OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of BMJ Military Health 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
Caring for the carers: a COVID-19 psychological support programme	60
1 A double-blind randomised control trial of high-volume image guided injections in achilles and patellar tendinopathy in a young active population	22
Significance of tibial MRI findings of special forces recruits at the onset of their training	18
Body mass index and physical training-related injuries in military personnel: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis	18
7 Principles of delivery of surgical care from a military facility to a local population; lessons learnt from deployed surgical care in Gao	15
Resilience measures for the attacked Role 2 facility: lessons and strategies for future planning	14
Procedure for assessing patients referred to the UK’s military Heat Illness Clinic: a case series	14
Defence Medical Services and Colt Foundation Research & Quality Improvement Meeting 2023, Royal College of Surgeons of England	14
3 Damage control surgery in a regional trauma centre – defining the population: a pilot study	12
Pilot investigation of an activity-based approach to building hardiness	12
1 An evaluation of burnout amongst defence medical services anaesthesia trainees	10
Musculoskeletal injuries in UK Service Personnel and the impact of in-theatre rehabilitation during Cold Weather Warfare training: Exercise CETUS 2020	9
7 Towards 3D printed medical devices in vivo	8
Degenerative cervical spine changes among early career fighter pilots: a 5-year follow-up	8
Soldier performance management: insights from boots on ground research and recommendations for practitioners	8
What is the risk of transfusing group O RhD-positive red blood cells to female service personnel of childbearing potential?	8
Whole System Approach to designing, implementing and measuring health and performance benefits of improving diet behaviour in a military setting	8
Using nominal group technique to identify the planning considerations for UK Armed Forces medical personnel delivering defence engagement first aid training activities	7
UK Defence Rehabilitation consensus agreement for the conservative management of Achilles and patellar tendinopathy: a modified Delphi approach	7
Personalised medicine: a healing application within comorbid PTSD and mTBI military patient sample with a particular focus on special operators	7
Legal aspects relating to the response of Defence Medical Services to a mass casualty event	7
Treatment of ear trauma within the Ukrainian military: organisational requirements and implementation of a three-stage regimen	6
How might the rapid development of artificial intelligence affect the delivery of UK Defence healthcare?	6
Challenges for military toxic exposures prevention and assessment	6
Effect of active-duty military service on neonatal birth outcomes: a systematic review	6

French mobile neurosurgical unit: a retrospective analysis of 22 years of mission	6
Do athletic ECG changes predict athletic performance in Gurkha recruits?	6
Traumatic tear of the pectoralis major muscle during military parachute jumping	6
Evaluation of fractional exhaled nitric oxide measurement in defence primary healthcare	6
Delivering high-quality military healthcare: ‘no need for fancy subspecialties’	6
National and regional trends in the prevalence of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis in South Korean military draftees	5
Six-minute walk test in healthy British service personnel	5
Development and validation of prediction models for prehospital triage of military trauma patients	5
MSKI reduction strategies: evidence-based interventions to reduce musculoskeletal injuries in military service members	5
Identification of a training shortfall in the operational preparedness of Royal Navy General Duties Medical Officers	5
Electromyography and range-of-motion measurements in German soldiers wearing different types of body armour while marching	5
Cold operational readiness in the military: from science to practice	5
Effectiveness of surfing on psychological health in military members: a systematic review	5
Age at entry to UK military service and long-term mental health	5
Vaccine efficacy against the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant during a COVID-19 outbreak aboard a military ship	4
Seroprevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG among adolescents at military fitness-for-duty evaluation	4
Moral injury and the potential utility of art therapy in treatment	4
Myanmar’s coup d’état and its impact on COVID-19 response: a collapsing healthcare system in a state of turmoil	4
Navigating the ethical maze of genomics in Canada’s military	4
Packaged food rations in the Army of the Czech Republic	4
Does policy that provides choice in athletic footwear affect musculoskeletal injury risk in US Coast Guard recruits?	4
Total hip and knee arthroplasty after lower extremity amputation in a military population	4
