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{"title":"US States with poor social health outcomes and more firearms have more morbidity due to mass shootings.","authors":"Tony Lum, Alex Huang, Megan E Paul, Brian A Coakley","doi":"10.5249/jivr.v16i2.1871","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5249/jivr.v16i2.1871","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Mass shootings represent a persistent public health crisis. Prior studies have linked social determinants of health (SDOH) to the phenomenon of gun violence, but there remain limited analyses on mass shooting events specifically.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Mass shooting events from 2014-2019 were recorded from the Gun Violence Archive. State-level data regarding population, ATF registered weapons, federal firearm licensees and several SDOHs (poverty, unemployment and educational attainment) were collected from publicly-available US governmental databases. Giffords Law Center rankings were used to assess the relative strictness of each state's gun laws. Gun ownership rates were obtained from the RAND Corporation. Bivariate analyses compared each SDOH, as well as ATF registered weapons, Giffords Center ranking and gun ownership rates, to the death rate, injury rate, and combined injury/death rate from mass shootings in each state. All associations were evaluated via Pearson's Rho. Slope and p-values were analyzed, with a threshold significance value of p less than 0.05.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Unadjusted analysis revealed poor mental health, decreased educational attainment and increased unemployment to all be associated with an increased risk of mass shooting-related injury or death. Adjusted analysis revealed fewer firearm regulations, higher gun ownership, lack of handgun magazine restrictions and lack of long-gun registration requirements were associated with an increased risk of mass-shooting death. Similarly, adjusted analysis revealed lack of handgun permit requirements to be associated with both an increased risk of mass shooting-related injury and combined risk of injury/death.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study revealed associations between multiple SDOH and firearm restrictions with morbidity due to mass shooting events.</p>","PeriodicalId":73795,"journal":{"name":"Journal of injury & violence research","volume":"16 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142482434","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The frequency of injuries of Iranian male professional soccer players: a cross-sectional study.","authors":"Tohid Seif Barghi, Salman Khazaei, Bijan Heydari, Homa Naderifar","doi":"10.5249/jivr.v16i2.1897","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5249/jivr.v16i2.1897","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Soccer is known to be a sport that carries a high risk of injuries due to its physical nature, involving intense contact and rapid movements like acceleration, deceleration, jumping, and sudden changes in direction. Compared to other sports, soccer is considered a contact sport with a heightened injury risk. The primary objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of sports injuries among professional soccer players.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this cross-sectional study, 56 male professional footballers participated to assess their injuries. The Pre-Competition Medical Assessment (PCMA) was utilized as the standard protocol for evaluating the athletes. The study examined variables such as injury type, player position on the field, and body mass index (BMI) in accordance with the FIFA-recommended PCMA guidelines. Student t-test was used to compare demographic characteristics injured and healthy athlete. Chi square and fisher exact tests were used to assess the association between player position, injury type and BMI classification.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In this study, the mean age of the soccer players was 19.38 ± 1.30 years, with a history of participating in 3 to 60 matches. The highest incidence of injuries was recorded in the knee (48.21%) and ankle (30.36%), respectively. A significant relationship was found between the players' positions on the field and knee pain, with strikers experiencing more knee pain compared to players in other positions (p less than 0.04). However, no significant association was observed between the players' BMI and the occurrence of sports injuries (p greater than 0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Given the widespread occurrence of knee injuries among footballers, particularly in attacking players, proper planning and appropriate training protocols would be useful to prevent knee injuries and reduce treatment costs.</p>","PeriodicalId":73795,"journal":{"name":"Journal of injury & violence research","volume":"16 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142514219","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Factors influencing hematoma expansion in delayed brain CT scans of patients with traumatic Epidural Hematoma.","authors":"Iran Chanideh, Mohammad Reza Akrami, Seyed Erfan Farsian, Maasoumeh Abbasi, Masoud Ghadiri, Tahereh Mohammadi Majd, Tayebeh Najafi, Saeed Gharooee Ahangar","doi":"10.5249/jivr.v16i2.1914","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5249/jivr.v16i2.1914","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Epidural hematoma (EDH) is a type of intracranial hematoma commonly observed in trauma patients. This research aims to evaluate the factors contributing to the expansion of traumatic epidural hematoma (EDH).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This retrospective cohort study examined traumatic patients with EDH admitted to Taleqani Hospital, a prominent Western Trauma Center in Iran, from 2018 to 2023. Patients underwent an initial CT scan, and non-surgical patients received a delayed CT scan approximately 5 hours after the initial scan. Data analysis was performed using SPSS version 25 software.