OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of American Journal of Surgery is 25. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
The efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy is different for type 4 and large type 3 gastric cancer	82
From the Editor – in – Chief: Papers from the North Pacific Surgical Association	78
Early pharmacologic thromboprophylaxis after splenectomy is associated with better outcomes: A matched cohort study	65
Disparate resource allocation during the COVID-19 pandemic among trauma centers: A Western Trauma Association national survey	59
Advanced age alone should not preclude surveillance colonoscopy in the octogenarian and older population	46
Editorial Board	42
Current trends in surgical society membership: What does the future hold?	38
A of analytics and B of big data in healthcare research: Telling the tale of health outcomes research from the eyes of data	38
Work relative value units undervalue the clinical effort associated with teaching cases: An ACS-NSQIP analysis	37
Angling for improvement: The search for novel biomarkers in periampullary adenocarcinoma	35
Surgical equity: Care for persons experiencing homelessness	34
Impact of an automated peri-procedural digital health intervention on rates of emergency department visits and readmissions	33
Prehospital ETCO2 is predictive of death in intubated and non-intubated patients	33
Survival following liver transplantation: A population-based nested case-control study	32
Rapid cold sterilization of 3D printed surgical instruments for the austere environment	32
Cricopharyngomyotomy: Outcomes of flexible endoscopic management of small and medium sized Zenker's diverticulum	30
“So, what are you saying?”: A qualitative study of surgeon-patient communication in the rectal cancer consultations	29
Hospital and surgeon variation in 30-day complication rates after ventral hernia repair	28
Can robotic surgery contribute to surgeon wellness?	28
“Sucking the trouble” out of troubleshooting wound vacs: Video based curriculum development and implementation in a live tissue model	28
A matched cohort comparison of endoscopic resection, chemoradiation and esophagectomy in the treatment of early-stage esophageal squamous cell carcinoma	27
Gamification to enhance clinical and technical skills in surgical residency: A systematic review	27
Implications of declining medicare reimbursement of hernia repair for surgeons and patients	26
Revisiting femoral hernia diagnosis rates by patient sex in inguinal hernia repairs	25
Impact of an automated peri-procedural digital health intervention on rates of emergency department visits and readmissions	25

First-generation physicians: The pursuit of academic surgery