Improving research and initiatives to support veterans and their families	4
Around the bazaars: a global compendium of military medical journals in 2021	4
Shared decision making and remote consulting	4
Military provision of maternal care in humanitarian and disaster relief operations	4
Management of a large outbreak of COVID-19 at a British Army training centre: lessons for the future	4
Application of near-infrared spectroscopy to triage of traumatic brain injuries in high-intensity conflicts	4
Management of primary care cardiovascular risk in the military Fijian population	4
Combat injury is associated with adverse mental health outcomes among deployed personnel, but not for amputees: is there a hierarchy of wounding?	4
Domestic abuse screening in military primary care	4
Secure app-based secondary healthcare clinical decision support to deployed forces in the UK Defence Medical Services	4
Children in a disaster: health protection and intervention	4
Influence of combat boot types on in-shoe forces and perceived comfort during unloaded and loaded walking	4
Integrating blood flow restriction with low-load resistance exercise in a UK specialist military primary care rehabilitation facility	4
Do Junior Entrants to the UK Armed Forces have worse outcomes than Standard Entrants?	4
Risk factors for reflex syncope in the British Army	4
ACLR and military service: time to rethink?	4
Evaluating the psychometric properties of the Grit scale in Marine recruits using Rasch analysis	4
Sustaining NATO service member mental health during the crisis in Ukraine	4
Global health context for the military in Defence Engagement (Health)	3
Preperitoneal pelvic packing in severe pelvic ring injuries: a French military perspective	3
Delivering effective Defence Engagement (Health): lessons from Operation TRENTON (South Sudan)	3
Management and prevention of surgeon skill decay during US military deployment: a response to the UK	3
Changes in physical performance during British Army Junior Entry, British Army Standard Entry and Royal Air Force Basic Training	3
Military concerns for chronic pain stimulator devices	3
Academic Department of Military Rehabilitation (ADMR): avoiding the pitfalls of ‘the Walker Dip’	3
Health economic evaluation: cost-effective strategies in humanitarian and disaster relief medicine	3
Influence of employment characteristics on seeking help for mental health conditions in the UK Defence Medical Services	3
Evacuation from a military base via physician-staffed helicopters	3

Exertional rhabdomyolysis: an analysis of 321 hospitalised US military service members and its relationship with heat illness	3
Deployment of whole genome next-generation sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 in a military maritime setting	3
Cardiopulmonary exercise testing of an individual with a unilateral transfemoral amputation	3
Multicomponent telerehabilitation programme for older veterans with multimorbidity: a programme evaluation	3
2 Cardiopulmonary exercise testing excludes clinically significant disease in military patients recovering from COVID-19	3
Caring for the carers: an evaluation of the recovery, readjustment and reintegration programme (R3P)	3
Impact of 12 weeks of basic military training on testosterone and cortisol responses	3
Network analysis of comorbid post-traumatic stress disorder and alcohol misuse in treatment-seeking UK Armed Forces veterans	3
Musculoskeletal injuries in US Air Force Tactical Air Control Party trainees: an 11-year longitudinal retrospective cohort study and presentation of a musculoskeletal injury classification matrix	3
Courage, camaraderie and compassion: a qualitative exploration into UK military veterans’ experiences of self-compassion within the context of alcohol use disorders and recovery	3
2 Perioperative medicines management for trauma inpatients – a quality improvement project	2
Descriptive analysis of diseases, non-battle injuries and climate among deployed Swedish military personnel	2
1 Ground manoeuvre surgical group (GMSG) development – lessons from theatre entry	2
Challenges in cold weather drug delivery	2
Introduction	2
Military service and health-related quality of life among gay and bisexual prostate cancer survivors: Results from theRestore-2study	2
Evaluating health-related behaviours of armed forces personnel in Kuwait: a cross-sectional study	2
Influence of military preventive policy for recruit training on COVID-19 seroconversion: the IMPACT-COVID-19 study	2
War and disaster are forcing a major rethink around mass casualty management	2
Is prone positioning a valid intervention for ARDS in the deployed intensive care unit?	2
6 Cortical hypoperfusion on intensive care unit admission identifies the development of acute kidney injury. The microshock renal study	2
Inclusion of women into ground close combat roles: an organisational change perspective	2
Use of short medical courses as a defence engagement tool	2
5 Cold stored platelets correct cardiac surgery induced platelet dysfunction	2