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The study included 274 brain trauma patients with epidural hematoma. Among these patients, 142 (51.8%) did not undergo surgery, and 121 (85.2%) of the non-surgical patients were male. Motor vehicle accidents (MVAs) were the primary cause of EDH in 127 (46.4%) patients. The mean (±standard deviation) initial hematoma size was 8.86 (±9.71), and the mean (±standard deviation) delayed CT scan size was 8.12 (±8.10). In crude linear regression Two variables, namely Hematoma volume in the initial CT scan (P less than 0.001) and Mixed Density (P=0.007), were found to significantly impact the increase in hematoma size in delayed CT scans of non-surgical patients. But in the adjusted linear regression model, only the Hematoma volume in primary CT scan, was significant (P less 0.001). The R Square values were 0.72.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The identification of key variables influencing hematoma volume in delayed CT scans has the potential to guide more effective interventions, thereby improving patient outcomes and reducing trauma-related mortality.</p>","PeriodicalId":73795,"journal":{"name":"Journal of injury & violence research","volume":"16 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142514217","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Estimating willingness to pay for motorcycle helmet and its determinants through contingent valuation method.","authors":"Hadi Hosseini, Mina Golestani, Homayoun Sadeghi Bazargani, Mohammad Saadati","doi":"10.5249/jivr.v16i2.1894","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5249/jivr.v16i2.1894","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Helmet use has been introduced as one of the most highlighted strategies for preventing death and injury in motorcyclists. On the other hand, the cost of the helmet was introduced as a barrier to use. This study aimed at estimating the willingness to pay (WTP) of motorcyclists in Saqqez to buy and use safety helmets through the contingent valuation method (CVM).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This cross-sectional study was conducted in 2021 in Saqqez County, Kurdistan Province, Iran. Sampling was performed by two-stage clustering through probability proportion to the size. The sample size was 570. A preliminary questionnaire was designed and administered for validity and reliability approval. Data analysis was carried out through linear regression models using STATA 15.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In total, 510 questionnaires were analyzed. The motorcyclists' mean age was 31.37 years (SD = 8.48). Only 251 individuals (49.22%) had an appropriate license, and approximately 40% declared that they never used a safety helmet. The mean WTP was estimated to be 3900000 Rials (15/6 US$) through CVM. Motorcyclist age, helmet use by the motorcyclist friends, and socio-economic status were found to be significantly correlated with their WTP.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The effect of socio-economic status on motorcyclist WTP highlights the significance of adopting supportive policies in this regard, along with stakeholder participation from the private sector and insurance companies. Moreover, the positive effect of helmet use by friends on individuals' WTP shows that improving the general culture of traffic safety can be accompanied by promising results, especially for motorcyclists.</p>","PeriodicalId":73795,"journal":{"name":"Journal of injury & violence research","volume":"16 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142514215","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Evaluation of neutrophile-to-lymphocyte ratio and lipid profile in non-violent suicide attempters: a mechanistic study.","authors":"Sajjad Salari, Maryam Bagheri","doi":"10.5249/jivr.v16i2.1905","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5249/jivr.v16i2.1905","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Suicide is one of the most common causes of juvenile death. Screening suicide risk is quite challenging and even more difficult in subjects who have no psychiatric disorder or other suicide risk factors in their medical history. To date, the association of serum lipid profile and suicidal risk has been evaluated in patients with different psychiatric disorders, yielding conflicting results. Here, we aimed to investigate the lipid panel and neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in the sera of people with a first episode of suicide attempt in western Iran.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 159 suicide attempters and 186 volunteers without history of suicide, aged 18-35 years, were evaluated in this experiment. Blood samples were collected between 8-10 AM and kept at 37 °C for blood clotting. We then analyzed the concentration of various lipid markers, including triglyceride (TG), total cholesterol (TC), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), and high-density lipoprotein (HDL), using a series of enzymatic reactions. Additionally, we determined the neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) by dividing the total number of neutrophils by the total number of lymphocytes after conducting peripheral blood cell counts.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The concentration of TG was 94.2±5.8 mg/dL in males and 92.3±5.3 mg/dL in females. TC was 136.3±3.6 mg/dL in males and 152.7±4.4 in females, with a significant decrease in comparison with the control subjects (p less than 0.0001). NLR was 4.34±0.9 with a significant increase compared with the controls (P less than 0.002). (TG), (TC) and (LDL) levels in suicide attempters were significantly lower than in the control groups. Nevertheless, serum (HDL) levels in male and female suicide attempters were significantly higher than in the control group. Furthermore, NLR was significantly lower in the subjects with suicide attempts compared with the controls.