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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
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	21
Changes in pediatric injuries sustained while engaged in activities where helmet usage is recommended during the COVID-19 pandemic	20
Understanding knowledge and approval for sociopolitical groups: results from the 2023 National Survey of Gun Policy	18
Nationwide trends in inpatient shoulder girdle injuries in Germany: a population-based analysis from 2010 to 2023	18
Built and social environment characteristics associated with motorcyclist mortality in Latin American cities from the SALURBAL study	16
Snakebites and resource utilization in pediatric urban and rural populations in the United States: 2016–2023	16
Prevalence, risk factors and perceptions of caregivers on burns among children under 5 years in Kisenyi slum, Kampala, Uganda	16
The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric dog bite injuries	16
Firearm safe storage practices among firearm owners in rural and urban households	15
Substance use in rural trauma patients admitted for motor vehicle injuries before and during the COVID-19 pandemic	14
Community partnership approaches to safe sleep (CPASS) program evaluation	14
Rural adolescent attitudes and use of helmets while snowmobiling	14
The influence of heatwaves on traffic safety in five cities across Québec with different thermal landscapes	14
Individual, firearm, and purchasing characteristics associated with risk of firearm-related violent crime arrest: a nested case-control study	13
Correction: A methodology for the public health surveillance and epidemiologic analysis of outdoor falls that require an emergency medical services response	13
Spatial de-concentration of fatal and nonfatal firearm violence in Boston, MA, 2007–2021	13
Child injuries in Lebanon: assessing mothers’ injury prevention knowledge attitude and practices	13
Voluntary, temporary out-of-home firearm storage: a survey of law enforcement agencies in two states	12
Pediatric hospital visits for unintentional drowning in bathtubs in Central Texas, USA	12
ProjectDRIVE: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial to improve driving practices of high-risk teen drivers with a traffic violation	12
Relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and structural inequalities within the pediatric trauma population	12
Injury patterns and seat belt effectiveness in pregnant motor vehicle occupants: evidence from US crash data, 1998–2021	11
Association of medical conditions and firearm suicide among legal handgun purchasers in California: a case–control study	11
Use of Oregon’s Extreme Risk Protection Order law to prevent mass violence: A descriptive study	10
Stay-at-home, Safe at Home? A survey of parental home safety practices before and during the COVID-19 pandemic	10

The impact of COVID-19 and public health measures on homicide and suicide trends in Botswana using an interrupted time series analysis	10
The need for protection: a cross-sectional analysis of direct exposure to firearm violence, attitudes towards firearms for protection, and firearm acquisition in California and Louisiana	10
Diabetes mellitus and hard braking events in older adult drivers	10
Designated and non-designated trauma centers and trauma patients: a retrospective analysis of non-fatal trauma discharges in Georgia, 2021	10
Can place of death at home be used as a proxy for suicide at home? A record linkage study	9
Patterns and characteristics of firearm thefts from vehicles in San Antonio, Texas	9
Who discovers the firearm suicide decedent: an epidemiologic characterization of survivor-victims	9
The status of drowning prevention and control in the region of the Americas	9
Lessons learned in a data linkage project on fatal drowning	9
Youth victim perspective: optimizing presentation of patient-reported outcomes in a violence intervention program	9
Cervical vertebral and spinal cord injuries in rollover occupants	9
Criminal legal and behavioral health pathways in law enforcement-petitioned extreme risk protection orders	8
Pickleball-related injuries treated at a tertiary academic center over five years: a cross-sectional study	8
Life events and change in support for political violence in the United States: findings from a 2023 nationally representative survey	8
All-terrain vehicle exposure and the association of certified training on adolescent safety behaviors and crash experiences	8
Nonfatal injury emergency department visits and inpatient hospitalizations among persons under age 65 with an intellectual and developmental disability or deaf or hard of hearing disability	8
Militancy in the military: military service and support for political violence and right-wing extremism	8
Pivoting injury prevention efforts during a pandemic: results of an international survey	8
Geography, rurality, and community distress: deaths due to suicide, alcohol-use, and drug-use among Colorado Veterans	8
High peak drinking levels mediate the relation between impulsive personality and injury risk in emerging adults	8
Profiles of pregnant women encountering motor vehicle crashes in Taiwan, 2008–2017	7
State cannabis laws and cannabis positivity among fatally injured drivers	7
An epidemiological study of unintentional pediatric firearm fatalities in the USA, 2009–2018	7
Outpatient healthcare costs of childhood injuries in Australia: a 15-year longitudinal analysis using linked survey and health insurance data	7
Development of an intervention to incentivize secure firearm storage among veterans at risk for suicide	7
Trends in views of democracy and society and support for political violence in the USA, 2022–2024: findings from a nationally representative survey	7
