OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Commentary: Ten-year survival, the holy grail in lung transplantation	246
Commentary: Let's start again!	232
Commentary: Time to climb the ladder of causation	126
Commentary: Why I'm biased toward bilateral internal mammary artery	85
Commentary: With great power comes great responsibility—assessing the validity of propensity score methods	82
Congenital Articles in AATS Journals	81
Commentary: Benefits of SGLT2 inhibition in heart failure: A bellwether for importance of other metabolic pathways	77
Commentary: Aging, cognitive decline and performance: Will prevention provide the cure?	73
Assessing clinical competency: The long and the short of it	69
Commentary: Expanding the utility of the Ross procedure—proceed with caution	67
Commentary: Another variable in the puzzle	66
Discussion	60
Discussion	59
Commentary: Wherever you go, go with all your heart	59
Commentary: Strategic surgery to type A dissection: A bird in the hand or 2 in the bush?	58
Table of Contents	58
Commentary: David I: Some people prefer vintage	56
The importance of left ventricular size	56
Commentary: Transcarotid versus direct aortic transthoracic aortic valve replacement: How best to enter the room where it happens?	55
Discussion to: Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene conduits with curved and handsewn bileaflet designs for right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction	55
Commentary: The value of access agility in the world of transcatheter aortic valve replacement	50
Thoracic Articles in AATS Journals	49
Commentary: Challenging the final frontier of lung transplantation	47
Diazoxide preserves myocardial function in a swine model of hypothermic cardioplegic arrest and prolonged global ischemia	46
Commentary: Improving cardiothoracic scientific literature by meeting in the middle	46

Commentary: How to say goodbye	46
Commentary: Permanent pacemaker implantation after cardiac surgery: Patience for our patients	46
Commentary: Mitigating lung cancer mortality in patients with end-stage renal disease	45
Congenital Articles in AATS Journals	45
Commentary: The Fontan cardiac transplant—time to embrace change	44
An approach to mycotic aneurysm in unrepaired coarctation of the aorta	44
Commentary: How does the aortic wall interact with the aortic valve?	43
Commentary: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the thoracic surgeon: Choose wisely and preserve good judgment	43
Update Your AATS Profile	42
Discussion	41
Commentary: Inverted coronary arteries mostly seen in complex forms of transposition of the great arteries	41
Discussion	41
Commentary: The pervasive yet elusive problem of delirium after cardiac surgery	41
Thoracic Articles in AATS Journals	40
Commentary: The sublobar resections and the difference between a conjecture and a theorem	40