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Lower concentrations of (TG), (TC) and (LDL) along with higher NLR were associated with non-violent suicide attempts. These findings might be an effective tool in screening suicide risk in young adults.</p>","PeriodicalId":73795,"journal":{"name":"Journal of injury & violence research","volume":"16 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142514216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Improving motorcyclist safety through hearing in all directions: survey results concerning a novel protective helmet with earpieces.","authors":"Felipe Morales V, Yixin Wang, Ken C Pohlmann, Rodrigo Posada, Adolfo Vargas, Jose M Ramirez, Alejandra Bejarano, Eric Anderson, David C Schwebel","doi":"10.5249/jivr.v16i2.1891","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5249/jivr.v16i2.1891","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Every year over 200,000 motorcyclists are killed globally. One poorly understood risk factor for motorcycle crashes is the role of motorcyclists' ability to hear traffic and other sounds around them in all directions. Most motorcycle helmets protect the head and permit vision in the forward direction, but they impair the wearer's ability to hear. This study evaluated user perceptions of Protective Helmet with Earpieces Equipped, a novel system that affixes technology onto existing motorcycle helmets to allow motorcyclists to better hear the surrounding environment in all directions.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>59 Colombian traffic police agents who rode motorcycles daily completed self-report surveys about their traditional motorcycle helmet, used a Protective Helmet with Earpieces Equipped helmet for two months, and then completed a follow-up survey. We tested two hypotheses: (a) at follow-up compared to baseline, motorcyclists would report decreases in perceived safety, comfort, and ability to detect sounds with their traditional helmet, as well as increased fatigue and stress from motorcycling with their traditional helmet, and (b) at follow-up, motorcyclists would report high perceived safety and perceived importance of hearing traffic sounds in all directions while motorcycling. Wilcoxon signed-rank test evaluated hypotheses.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Participants rated perceived safety while using their traditional helmet to be significantly lower after using the Protective Helmet with Earpieces Equipped compared to before using it (Z=-3.5, p less than .001). There were no changes in other variables assessed. Following use of the new helmet, participants reported greatly improved safety (M=4.56, SD=0.54, where 4=safer and 5=substantially safer) and perceived the importance of hearing traffic sounds in all directions as high.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Improved auditory perception could increase motorcyclist safety. Participating traffic agents felt the Protective Helmet with the Earpieces Equipped greatly improved their ability to hear and improved their motorcycling safety. Perceived safety while using their traditional helmet decreased following use of the alternative.</p>","PeriodicalId":73795,"journal":{"name":"Journal of injury & violence research","volume":"16 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142514218","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A survey on occupational injuries and related factors among emergency patients of Mashhad teaching hospitals over a year.","authors":"Hosein Zakeri, Hasan Jahed Taherani, Lahya Afshari Saleh","doi":"10.5249/jivr.v16i1.1902","DOIUrl":"10.5249/jivr.v16i1.1902","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Occupational injuries (OI) are a - significant source of social and economic costs. They can cause prolonged absences from work, loss of limb, and worker disability, among other negative consequences. In light of this, the present study aimed to evaluate the factors associated with OI in trauma centers affiliated with Mashhad University of Medical Sciences.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This cross-sectional study was carried out among patients admitted to the trauma ward of four teaching hospitals in Mashhad during 2019-2020. Patients' data was collected in a checklist and trauma severity was assessed based on injury severity score. The Epworth questionnaire was completed for patients. Data was analyzed by SPSS 20.0.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Out of a total of 13660 patients who were referred to the emergency department of four hospitals of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, 683 (5.15%) individuals suffered occupational trauma and entered the study. The mean (±SD) age and work experience of the participants were 34 (±10) and 10 (±9) respectively. Most of the participants were in the age group of 20-40 years. the most common mechanism of trauma was falling (p=0.00) and the most injury frequency was among manual working (p=0.01). There was not a significant association between trauma severity and demographic characteristics. Those who had falling or electric accidents had more severe trauma compared to other injured patients. (p=0.00) CONCLUSIONS: In general, the most burden of occupational accidents and in fact, the most serious injuries were related to men and manual workers. Also, most of the injuries happened through falls and cuts. The results of this study showed the need for serious policies to reduce occupational injuries.</p>","PeriodicalId":73795,"journal":{"name":"Journal of injury & violence research","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11684841/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140923952","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Pediatric patients with facial fractures: a retrospective study.","authors":"Suchetana Goswami","doi":"10.5249/jivr.v16i1.1835","DOIUrl":"10.5249/jivr.v16i1.1835","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Epidemiology of maxillofacial injuries vary depending on geographic location, culture and socioeconomic condition. This study assessed etiology and pattern of facial fractures in children reported at Burdwan Dental College and Hospital, Burdwan, West Bengal, India.