OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Annals of Thoracic Surgery is 37. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Moving Beyond Just Panning for Esophagectomy Gold	196
Resilience. Hope. Unity. STS Presidential Address 2021	146
Pulmonary Valve Designs and Innovation	128
Society Board	113
Editor’s Choice: A Place for All Thoracic Surgeons	112
Impact of Antegrade Pulmonary Blood Flow as Patients Progress Through Single-Ventricle Palliations	107
Early Antireflux Surgery After Lung Transplant: Can We Justify the Risk?	96
No Shame in Sole Ascending Aortic Replacement for Acute Type A Aortic Dissection	96
Contents	88
Calcification of Gore-Tex Neochord After Mitral Repair: Electron Microscopy	85
Additional Discussion From Anesthesiologists: Preventive Strategy for Reexpansion Pulmonary Edema After Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery	75
Hands On/Hands Off	69
Editorial Board	68
Does the Type of Annuloplasty Ring or Band Affect the Outcome of Mitral Valve Repair?	66
The Right WAYS to Repair the Mitral Valve	64
The Use of Anterior Mitral Leaflet Augmentation With Autologous Pericardium: Why Not?	59
Monobloc or Separate Aortic and Mitral Homografts for Endocarditis of the Intervalvular Fibrosa?	54
Editor's Choice	53
Truncal Root Dilatation: A More Measured Approach	49
Can Salvage Surgery Cause a Paradigm Shift in Lung Cancer Treatment?	49
Aortic Annular Enlargement During Aortic Valve Replacement: Shedding Light on the Conundrum	47
Immunosuppression in HIV-Positive Heart Transplant Recipients During the Post–COVID-19 Era	46
Restrictive Mitral Annuloplasty: Patient Selection Is the Key	46
Editor’s Choice: Papers That May Change Your Practice	46
Biodegradable Stent Placement for Airway Kinking After Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction Treatment	45

Corrigendum	45
Apical Myectomy in HCM: Time to Let the Rubber of the Operation Meet the Road of a Randomized Trial	45
Erratum	45
Editor's Choice	44
Increased Assist Device Use Requires Reduced Excessive Bleeding and Associated Cost-to-Benefit Analysis	43
The Ross Procedure: A Rekindled Relationship	41
Selecting the Modern Cardiothoracic Surgery Trainee	41
A Novel Surgical Technique to Address Post-Septal Myectomy Ventricular Septal Defect	40
Patient-Specific Biomechanics in Marfan Ascending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms	39
Structural Failure of the BioBridge Rib Prosthesis After Chest Wall Reconstruction	39
Transcervical Transtracheal Resection of Cervical Esophageal Smooth Muscle Tumor	38
Hematocrit and Renal Failure in Aortic Arch Surgery: A Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database Study	38