OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Annals of Thoracic Surgery is 39. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Editor's Choice	220
Moving Beyond Just Panning for Esophagectomy Gold	146
To Randomize or Not to Randomize: The Quest to Define “Good Judgment”	141
The Ross Procedure: A Rekindled Relationship	140
Increased Assist Device Use Requires Reduced Excessive Bleeding and Associated Cost-to-Benefit Analysis	140
Early Hemodynamic Valve Deterioration After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation	126
Editor's Choice	112
Selecting the Modern Cardiothoracic Surgery Trainee	95
Hematocrit and Renal Failure in Aortic Arch Surgery: A Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database Study	91
Structural Failure of the BioBridge Rib Prosthesis After Chest Wall Reconstruction	83
Surgical Considerations for the Mitral Valve in Congenitally Corrected Transposition	81
Unaddressed Methodological and Statistical Concerns in Assessing Patient-Prosthesis Mismatch After SAVR	72
Surgeon Perception of Artificial Intelligence in Thoracic Surgery: Insights From an International Survey	71
Editorial Board	61
Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair Stent Deployed in the Ascyrus Medical Dissection Stent	61
Outcomes of Leaflet Resection vs Chordal Replacement for Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation	59
Sublobar Resection in Early Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer With Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Mutant	56
No Shame in Sole Ascending Aortic Replacement for Acute Type A Aortic Dissection	55
Bridging the Gap Between Volume and Quality in Multiarterial Grafting	55
Two Interventions on Pathologic Nodal Staging in a Population-Based Lung Cancer Resection Cohort	55
Patient-Specific Biomechanics in Marfan Ascending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms	55
The Future Is the Present, but Not Always the Past	53
Impact of Antegrade Pulmonary Blood Flow as Patients Progress Through Single-Ventricle Palliations	52
Refining Perfusion Strategies in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: Evaluating the Impact of Goal-Directed Perfusion on AKI Reduction	51
Improving Safety of Cardiac Surgery During Pregnancy	50

Editorial Board	49
Perspectives on a Presidential Address	46
Multimodal Treatment of Resectable Esophageal Cancer	46
Paving the Way for Less Invasive Femoral Arterial Decannulation in VA-ECMO: Advancing the Decannulation Paradigm	45
The Innovation of an Expert-Guided Emergency Re-Sternotomy Cart: A Narrative Review	45
Minimally Invasive Versus Full Sternotomy for Isolated Aortic Valve Replacement in Low-Risk Patients	45
Pilot Study of Patient-Reported Outcomes in Patients With Esophageal Cancer After Esophagectomy	43
The Right WAYS to Repair the Mitral Valve	42
Apical Myectomy in HCM: Time to Let the Rubber of the Operation Meet the Road of a Randomized Trial	42
The Arterial Switch Is the Same Operation Anywhere; or Is It?	41
Editor’s Choice: A Place for All Thoracic Surgeons	41
Additional Discussion From Anesthesiologists: Preventive Strategy for Reexpansion Pulmonary Edema After Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery	41
Aortic-to-Right Ventricle Shunting for Rare Cardiovascular Conditions	39
Truncal Root Dilatation: A More Measured Approach	39