Multi-site medical record review for validation of intentional self-harm coding in emergency departments	7
Safe at home: prevention of pediatric unintentional injuries	7
R2DRV: study protocol for longitudinal assessment of driving after mild TBI in young drivers	7
Social network size and endorsement of political violence in the US	7
Military community engagement to prevent firearm-related violence: adaptation of project safe guard for service members	7
Two decades of nonfatal injury data: a scoping review of the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System-All Injury Program, 2001–2021	7
Publisher Correction to: Time‑dependent suicide rates among Army soldiers returning from an Afghanistan/Iraq deployment, by military rank and component	7
Vehicle traffic as a determinant of community firearm violence	7
Geospatial estimates of suicidal ideation and suicide attempt prevalence in the U.S. veteran population (2022)	7
Risky social media challenges: a scoping review, 2000–2024	6
Evolution of the risk of death and hospitalisation in drivers involved in road crashes in spain, 1993–2020: an age-period-cohort analysis	6
Neighborhood collective efficacy and environmental exposure to firearm homicide among a national sample of adolescents	6
The association between county ordinances allowing off-road vehicles on public roads and crash rates	6
Characteristics of patients repeatedly presenting to the emergency department for self-harm injuries: a 6-year retrospective study	6
A multicenter evaluation of pediatric emergency department injury visits during the COVID-19 pandemic	6
Research needs related to firearm rights restoration	6
Fatal and non-fatal firearm-related injuries in Canada, 2016–2020: a population-based study using three administrative databases	6
A joinpoint analysis examining trends in firearm injuries at six us trauma centers from 2016 to 2022	6
The association between remoteness of injury and in-hospital mortality for motor vehicle collision major trauma patients: evidence of survivor bias in an analysis of registry data	6
They built this city—construction workers injured in Delhi, India: cross-sectional analysis of First Information Reports of the Delhi Police 2016–2018	5
Extortion experiences of recent adult immigrants from Latin America: self-reported prevalence, associated costs, and current mental health	5
Development and implementation of an injury and illness surveillance system for team USA	5
Extreme risk protection order use in six US states: a descriptive study	5
Research utility and limitations of textual data in the National Violent Death Reporting System: a scoping review and recommendations	5

Impact of standardization on racial and socioeconomic disparities in non-accidental trauma evaluations in infants in a pediatric emergency department	5
Storage of firearms in vehicles: findings from a sample of firearm owners in nine U.S. states	5
Neighborhood predictors of suicide and firearm suicide in Detroit, Michigan	5
An intervention to improve safe firearm storage for adolescents presenting with suicide ideation or attempt in a pediatric emergency department	5
Perceived neighborhood crime and gun carrying behavior: examining the role of a history of traumatic brain injury	5
Public health and criminal justice funding for firearm injury prevention research in the United States	5
A multi-state evaluation of extreme risk protection orders: a research protocol	4
U.S. adults who formerly owned firearms: 5-year incidence of and reasons for divestment among a national sample	4
Pediatric lawn mower-related injuries and contributing factors for bystander injuries	4
CHASE (Children’s Housing Assessment for a Safe Environment): a protocol for the inspection and modification of injury risks in children’s homes	4
Drowning is fast, silent, and preventable: a Texas example of research in action	4
Public funds, public safety: a scoping review of government spending decisions and their impact on interpersonal violence and suicide	4
Rural adolescent attitudes and use of bicycle helmets in Iowa	4
Association of prior criminal charges and convictions with subsequent violent and firearm-related crime: a retrospective cohort study	4
Correction: Views of democracy and society and support for political violence in the USA: findings from a nationally representative survey	4
Self-harm emergency department visits in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from a sentinel surveillance system	4
Epidemiological characteristics of injury among stand-up paddleboarding athletes	4
Caregiver water safety knowledge and views of toddler water competency	4
A synthetic control study of the effects of comprehensive background check policies on non-fatal firearm crime in five states	4
Pre- and postnatal safe sleep knowledge and planned as compared to actual infant sleep practices	4
The epidemiology of firework-related injuries in the US, 2012–2022	4
Pediatric outdoor recreational injuries: another hidden concern during the COVID-19 pandemic	4
Impact of cable lock distribution on firearm securement after emergent mental health evaluation: a randomized controlled trial	4
Pediatric firearm injury epidemiology at a level 1 trauma center from 2019 to 2021: including time of the COVID-19 pandemic	4
Opioid-related polysubstance use and its effect on mortality and health resource utilization among trauma patients	4
Principles of musculoskeletal sport injuries for epidemiologists: a review	3
“You wished the ground would open and swallow you up”: Expert opinions on shame, the collective, and other cultural considerations for suicide prevention among Asian American and Pacific Islander vete	3