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Clinical files of 206 children with facial fractures were evaluated retrospectively. Diagnosis of fractures were confirmed by radiographic examination. Study period was from July 2018 to June 2022. Data collected were age and sex of the patient, site of fracture, and etiology of trauma. Descriptive statistics were used for statistical analysis with a P-value less than 0.05.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There were 127 (61.7%) males and 79 (38.3%) females with a male to female ratio of 1.6:1. Within the study sample, the majority of facial fractures (n= 146, 70.9%) belonged to 6-to-9-year age group. Overall, falls (44.2%) and motor vehicles accidents (31.5%) were the two leading causes of trauma. Mandible fracture was the most common, accounting for 72.8% of cases. 74 patients (35.9%) with facial fracture had dental injuries.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Male predominance in facial fracture is seen. With age, frequency of facial fractures tends to increase. Falls are the main cause of facial fracture and mandible is the most common anatomic location.</p>","PeriodicalId":73795,"journal":{"name":"Journal of injury & violence research","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11684848/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140873791","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Pediatric trauma volume fell during the initial COVID-19 wave but rebounded to new highs for the remainder of 2020.","authors":"Zachary T Sheff, Brett W Engbrecht","doi":"10.5249/jivr.v16i1.1771","DOIUrl":"10.5249/jivr.v16i1.1771","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Previous studies have shown a reduction in pediatric trauma volume during COVID-19, but many have looked at a limited number of facilities, analyzed a narrow timeframe, or both. The objective of this analysis was to assess the impact of COVID-19 on pediatric trauma volume for a statewide sample during 2020. Based on previous literature, researchers hypothesized a reduction in volume during the implementation of these policies.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Retrospective cross-sectional analysis of five years (2016 - 2020) of Indiana's statewide trauma patient registry. Patients under age 15 were included. Those who were transfer patients or missing key data were excluded. In total, 10,926 patients were included in analysis. Baseline years (2016 - 2019) were compared to 2020 to estimate the impact of COVID-19 on pediatric trauma volume.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Overall monthly volume of pediatric traumas were lower than baseline in March and April 2020 (though not significantly), but rebounded quickly and were above trend in the latter half of the year. Injury patterns differed in both mechanism and location from previous years. Gunshot wounds were more prevalent than previous years, while the volume of non-accidental traumas fell slightly. Injuries that occurred in private residences rose significantly, while fewer took place in schools.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Results indicated an initial drop in injury volume consistent with previous findings, but these were offset by increased volume in the second half of 2020. The growth in gun violence is concerning and warrants additional research. Changes in behavior in response to the pandemic such as reduced participation in sports and use of playgrounds, reduced driving, and increased time at home help explain the changes observed in injury patterns. These findings emphasize the continued need for pediatric trauma care during the pandemic.</p>","PeriodicalId":73795,"journal":{"name":"Journal of injury & violence research","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11684847/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140195271","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Top journals publishing articles related to drowning prevention: a bibliometric analysis 2000-2022.","authors":"David F Zane, David W Lawrence, Barbara Cosart, Molly B Johnson","doi":"10.5249/jivr.v16i1.1840","DOIUrl":"10.5249/jivr.v16i1.1840","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Drowning is a worldwide problem. Scholarly publications about drowning prevention play a crucial role in bringing data to policy makers and prevention specialists. This study presents a bibliometric analysis of published articles related to unintentional drowning prevention included in the comprehensive, curated injury literature database, SafetyLit®.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Thorough searches of drowning-related search terms in English and non- English translations identified articles published in journals between 2000 and 2022.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There was a 3-fold increase in publications between 2000 and 2022, with 2,937 articles published in 941 journals. Articles were published in 20 different languages. Five journals published 16% of the articles and sixty-one top journals published 50% of the articles. Eighty-nine percent of the top journals were included in PubMed; 82% were indexed in MEDLINE®; and professional areas of expertise of article authors spanned 18 categories.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study can facilitate journal selection for drowning researchers to ultimately increase the publication of scientific literature globally.</p>","PeriodicalId":73795,"journal":{"name":"Journal of injury & violence research","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11684846/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140029718","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}