OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Injury Epidemiology is 5. 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
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	28
Prevalence, risk factors and perceptions of caregivers on burns among children under 5 years in Kisenyi slum, Kampala, Uganda	24
Analysis of the regional distribution of road traffic mortality and associated factors in Japan	20
Changes in pediatric injuries sustained while engaged in activities where helmet usage is recommended during the COVID-19 pandemic	19
Understanding knowledge and approval for sociopolitical groups: results from the 2023 National Survey of Gun Policy	18
A firm recommendation: measuring the softness of infant sleep surfaces	16
Snakebites and resource utilization in pediatric urban and rural populations in the United States: 2016–2023	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	14
Pediatric hospital visits for unintentional drowning in bathtubs in Central Texas, USA	13
Child injuries in Lebanon: assessing mothers’ injury prevention knowledge attitude and practices	13
Substance use in rural trauma patients admitted for motor vehicle injuries before and during the COVID-19 pandemic	13
Spatial de-concentration of fatal and nonfatal firearm violence in Boston, MA, 2007–2021	13
ProjectDRIVE: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial to improve driving practices of high-risk teen drivers with a traffic violation	12
Correction: A methodology for the public health surveillance and epidemiologic analysis of outdoor falls that require an emergency medical services response	12
Community partnership approaches to safe sleep (CPASS) program evaluation	12
Individual, firearm, and purchasing characteristics associated with risk of firearm-related violent crime arrest: a nested case-control study	11
The influence of heatwaves on traffic safety in five cities across Québec with different thermal landscapes	11
The practice of lethal means restriction counseling in US emergency departments to reduce suicide risk: a systematic review of the literature	11
Voluntary, temporary out-of-home firearm storage: a survey of law enforcement agencies in two states	11
Assessing improvements in emergency department referrals to a hospital-based violence intervention program	10
Pediatric patients with dog bites presenting to US children’s hospitals	10
Association of medical conditions and firearm suicide among legal handgun purchasers in California: a case–control study	10
Diabetes mellitus and hard braking events in older adult drivers	10
Stay-at-home, Safe at Home? A survey of parental home safety practices before and during the COVID-19 pandemic	10

Relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and structural inequalities within the pediatric trauma population	10
Youth victim perspective: optimizing presentation of patient-reported outcomes in a violence intervention program	9
All-terrain vehicle exposure and the association of certified training on adolescent safety behaviors and crash experiences	9
Who discovers the firearm suicide decedent: an epidemiologic characterization of survivor-victims	9
Racial and ethnic disparities of sudden unexpected infant death in large US cities: a descriptive epidemiological study	9
The impact of COVID-19 and public health measures on homicide and suicide trends in Botswana using an interrupted time series analysis	9
Cervical vertebral and spinal cord injuries in rollover occupants	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
High peak drinking levels mediate the relation between impulsive personality and injury risk in emerging adults	8
Pivoting injury prevention efforts during a pandemic: results of an international survey	8
Rural youth’s exposure to firearm violence and their attitudes regarding firearm safety measures	8
Geography, rurality, and community distress: deaths due to suicide, alcohol-use, and drug-use among Colorado Veterans	8
Measuring the hidden burden of violence: use of explicit and proxy codes in Minnesota injury hospitalizations, 2004–2014	8
Publisher Correction to: Time‑dependent suicide rates among Army soldiers returning from an Afghanistan/Iraq deployment, by military rank and component	8
Social network size and endorsement of political violence in the US	7
State cannabis laws and cannabis positivity among fatally injured drivers	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
Profiles of pregnant women encountering motor vehicle crashes in Taiwan, 2008–2017	7
Research needs related to firearm rights restoration	7
Geospatial estimates of suicidal ideation and suicide attempt prevalence in the U.S. veteran population (2022)	7
Multi-site medical record review for validation of intentional self-harm coding in emergency departments	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
Examining differences between mass, multiple, and single-victim homicides to inform prevention: findings from the National Violent Death Reporting System	6
Cost-effectiveness analysis of a large-scale crèche intervention to prevent child drowning in rural Bangladesh	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
They built this city—construction workers injured in Delhi, India: cross-sectional analysis of First Information Reports of the Delhi Police 2016–2018	6
The association between county ordinances allowing off-road vehicles on public roads and crash rates	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
Impact of standardization on racial and socioeconomic disparities in non-accidental trauma evaluations in infants in a pediatric emergency department	6
Safe at home: prevention of pediatric unintentional injuries	6
R2DRV: study protocol for longitudinal assessment of driving after mild TBI in young drivers	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
An epidemiological study of unintentional pediatric firearm fatalities in the USA, 2009–2018	6
An intervention to improve safe firearm storage for adolescents presenting with suicide ideation or attempt in a pediatric emergency department	6
Extortion experiences of recent adult immigrants from Latin America: self-reported prevalence, associated costs, and current mental health	6
A multicenter evaluation of pediatric emergency department injury visits during the COVID-19 pandemic	5
Perceived neighborhood crime and gun carrying behavior: examining the role of a history of traumatic brain injury	5
Development and implementation of an injury and illness surveillance system for team USA	5
Opioid-related polysubstance use and its effect on mortality and health resource utilization among trauma patients	5
Association of prior criminal charges and convictions with subsequent violent and firearm-related crime: a retrospective cohort study	5
Pediatric firearm injury epidemiology at a level 1 trauma center from 2019 to 2021: including time of the COVID-19 pandemic	5
Research utility and limitations of textual data in the National Violent Death Reporting System: a scoping review and recommendations	5
A multi-state evaluation of extreme risk protection orders: a research protocol	5
What factors impact pedestrian and cyclist fatalities? A state level analysis	5
CHASE (Children’s Housing Assessment for a Safe Environment): a protocol for the inspection and modification of injury risks in children’s homes	5
Pre- and postnatal safe sleep knowledge and planned as compared to actual infant sleep practices	5
Rural adolescent attitudes and use of bicycle helmets in Iowa	5
Neighborhood predictors of suicide and firearm suicide in Detroit, Michigan	5

Storage of firearms in vehicles: findings from a sample of firearm owners in nine U.S. states	5
Extreme risk protection order use in six US states: a descriptive study	5
Neighborhood collective efficacy and environmental exposure to firearm homicide among a national sample of adolescents	5
Caregiver water safety knowledge and views of toddler water competency	5
Pediatric lawn mower-related injuries and contributing factors for bystander injuries	5