OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Commentary: Can and should the National Inpatient Sample be used to evaluate trends in ventricular assist device use and outcomes?	232
Commentary: Ten-year survival, the holy grail in lung transplantation	207
Tumor biology is a major determinant of survival after pulmonary metastasectomy for colorectal cancer	139
Commentary: Let's start again!	111
Commentary: Long journey and a heavy load	88
Commentary: Take two mitochondria and call me in the morning	84
Commentary: Time to climb the ladder of causation	76
Commentary: Why I'm biased toward bilateral internal mammary artery	75
Commentary: Saphenous vein graft patency after coronary artery bypass grafting. It's all about getting the basics right	75
Commentary: With great power comes great responsibility—assessing the validity of propensity score methods	73
Congenital Articles in AATS Journals	71
Commentary: Benefits of SGLT2 inhibition in heart failure: A bellwether for importance of other metabolic pathways	67
Commentary: Aging, cognitive decline and performance: Will prevention provide the cure?	61
Assessing clinical competency: The long and the short of it	59
Commentary: Expanding the utility of the Ross procedure—proceed with caution	59
Commentary: Another variable in the puzzle	58
Discussion	56
Commentary: Wherever you go, go with all your heart	53
Discussion	52
Table of Contents	52
Commentary: Strategic surgery to type A dissection: A bird in the hand or 2 in the bush?	52
Commentary: Neoadjuvant immunotherapy: A brave new world	50
Commentary: Maze procedure or no maze procedure: That is the question	50
Additional survival benefit of bilateral in situ internal thoracic artery grafting with composite radial artery graft in total arterial off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting	49
The importance of left ventricular size	48

Commentary: David I: Some people prefer vintage	46
Commentary: Transcarotid versus direct aortic transthoracic aortic valve replacement: How best to enter the room where it happens?	46
Discussion to: Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene conduits with curved and handsewn bileaflet designs for right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction	46
Cardiac Surgical Unit-Advanced Life Support–certified centers are associated with improved failure to rescue after cardiac arrest: A propensity score–matched analysis	45
Defining low-risk lesions in early-stage esophageal adenocarcinoma	45
Thoracic Articles in AATS Journals	45
Commentary: Challenging the final frontier of lung transplantation	45
Commentary: The value of access agility in the world of transcatheter aortic valve replacement	45
Commentary: Improving cardiothoracic scientific literature by meeting in the middle	44
Significance of isolated postoperative atrial fibrillation in thoracic aortic aneurysm repair	43
Bigger pies, bigger slices: Increased hospitalization costs for lung transplantation recipients in the non–donation service area allocation era	41
Commentary: Del Nido cardioplegic solution: Is it really better than any other?	41
Diazoxide preserves myocardial function in a swine model of hypothermic cardioplegic arrest and prolonged global ischemia	41
Commentary: Permanent pacemaker implantation after cardiac surgery: Patience for our patients	40
Commentary: Mitigating lung cancer mortality in patients with end-stage renal disease	39
Commentary: How to say goodbye	39
Congenital Articles in AATS Journals	39
Risk prediction of occult lymph node metastasis in patients with clinical T1 through T2 N0 esophageal squamous cell carcinoma	39