OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Annals of Thoracic Surgery is 40. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Intermacs 2020 Annual Report	403
Does Tweeting Improve Citations? One-Year Results From the TSSMN Prospective Randomized Trial	139
Novel Percutaneous Tracheostomy for Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19	129
STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database: 2021 Update on Outcomes, Quality, and Research	107
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Cardiovascular Health Care	95
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Intermacs 2022 Annual Report: Focus on the 2018 Heart Transplant Allocation System	89
Twelfth Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support Report: Readmissions After Left Ventricular Assist Device	88
Fourth Annual Pediatric Interagency Registry for Mechanical Circulatory Support (Pedimacs) Report	87
Venoarterial-Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Without Routine Systemic Anticoagulation Decreases Adverse Events	87
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database: 2020 Update on Outcomes and Research	86
STS/SCA/AmSECT/SABM Update to the Clinical Practice Guidelines on Patient Blood Management	85
STS-ACC TVT Registry of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement	83
Management of Ground-Glass Opacities in the Lung Cancer Spectrum	82
Feasibility of Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Without Systemic Anticoagulation	78
The Surge After the Surge: Cardiac Surgery Post–COVID-19	76
Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	74
Adult Cardiac Surgery During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Tiered Patient Triage Guidance Statement	73
Cardiac Surgery in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A State-of-the-Art Review	68
Fifth Annual Pediatric Interagency Registry for Mechanical Circulatory Support (Pedimacs) Report	66
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support in Severe COVID-19	65
Clinical Impacts of EGFR Mutation Status: Analysis of 5780 Surgically Resected Lung Cancer Cases	61
Management of Persistent Pneumothorax With Thoracoscopy and Bleb Resection in COVID-19 Patients	61
Trifecta Versus Perimount Magna Ease Aortic Valve Prostheses	59
COVID-19 Guidance for Triage of Operations for Thoracic Malignancies: A Consensus Statement From Thoracic Surgery Outcomes Research Network	59
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American Association for Thoracic Surgery Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Type B Aortic Dissection	55

Predictive Utility of a Machine Learning Algorithm in Estimating Mortality Risk in Cardiac Surgery	55
Acute Type A Aortic Dissection During the COVID-19 Outbreak	49
Ross Operation in Children: 23-Year Experience From a Single Institution	48
Transcarotid Versus Subclavian/Axillary Access for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement With SAPIEN 3	48
Current and Future Applications of Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality in Cardiothoracic Surgery	48
Surgical Repair of Postinfarction Ventricular Septal Rupture: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	47
Distal Stent Graft–Induced New Entries After the Frozen Elephant Trunk Procedure	47
Acute Kidney Injury After Acute Repair of Type A Aortic Dissection	46
Sexual Harassment and Cardiothoracic Surgery: #UsToo?	44
Sex-Based Aortic Dissection Outcomes From the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection	43
Representation of Women in The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Authorship and Leadership Positions	43
Analysis of Acute Type A Aortic Dissection in Japan Registry of Aortic Dissection (JRAD)	42
A New Paradigm in Mechanical Circulatory Support: 100-Patient Experience	41
Reoperative Cardiac Surgery Is a Risk Factor for Long-Term Mortality	41
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery: A Narrative Review of its Application in Cardiac Surgery	40