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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Complex Mitral Valve Repair: Experience Matters	175
Moving Beyond Just Panning for Esophagectomy Gold	152
Resilience. Hope. Unity. STS Presidential Address 2021	135
Pulmonary Valve Designs and Innovation	121
Society Board	97
Editor’s Choice: A Place for All Thoracic Surgeons	96
Attrition Before Fontan vs Creating a Bad Fontan: The Dilemma	87
Impact of Antegrade Pulmonary Blood Flow as Patients Progress Through Single-Ventricle Palliations	84
No Shame in Sole Ascending Aortic Replacement for Acute Type A Aortic Dissection	79
Early Antireflux Surgery After Lung Transplant: Can We Justify the Risk?	69
Polytetrafluoroethylene Right Ventricular-Pulmonary Artery Conduit in Bigger Sizes: Bespoke and Fit for Purpose	68
Contents	65
Complete Revascularization Remains the Gold Standard in Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery	64
Hemodynamic Comparison of the On-X and Top Hat Mechanical Aortic Valve Prostheses	64
Calcification of Gore-Tex Neochord After Mitral Repair: Electron Microscopy	64
Hands On/Hands Off	61
Additional Discussion From Anesthesiologists: Preventive Strategy for Reexpansion Pulmonary Edema After Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery	61
Editorial Board	60
Double-leaflet Technique for Mitral Regurgitation With Small or Tethered Posterior Leaflet	55
Aortic-to-Right Ventricle Shunting for Rare Cardiovascular Conditions	52
Does the Type of Annuloplasty Ring or Band Affect the Outcome of Mitral Valve Repair?	49
The Right WAYS to Repair the Mitral Valve	47
Inferior-to-Superior Vena Cava Bypass for Baffle Stenosis After Atrial Switch	45
Late Durability of Mitral Repair for Ischemic Versus Nonischemic Functional Mitral Regurgitation	43
Bridging the Gap Between Volume and Quality in Multiarterial Grafting	43

The Use of Anterior Mitral Leaflet Augmentation With Autologous Pericardium: Why Not?	43
Validation of 2021 Adult Cardiac Surgery Risk Models for Multiple Valve Operations	42
Contemporary Multicenter Outcomes for Truncus Arteriosus With Interrupted Aortic Arch	41
Monobloc or Separate Aortic and Mitral Homografts for Endocarditis of the Intervalvular Fibrosa?	40
Uniportal Thoracoscopic Decortication for Stage III Tuberculous Empyema With Severe Rib Crowding	40
Editor's Choice	40
Serenity, Courage, and Wisdom	40
Truncal Root Dilatation: A More Measured Approach	39
High-Risk Committee for Cardiac Surgery Decision-Making: Results From 110 Consecutive Patients	39
Can Salvage Surgery Cause a Paradigm Shift in Lung Cancer Treatment?	38
Immunosuppression in HIV-Positive Heart Transplant Recipients During the Post–COVID-19 Era	37
Aortic Annular Enlargement During Aortic Valve Replacement: Shedding Light on the Conundrum	37