
Trauma-related falls in an urban geriatric population: predictive risk factors for poorer clinical outcomes	5
Substance use in rural trauma patients admitted for motor vehicle injuries before and during the COVID-19 pandemic	5
Fatal and non-fatal firearm-related injuries in Canada, 2016–2020: a population-based study using three administrative databases	5
Neighborhood risk factors for sports and recreational injuries: a systematic review of studies applying multilevel modeling techniques	5
Would restricting firearm purchases due to alcohol- and drug-related misdemeanor offenses reduce firearm homicide and suicide? An agent-based simulation	5
Voluntary, temporary out-of-home firearm storage: a survey of law enforcement agencies in two states	5
Children’s injury database: development of an injury surveillance system in a pediatric emergency department	5
Child injuries in Lebanon: assessing mothers’ injury prevention knowledge attitude and practices	5
Pediatric suicide by violent means: a cry for help and a call for action	5
The effectiveness of value-based messages to engage gun owners on firearm policies: a three-stage nested study	5
Accuracy of behavioral health variables in Oregon national violent death reporting system data: a linked cohort study	5
Gun violence and the voices of youth on community safety in the time of COVID-19 in East Harlem, NY: a youth participatory action research cross-sectional study	5
Neighborhood collective efficacy and environmental exposure to firearm homicide among a national sample of adolescents	5
Individual, firearm, and purchasing characteristics associated with risk of firearm-related violent crime arrest: a nested case-control study	4

Correction: A methodology for the public health surveillance and epidemiologic analysis of outdoor falls that require an emergency medical services response	4
Hydrocarbon ingestions among individuals younger than 20 years old reported to United States Poison Centers, 2000–2021	4
Evolution of the risk of death and hospitalisation in drivers involved in road crashes in spain, 1993–2020: an age-period-cohort analysis	4
ProjectDRIVE: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial to improve driving practices of high-risk teen drivers with a traffic violation	4
Unintentional injury prevention in American Indian and Alaska Native communities: a scoping review of the Indian Health Service Primary Care Provider newsletter	4
Community partnership approaches to safe sleep (CPASS) program evaluation	4
A joinpoint analysis examining trends in firearm injuries at six us trauma centers from 2016 to 2022	4
Extortion experiences of recent adult immigrants from Latin America: self-reported prevalence, associated costs, and current mental health	4
Epidemiology of pediatric trauma in the Kingdom of Bahrain: a national pediatric trauma registry pilot study	3
Factors associated with discharge destination from acute care after moderate-to-severe traumatic injuries in Norway: a prospective population-based study	3
Assessing improvements in emergency department referrals to a hospital-based violence intervention program	3
Harnessing national data systems to understand circumstances surrounding veteran suicide: linking Department of Veterans Affairs and National Violent Death Reporting System Data	3
Lifetime history of TBI with loss of consciousness and disability among Appalachian and rural residents: 2016–2019 Ohio BRFSS	3
Characteristics of e-scooter and bicycle injuries at a university hospital in a large German city – a one-year analysis	3
Relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and structural inequalities within the pediatric trauma population	3
Stay-at-home, Safe at Home? A survey of parental home safety practices before and during the COVID-19 pandemic	3
Pediatric patients with dog bites presenting to US children’s hospitals	3
Research utility and limitations of textual data in the National Violent Death Reporting System: a scoping review and recommendations	3
Clinical strategies for reducing firearm suicide	3
A web-based prospective cohort study of home, leisure, school and sports injuries in France: a descriptive analysis	3
A multicenter evaluation of pediatric emergency department injury visits during the COVID-19 pandemic	3
Pediatric trauma burden in Tanzania: analysis of prospective registry data from thirteen health facilities	3
Public health critical race praxis at the intersection of traffic stops and injury epidemiology	3
Impact of standardization on racial and socioeconomic disparities in non-accidental trauma evaluations in infants in a pediatric emergency department	3
Epidemiology of sudden death in organized school sports in Japan	3
Furniture and television tip-over injuries to children treated in United States emergency departments	3
Cost-effectiveness analysis of a large-scale crèche intervention to prevent child drowning in rural Bangladesh	3
A content analysis of the Orbeez® Gel Blaster injury challenge on TikTok	3
Epidemiology of adult trauma injuries in Malawi: results from a multisite trauma registry	3
Demographic differences in perceived effectiveness for policies to prevent school shootings: results from a representative survey in New Jersey	3
Spatial de-concentration of fatal and nonfatal firearm violence in Boston, MA, 2007–2021	3
Storage of firearms in vehicles: findings from a sample of firearm owners in nine U.S. states	3
Optimizing sobriety checkpoints to maximize public health benefits and minimize operational costs	2
Development and implementation of an injury and illness surveillance system for team USA	2
Political violence, racial violence, and new gun ownership: results from the 2023 National Survey of Gun Policy	2
Perpetrator characteristics and firearm use in pediatric homicides: Supplementary Homicide Reports - United States, 1976 to 2020	2
Age-related mortality risk in cycling trauma: analysis of the National Trauma Databank 2017–2023	2
Economic hardship and perpetration of intimate partner violence by young men in South Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic (2021–2022): a cross-sectional study	2
Importance of categories of crime for predicting future violent crime among handgun purchasers in California	2
Single-year change in views of democracy and society and support for political violence in the USA: findings from a 2023 nationally representative survey	2
Practices, knowledge, and concerns for out-of-home firearm storage among those with access to firearms: results from a survey in two states	2
Improving post-injury follow-up survey response: incorporating automated modalities	2
Interrupted time series design to evaluate ICD-9-CM to ICD-10-CM coding changes on trends in Colorado emergency department visits related to traumatic brain injury	2
Recreational off-highway vehicle exposure, safety behaviors and crash experiences among adolescents	2
The design and implementation of an innovative indicated suicide prevention service in Melbourne	2
Temporal trends in occupational injuries treated in US emergency departments, 2012–2019	2
Misclassification of firearm-related violent crime in criminal legal system records: challenges and opportunities	2
Diabetes mellitus and hard braking events in older adult drivers	2
Gun owners’ assessment of gun safety policy: their underlying principles and detailed opinions	2
Association of medical conditions and firearm suicide among legal handgun purchasers in California: a case–control study	2
Rural adolescent attitudes and use of helmets while riding ATVs, motorcycles and dirt bikes	2
An epidemiologic comparison of acute and overuse injuries in high school sports	2
Risk of suicide among U.S. veterans who deployed as part of Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation New Dawn	2
Engaging suicide prevention and firearm stakeholders in developing a workshop promoting secure firearm storage for suicide prevention	2
Neighborhood predictors of suicide and firearm suicide in Detroit, Michigan	2
A multi-state evaluation of extreme risk protection orders: a research protocol	2
The association between permit-to-purchase laws and shootings by police	2