OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Annals of Surgery is 46. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Ductal Cancerization at the Pancreatic Neck Margin	270
Recurrence Following Operative vs. Non-Operative Management of Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction in Children	141
Equity in Pay	130
Nationwide Analysis of the Distribution of Level 1 and Level 2 Trauma Centers Per Population Growth and Motor Vehicle Collision Injuries/Fatalities Utilizing Geographic Information Systems Mapping Tec	123
“I Came up Short on the Academic Ladder”	116
Predictive Value of KLASS-02-QC Assessment Score on KLASS-02 Surgical Outcomes	116
Postoperative Overtriage to an Intensive Care Unit Is Associated With Low Value of Care	114
Association of Socioeconomic Status, Sex, Racial, and Ethnic Identity With Sustained and Cultivated Careers in Surgery	111
The Impact of Low Workplace Support During Pregnancy on Surgeon Distress and Career Dissatisfaction	109
Variation in Anesthesiology Provider–Volume for Complex Gastrointestinal Cancer Surgery	108
Improvement of the Natural Progression of Extremity Lymphedema Treated With Lymphatic Microsurgery	90
Goal-directed Perioperative Albumin Substitution Versus Standard of Care to Reduce Postoperative Complications	89
Prevention of Liver-related Surgical Site Infections in Combined Liver and Colorectal Surgery	88
Errors in Surgery	80
Competency, Proficiency, and Mastery	79
Efficacy of Neoadjuvant Therapy and the Prognostic Significance of Serum Carcinoembryonic Antigen Level in Patients with Localized Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma with Non-elevated Carbohydrate Antigen 19-9	77
Association of Health Professional Shortage Area Hospital Designation With Surgical Outcomes and Expenditures Among Medicare Beneficiaries	74
When Getting Bigger is Too Big	73
Outcomes for Gastrointestinal Oncologic Surgery Episodes in the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced Program	70
Updated Alternative Fistula Risk Score (ua-FRS) to Include Minimally Invasive Pancreatoduodenectomy: Pan-European Validation	70
Lessons From Social Psychology to Improve the Implementation and Use of the Surgical Safety Checklist in the Operating Room	68
Health System Structure	65
Influence of Socioeconomic Deprivation on Surgical Outcomes for Patients With Sigmoid Diverticulitis in France	62
Financial Toxicity Among Surgical Patients Varies by Income and Insurance	62
Association Between Surgeon and Anesthesiologist Sex Discordance and Postoperative Outcomes	61

Anatomic Location Predicts Response Rates: Real World Outcomes With Over 1100 Cycles of Talimogene Laherparepvec Description	59
Prescription Default Nudges for Opioid Reduction after Major Surgery (NORMS)	58
Impact of Community Socioeconomic Distress on Survival Following Heart Transplantation	58
Patient and Caregiver Experiences with Surgical Decision-Making in the Context of Dementia	57
Functional Outcomes After Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision (taTME) for Rectal Cancer	55
Navigating the Surgeon-Scientist Path in Health Services Research	54
Comparison of Short-term and Three-year Oncological Outcomes Between Robotic and Laparoscopic Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer	54
Recurrent Disease After Esophageal Cancer Surgery	53
Full Robotic Whole Graft Liver Transplantation	53
Operative Team Familiarity and Specialization at an Academic Medical Center	53
Validation of the PANAMA Score for Survival and Benefit of Adjuvant Therapy in Patients With Resected Pancreatic Cancer after Neoadjuvant FOLFIRINOX	51
Real-world Decision-making Process for Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy Versus Minimally Invasive Surgery in Early-stage Lung Cancer Patients	51
Ex Vivo Liver Resection and Autotransplantation	50
Structural Racism and Breast Cancer-specific Survival	48
Emergency Department Pediatric Readiness Among US Trauma Centers	48
Elucidating the Optimal Use of Mitigation Strategies for Improving Pancreatic Fistula Rates after Pancreatoduodenectomy	48
A Guide for Implementing Surgeon Resilience Initiatives: An Example of Surgical Peer Support	48
The #HOPE4LIVER Single-arm Pivotal Trial for Histotripsy of Primary and Metastatic Liver Tumors	47
Efficacy of Strategies Intended to Prevent Surgical Site Infection After Lower Limb Revascularization Surgery	46
Effect of Thoracic Surgery Regionalization on 1- and 3-Year Survival after Cancer Esophagectomy	46
Sentinel Lymph Node Mapping in Breast Cancer Patients Through Fluorescent Imaging Using Indocyanine Green	46