Racial and incident discrepancies in news media reporting of sudden unexpected infant death (SUID)	3
Socioeconomic disparities and severity of gunshot injuries in Israel: a retrospective review of National Trauma Registry data from public hospitals 2019–2022	3
Accuracy of the national violent death reporting system in identifying unintentional firearm deaths to children by children	3
Redlining, reinvestment, and racial segregation: a bayesian spatial analysis of mortgage lending trajectories and firearm-related violence	3
Modeling injury severity among motor vehicle occupants using a safe system–aligned, population-based framework: evidence from Ohio crash data (2017–2023)	3
Occupational burn injuries in Finland 2011–2015	3
Repeat self-harm hospitalizations in Canada: a survival analysis	3
Surgical health policy advocacy and suicide prevention: the San Diego-Coronado bridge case	3
Survivor perspectives on research priorities for assessing mental health outcomes after school shootings: a qualitative study	3
Firearm locking device preferences among firearm owners in the USA: a systematic review	3
Examining disparities in harmful reporting on community firearm violence in Philadelphia television news reports	3
Characteristics and neighborhood-level opportunity of assault-injured children in Milwaukee	3
Ambient air pollution and the risk of violence in primary and secondary school settings: a cross-sectional study	3
Changes in suicide in California from 2017 to 2021: a population-based study	3
Connecticut providers knowledge and attitudes towards use of extreme risk protection orders	3
Using data fusion with multiple imputation to correct for misclassification in self-reported exposure: a case-control study of cannabis use and homicide victimization	3
Protocolized abuse screening to decrease provider bias and increase capture of potential events	3
A descriptive and comparative analysis of injuries reported in USA Cycling-sanctioned competitive road cycling events	3
Firearm rights restoration after prohibiting criminal convictions: a statewide descriptive study	2
Evaluation of a prison violence prevention program: impacts on violent and non-violent prison infractions	2
Bayesian methods for estimating injury rates in sport injury epidemiology	2
American Indian and Alaska Native violence prevention efforts: a systematic review, 1980 to 2018	2
Women Veterans’ experiences discussing household firearms with their intimate partners: collaborative, devalued, and deferential relational types	2
Psychological distress 12 years following injury in New Zealand: findings from the Prospective Outcomes of Injury Study-10 years on (POIS-10)	2
Rural adolescent attitudes and use of helmets while riding ATVs, motorcycles and dirt bikes	2
Disparities in the prevalence and reporting of civilian justifiable firearm homicide	2
Epidemiology of maxillofacial injury among adults in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review	2
Functional limitations and firearm purchases among low-income U.S. military veterans	2
Exploring social, economic, and environmental correlates of suicide in Puerto Rico, 2017–2022: an ecological cross-sectional study	2
Epidemiology of pediatric road traffic injuries: a multicenter hospital-based study in Ghana	2
Therapeutic errors involving diabetes medications reported to United States poison centers	2
Reducing fall injuries with better data	2
Trends in unintentional injury death among post-9/11 Army Veterans who do and do not use Veteran Health Administration services	2
Safe system approach to preventing cyclist fatalities: safety by design for urban and rural environments	2
Weapon use during the index offense: a study among forensic psychiatry patients in Ontario, Canada	2
Approval of extreme right-wing organizations and social movements and support for political violence in the United States: findings from a nationally representative survey	2
Structural racism and intimate partner violence perpetration among racially diverse men transitioning into fatherhood: an anti-racist approach to IPV prevention	2
Expectations of and perceived need for civil war in the USA: findings from a 2023 nationally representative survey	2
Fine particulate matter exposure and risk of scooter collisions among older adults	2
Understanding co-production of injury research in Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities: a comprehensive scoping review	2
Unlicensed driving among young drivers in North Carolina: a quasi-induced exposure analysis	2
Ghost guns and crime: a tale of two California cities	2
A systematic review of demographic and background factors associated with the development of children’s aquatic competence	2
The contributions of injury deaths to the gender gap in life expectancy and life disparity in Eastern Mediterranean Region	2
Injury and illness: an analysis of team USA athletes at the 2024 winter youth olympic games	2
Using EMS data to explore community-level factors associated with firearm violence in North Carolina	2
Impact of COVID-related policies on gunshot wound assault hospitalizations in the United States: a statewide time series analysis	2
Recreational off-highway vehicle exposure, safety behaviors and crash experiences among adolescents	2
Trends in firearm death among middle and high-school aged rural and urban adolescents from 2001 to 2022	2
A contemporary examination of the effect of driver training for reducing crash risk in novice adolescent drivers: protocol for the DRIVER study, a random assignment trial	2
Effects of implementing permissive campus carry laws on rates of major violence at public colleges and universities	2
Utilizing Haddon matrix to assess nonfatal commercial fishing injury factors in Oregon and Washington	2