OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of American Journal of Surgery is 26. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Hartmann's reversal is associated with worse outcomes compared to elective left colectomy: A NSQIP analysis of 36,794 cases	124
Nerve monitoring decreases recurrent laryngeal nerve injury risk for neoplasm-related thyroidectomy	122
Timing and necessity of staging imaging in clinical stage II cutaneous melanoma: Cost-effectiveness and clinical decision analysis	80
The efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy is different for type 4 and large type 3 gastric cancer	75
Application of the ACS NSQIP Surgical Risk Calculator on a global scale	63
From the Editor – in – Chief: Papers from the North Pacific Surgical Association	61
Mentoring diverse students: Opening opportunities via virtual platforms	56
Early pharmacologic thromboprophylaxis after splenectomy is associated with better outcomes: A matched cohort study	43
Disparate resource allocation during the COVID-19 pandemic among trauma centers: A Western Trauma Association national survey	42
Close surveillance imaging is unnecessary for patients with grade I blunt thoracic aortic injury	39
Advanced age alone should not preclude surveillance colonoscopy in the octogenarian and older population	37
Editorial Board	36
Current trends in surgical society membership: What does the future hold?	34
Clinical utility of the quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score in predicting life-threatening traumatic hemorrhage: An observational study	33
A of analytics and B of big data in healthcare research: Telling the tale of health outcomes research from the eyes of data	33
Locally advanced pancreatic cancer: Is surgical palliation associated with improved clinical outcome relative to medical palliation?	32
External validation of four Pancreatic Fistula Risk Score models in the Deep South US: Do racial disparities affect pancreatic fistula prediction?	31
First-generation physicians: The pursuit of academic surgery	30
Finding my people: Effects of student identity and vulnerability to Stereotype Threat on sense of belonging in surgery	29
Work relative value units undervalue the clinical effort associated with teaching cases: An ACS-NSQIP analysis	29
A matched cohort comparison of endoscopic resection, chemoradiation and esophagectomy in the treatment of early-stage esophageal squamous cell carcinoma	28
Revisiting femoral hernia diagnosis rates by patient sex in inguinal hernia repairs	28
The impact of COVID-19 on first-year medical education – Insights and lessons learned from students pursuing careers in surgery	28
Angling for improvement: The search for novel biomarkers in periampullary adenocarcinoma	27
Invited commentary: How important is a resident's schedule?	26

Deriving a definition of chronic critical illness: ICU stay of 10 days