Comparative retrospective study of injuries during military parachuting training and airborne operations from 2013 to 2020	2
The cholera outbreak during the Balkan Wars in Greece and the anticholeric vaccine as a force multiplier of the Greek army	2
Financial costs of diabetes mellitus among patients attending outpatient clinics in a military hospital in Sri Lanka	2
Advancing military medical research and training in the Saudi Armed Forces: a call to action	2
Clothing and individual equipment for the female soldier: developing a framework to improve the evidence base which informs future design and evaluation	2
Sex differences in musculoskeletal injury epidemiology and subsequent loss of tactical readiness during Marine Corps Officer Candidates School	2
Assessment of salivary cortisol dynamics in an infantry training exercise: a pilot study	2
Risk factors for musculoskeletal-related occupational disability among US Army soldiers	2
Management of war-related facial wounds in Ukraine: the Lviv military hospital experience	2
4 Improvements in orthostatic tolerance with physical training are augmented with heat acclimation and associated plasma volume expansion; a randomised controlled trial	2
Operational leadership experience of physician graduates of the Uniformed Services University	2
2 Combining medical force elements into a medical group in Mali: recommendations from operation newcombe, Mali. An opinion piece	2
Are physical fitness, a history of childbirth and injury history related to knee valgus in female Canadian Armed Forces members during a bodyweight overhead squat movement?	2
Gross haematuria at sea: schistosomiasis in a US Military Servicemember	2
UK defence rehabilitation review of Achilles and patellar tendinopathy conservative management: a systematic review	2
3* Evaluation of an Artificial Intelligence (AI) system to augment clinical risk prediction of Trauma Induced Coagulopathy in the pre-hospital setting: a prospective observational study	2
Enhancing decision-making in the Armed Forces through wearable technology: what do commanders think?	2
1 The adoption of an empowered physical training programme in a military population – the benefit in injury reduction. A retrospective cohort study	2
Comparison of experiences of military foundation doctors in defence and civilian general practice	2
Call for emergency action to limit global temperature increases, restore biodiversity and protect health	2
Adapting smoking cessation targets for military smokers	2
9 Studying cognitive load in defence	2
JHC Basting: the founding father of legal protections for medical personnel in conflict	2
Development of a novel ‘In-Water Mass Casualty Triage Tool’	2
Prospective analysis of whole blood utilisation and implications for blood distribution	2
Can Defence be assured that future civilian specialty training programmes will produce suitably qualified and experienced military doctors?	2
One Health: opportunities for Defence Engagement (Health)	2
Outcomes of UK military personnel treated with ice cold water immersion for exertional heat stroke	2
Letter to the editor for ‘Physiological and radiological parameters predicting outcome from penetrating traumatic brain injury treated in the deployed military setting’	2
Comparison of injuries between US Army paratroopers and their non-paratrooper soldier counterparts	2
Operational patient care pathway: building pragmatic medical interoperability through health engagements	2
8 Bilateral engagement through sim training	2
Diamedica Draw-over Vaporiser: bench testing the UK Defence Anaesthesia System in the deployed environment	2
Body mass index misclassification of overweight and obesity in Czech military personnel	2
The Society for Tri-Service Anaesthetic Trainees (STAT) Meeting 2020	2
Medical operations in the 21st century: application of TAK among wartime medical assets	2
Impact of COVID-19 on the veteran population: evidence from the Trends in Scottish Veterans Health study	2
Ignoring recurrent skin abscesses can result in a real headache	2
3 Clinical implications of the differential antibody response in mild-moderate SARS-CoV-2: a prospective multi-centre cross-sectional study	2
Understanding progressive tissue loss and wound burden in combat casualties: lessons learnt for future operational capability	2
Asymptomatic mass testing in British military deployed personnel during a COVID-19 outbreak	2
Clinical application of foot strike run retraining for military service members with chronic knee pain	2
COVID-19 mRNA vaccination and myocarditis/pericarditis in the setting of active surveillance at a military treatment facility	2
Biomechanical validation of the field-expedient pelvic splint	2
Diet quality is associated with nutrition knowledge and physical activity in the US military veterans enrolled in university programmes	2
Analysis of emergency resuscitative thoracotomy in the combat setting	2
Remote ultrasound diagnostics disrupting traditional military frontline healthcare delivery	2
Determining cut-off scores for simulated tasks in Brazilian Air Force military personnel	2