Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
ABTS Announcement for Continuing Certification119
Update Your AATS Profile104
Thoracic Articles in AATS Journals103
Don't Bring Home Leftovers: Increasing Your Impact with 7 Easy, Self-Care Strategies90
Discussion to: The fate of concomitant tricuspid regurgitation in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting85
Congenital Articles in AATS Journals83
Commentary: Just do it: Complete coronary artery revascularization—more is less!73
Commentary: Another glimpse of light for patients with Marfan syndrome72
Commentary: Maze procedure or no maze procedure: That is the question70
Discussion67
Commentary: Isolated tricuspid valve surgery time has changed: From futile to a must66
Discussion66
Commentary: Aging, cognitive decline and performance: Will prevention provide the cure?64
Commentary: Neoadjuvant immunotherapy: A brave new world63
Discussion59
Commentary: The hardest part of cardiothoracic surgery is getting to do it58
Commentary: Challenging the final frontier of lung transplantation57
Commentary: Wherever you go, go with all your heart56
Commentary: The value of access agility in the world of transcatheter aortic valve replacement54
Thoracic Articles in AATS Journals54
Editorial Board page52
Commentary: Cardioplegia for immature hearts utilized in adult hearts: What is at stake?51
Commentary: Building a successful robotic mitral surgery program—one size does not fit all48
Commentary: More insights into the resect versus respect debate: Will we ever have a winner?47
Discussion47
Commentary: Expanding the utility of the Ross procedure—proceed with caution46
Discussion46
Discussion46
Commentary: Transcarotid versus direct aortic transthoracic aortic valve replacement: How best to enter the room where it happens?45
Commentary: Benefits of SGLT2 inhibition in heart failure: A bellwether for importance of other metabolic pathways44
Commentary: Another variable in the puzzle44
Commentary: David I: Some people prefer vintage42
Assessing clinical competency: The long and the short of it42
Aortic root replacement in the setting of a mildly dilated nonsyndromic ascending aorta41
Interpreting survival comparisons in stage III non–small cell lung cancer: Performance bias and the need for subgroup-specific analysis41
Aortic root geometry following composite valve graft implantation: Implications for future valve-in-valve procedures40
Mind over heart: Is cognitive decline after cardiac surgery real?40
Critical insights on aortic aneurysm repair after cardiac ischemia40
Revisiting interpretability in artificial intelligence−based mitral valve risk models39
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