OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Annals of Surgery is 44. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Ductal Cancerization at the Pancreatic Neck Margin	352
Prevention of Liver-related Surgical Site Infections in Combined Liver and Colorectal Surgery	167
Effect of Thoracic Surgery Regionalization on 1- and 3-Year Survival after Cancer Esophagectomy	162
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	162
Impact of Community Socioeconomic Distress on Survival Following Heart Transplantation	159
Prescription Default Nudges for Opioid Reduction after Major Surgery (NORMS)	131
Patient and Caregiver Experiences with Surgical Decision-Making in the Context of Dementia	109
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	105
When Getting Bigger is Too Big	101
Outcomes for Gastrointestinal Oncologic Surgery Episodes in the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced Program	97
Lessons From Social Psychology to Improve the Implementation and Use of the Surgical Safety Checklist in the Operating Room	81
Health System Structure	79
Equity in Pay	78
Efficacy of Strategies Intended to Prevent Surgical Site Infection After Lower Limb Revascularization Surgery	76
GERD Treatment Bias and the Underutilized Fundoplication	74
Association of Health Professional Shortage Area Hospital Designation With Surgical Outcomes and Expenditures Among Medicare Beneficiaries	73
The AUGIS Survival Predictor: Prediction of Long-Term and Conditional Survival After Esophagectomy Using Random Survival Forests	72
Navigating the Surgeon-Scientist Path in Health Services Research	71
Real-world Decision-making Process for Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy Versus Minimally Invasive Surgery in Early-stage Lung Cancer Patients	68
Anatomic Location Predicts Response Rates: Real World Outcomes With Over 1100 Cycles of Talimogene Laherparepvec Description	64
“I Came up Short on the Academic Ladder”	61
Influence of Socioeconomic Deprivation on Surgical Outcomes for Patients With Sigmoid Diverticulitis in France	61
The Impact of Low Workplace Support During Pregnancy on Surgeon Distress and Career Dissatisfaction	61
Variation in Anesthesiology Provider–Volume for Complex Gastrointestinal Cancer Surgery	60
Preventing Futile Laparotomy in Pancreatic Cancer through Selective Multimodal Staging	59

Comparison of Short-term and Three-year Oncological Outcomes Between Robotic and Laparoscopic Gastrectomy for Gastric Cancer	59
Validation of the PANAMA Score for Survival and Benefit of Adjuvant Therapy in Patients With Resected Pancreatic Cancer after Neoadjuvant FOLFIRINOX	58
Errors in Surgery	57
Revolutionizing Liver Transplantation	57
The Use of Prophylactic Insulin in Surgical Patients without Diabetes	57
Recurrence Following Operative Versus Nonoperative Management of Adhesive Small Bowel Obstruction in Children	57
Improvement of the Natural Progression of Extremity Lymphedema Treated With Lymphatic Microsurgery	56
Elucidating the Optimal Use of Mitigation Strategies for Improving Pancreatic Fistula Rates after Pancreatoduodenectomy	55
Predictive Value of KLASS-02-QC Assessment Score on KLASS-02 Surgical Outcomes	55
Ex Vivo Liver Resection and Autotransplantation	55
Goal-directed Perioperative Albumin Substitution Versus Standard of Care to Reduce Postoperative Complications	54
Mucosal Impedance in the Diagnosis and Surgical Management of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease	51
Non-technical Errors, a Hidden Contributor to Patient Mortality in Emergency General Surgery	50
Telesurgery	49
Competency, Proficiency, and Mastery	48
Microbiome Dysbiosis With Enterococcus Presence in the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract Is a Risk Factor for Mortality in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Pancreatic Cancer	48
Functional Outcomes After Transanal Total Mesorectal Excision (taTME) for Rectal Cancer	47
The #HOPE4LIVER Single-arm Pivotal Trial for Histotripsy of Primary and Metastatic Liver Tumors	44
Tumor Mutational Burden From Circulating Tumor DNA Predicts Recurrence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Resection	44