OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of American Journal of Surgery is 27. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Surgeon experience increases nerve identification during Lichtenstein hernia repair: a nationwide register-based study	90
Angling for improvement: The search for novel biomarkers in periampullary adenocarcinoma	74
Cricopharyngomyotomy: Outcomes of flexible endoscopic management of small and medium sized Zenker's diverticulum	60
“So, what are you saying?”: A qualitative study of surgeon-patient communication in the rectal cancer consultations	58
Can robotic surgery contribute to surgeon wellness?	53
Deriving a definition of chronic critical illness: ICU stay of 10 days	42
Application of the ACS NSQIP Surgical Risk Calculator on a global scale	39
Early pharmacologic thromboprophylaxis after splenectomy is associated with better outcomes: A matched cohort study	38
Implications of declining medicare reimbursement of hernia repair for surgeons and patients	38
Prehospital ETCO2 is predictive of death in intubated and non-intubated patients	38
Primary Tumor Surgery in Patients with De Novo Stage IV Breast Cancer: Is there an Optimal Subgroup for Locoregional Therapy?	37
“Sucking the trouble” out of troubleshooting wound vacs: Video based curriculum development and implementation in a live tissue model	37
Gender-based disparities in burn injuries, care and outcomes: A World Health Organization (WHO) Global Burn Registry cohort study	33
Distressed community index as a predictor of presentation and postoperative outcomes in ventral hernia repair	33
Hartmann's reversal is associated with worse outcomes compared to elective left colectomy: A NSQIP analysis of 36,794 cases	32
The efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy is different for type 4 and large type 3 gastric cancer	31
Survival following liver transplantation: A population-based nested case-control study	30
Clinical utility of the quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score in predicting life-threatening traumatic hemorrhage: An observational study	29
Geospatial analysis of firearm injuries in an urban setting: Individual rather than community characteristics affect firearm injury risk	28
A matched cohort comparison of endoscopic resection, chemoradiation and esophagectomy in the treatment of early-stage esophageal squamous cell carcinoma	28
Current trends in surgical society membership: What does the future hold?	28
Timing and necessity of staging imaging in clinical stage II cutaneous melanoma: Cost-effectiveness and clinical decision analysis	28
Mentoring diverse students: Opening opportunities via virtual platforms	28
Rapid cold sterilization of 3D printed surgical instruments for the austere environment	28
A of analytics and B of big data in healthcare research: Telling the tale of health outcomes research from the eyes of data	28

Narrowing the global surgical perspective: The big city bias	27
Impact of an automated peri-procedural digital health intervention on rates of emergency department visits and readmissions	27