OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Surgical Research is 27. 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
A Closer Look Into Global Hospital Beds Capacity and Resource Shortages During the COVID-19 Pandemic	164
Immersive Virtual Reality for Surgical Training: A Systematic Review	95
Acral Lentiginous Melanoma: Incidence and Survival in the United States, 2006-2015, an Analysis of the SEER Registry	63
Impact of COVID-19 on Away Rotations in Surgical Fields	58
Underrepresented in Surgery: (Lack of) Diversity in Academic Surgery Faculty	52
The 5-Item Modified Frailty Index Predicts Adverse Outcomes in Trauma	47
Disparities in Emergency Versus Elective Surgery: Comparing Measures of Neighborhood Social Vulnerability	46
Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Injury After Thyroid Surgery: An Analysis of 11,370 Patients	45
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation with Right Ventricular Assist Device for COVID-19 ARDS	45
Adipose Tissue Hypertrophy, An Aberrant Biochemical Profile and Distinct Gene Expression in Lipedema	44
Gender Disparity Among Surgical Peer-Reviewed Literature	43
Systematic Review of Disparities in Care and Outcomes in Pediatric Appendectomy	42
Examining the Correlation Between Altmetric Score and Citations in the General Surgery Literature	42
Post Hoc Power: Not Empowering, Just Misleading	40
Prehabilitation Program Improves Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Elective Liver Resection	39
Hyperspectral Imaging (HSI) in Acute Mesenteric Ischemia to Detect Intestinal Perfusion Deficits	38
The 5 and 11 Factor Modified Frailty Indices are Equally Effective at Outcome Prediction Using TQIP	36
Machine Learning and Surgical Outcomes Prediction: A Systematic Review	34
Impact of Rural Hospital Closures on Health-Care Access	34
Gender Equity at Surgical Conferences: Quantity and Quality	34
Virtual Interviews May Fall Short for Pediatric Surgery Fellowships: Lessons Learned From COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2	33
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Academic American Surgery Faculty: An Elusive Dream	32
Virtual Rotations During COVID-19: An Opportunity for Enhancing Diversity	31
A 5-Year Analysis of the Integrated Plastic Surgery Residency Match: The Most Competitive Specialty?	31
A Nation-Wide Review of Elective Surgery and COVID-Surge Capacity	30

Current Views on the New United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 1 Pass/Fail Format: A Review of the Literature	28
Emergency Resuscitative Thoracotomy: A Nationwide Analysis of Outcomes and Predictors of Futility	27
Knockdown of cir_RNA PVT1 Elevates Gastric Cancer Cisplatin Sensitivity via Sponging miR-152-3p	27
Partial Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta: A Systematic Review of the Preclinical and Clinical Literature	27