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Papers

(The median citation count of Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation is 2. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
Molecular matching tools for allocation and immunosuppression optimization. Ready for primetime?	71
Delayed graft function: current status and future directions	47
Editorial: Organ Preservation Revolution: the future is revisiting the past through a different lens	25
HLA-DQ antibodies in alloimmunity, what makes them different?	24
Update on surgical management of enteroatmospheric fistulae in intestinal failure patients	22
Urine CXCL10 as a biomarker in kidney transplantation	21
Overview of pregnancy in solid-organ transplantation	20
Editorial introductions	20
Using organ perfusion to optimize donor livers	19
Deceased donors with multidrug-resistant organisms: implications and future directions	18
Obesity and kidney transplantation	17
The perspective for next-generation lung replacement therapies: functional whole lung generation by blastocyst complementation	17
What is needed to ensure long-term sustainability for the field of vascularized composite allotransplantation?	15
New insights into ischemia-reperfusion injury signaling pathways in organ transplantation	15
Human cytomegalovirus: a survey of end-organ diseases and diagnostic challenges in solid organ transplant recipients	14
Editorial introductions	14
Role of T follicular helper and T follicular regulatory cells in antibody-mediated rejection: new therapeutic targets?	13
Modifying organs with gene therapy and gene modulation in the age of machine perfusion	13
Equity in liver transplantation: are we any closer?	13
Update on combined heart and liver transplantation: evolving patient selection, improving outcomes, and outstanding questions	12
Integrating risks and benefits: pretransplant assessment and patient selection for heart transplantation in adult congenital heart disease	11
Respiratory viral infections including COVID-19 in solid organ transplantation	11
The ethics of donation after circulatory death organ recovery: an overview of new considerations arising from procurement practice and policy changes	11
Language and cultural concordance to promote equity in organ transplantation for Hispanics with limited English proficiency	10
Establishing an upper extremity transplantation program: lessons learnt over 12 years	10

The sex disparity in liver transplantation	9
Noninvasive methods to reduce cardiac complications postheart transplant	9
Regulatory dendritic cell therapy in organ transplantation	9
Beyond donation to organ utilization in the UK	9
Management of the sensitized heart transplant candidate	9
Chronic rejection as a persisting phantom menace in organ transplantation: a new hope in the microbiota?	8
Uterus transplantation: the importance of uterine natural killer cells	8
Antispike monoclonal antibodies for prevention and treatment of coronavirus disease-2019 in solid organ transplant recipients	8
Donor-derived infections in solid organ transplant recipients	8
Cardiac evaluation of the liver transplant candidate	8
A review of transplant infectious diseases and pediatric transplant infectious diseases curriculum	8
Regulatory and transitional B cells: potential biomarkers and therapeutic targets in organ transplantation	8
Novel agents in the treatment of invasive fungal infections in solid organ transplant recipients	8
A cystic fibrosis patient	8
Machine perfusion in liver transplantation: recent advances and coming challenges	8
Defining chronic rejection in vascularized composite allografts – do we have reliable surrogates to look for?	7
Future directions for xenotransplantation in lungs	7
Living liver donor pain management	7
Editorial introductions	7
Ethical issues in organ procurement: donation after normothermic regional perfusion in liver transplantation	7
Are split liver grafts a suitable option in high-risk liver transplant recipients?	7
Management of long-term cardiovascular risk factors post organ transplant: Erratum	7
Nontransplant options for portomesenteric thrombosis	7
Editorial: Uterus transplantation: the only curative treatment for absolute uterine factor infertility is moving forward	7
Social support and transplantation	7
Lung preservation: from perfusion to temperature	7
The road to xenotransplantation	7
The impact of the gut microbiome on liver transplantation	6
Grasping time – longevity of vascularized composite allografts	6
Pediatric intestinal rehabilitation	6
Ethical considerations in lung re-transplantation	6
Editorial introductions	6
Optimizing cardiac status in the preliver transplant candidate	6
Thoraco-abdominal normothermic regional perfusion for thoracic transplantation in the United States: current state and future directions	6
Normothermic regional perfusion for donation after circulatory death donors	6
Kidney organ allocation: reducing discards	6
Liver transplantation for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: who, when and how	6
The role of living donor liver transplantation in colorectal cancer liver metastases	6
Novel cell-based strategies for immunomodulation in vascularized composite allotransplantation	6
Unraveling the spectrum of airway complications following lung transplantation: a comprehensive overview	6
Social and biologic determinants in lung transplant allocation	6
Cell-free DNA in lung transplantation: research tool or clinical workhorse?	6
Multidrug-resistant organisms in lung transplant: a narrative review	5
Editorial introductions	5
Uterus transplantation – donor and recipient work-up	5
Expanding MELD exceptions for colorectal liver metastasis: data and policy	5
Normothermic regional perfusion procurement for abdominal organ donors: techniques and troubleshooting	5
Approaches and strategies to manage the hepatitis C virus-positive heart donor	5
DSA in solid organ transplantation: is it a matter of specificity, amount, or functional characteristics?	5
Adherence in transplantation	5

Editorial introduction	5
Postoperative surgical complications after pediatric kidney transplantation in low weight recipients (<15 kg): a systematic review	5
Optimizing the pediatric transplant candidate	5
HIV in kidney transplantation	5
Potential options to expand the intestinal donor pool: a comprehensive review	5
Advances in desensitization for human leukocyte antigen incompatible kidney transplantation	5
Preserving and rejuvenating old organs for transplantation: novel treatments including the potential of senolytics	5
The history of ethical principles in liver transplant organ allocation in the United States: how historical and proposed allocations system fare in balancing utility vs. urgency and justice vs. pragma	5
Cystic fibrosis: candidate selection and impact of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator therapy	5
Controlling infections in hospitalized pretransplant candidates	4
The current state of tolerance induction in vascularized composite allotransplantation	4
Autologous gastrointestinal reconstruction surgery for short bowel syndrome: the cornerstone for intestinal rehabilitation	4
Editorial introductions	4
Viability assessment of the liver during ex-situ machine perfusion prior to transplantation	4
Uterus transplantation: ethical considerations	4
Effects of the complement system on antibody formation and function: implications for transplantation	4
Transplant oncology: keeping the patient's perspective in mind	4
Bacterial infections in solid organ transplant recipients	4
Coagulation management during liver transplantation: monitoring and decision making for hemostatic interventions	4
Innovative surgical techniques in the intestine and multivisceral transplant	4
Editorial introductions	4
The Liver Frailty Index: a model for establishing organ-specific frailty metrics across all solid organ transplantation	4
Acute complication posttransplant: primary allograft dysfunction	4
Machine wars and policy provisions: how the landscape of organ procurement and allocation is changing in the United States	4
Mind the gaps: reframing patient selection and organ allocation in liver transplantation	4
Use of belatacept in kidney transplantation: what's new?	4
Hypothermic machine perfusion for liver graft preservation	4
Update on immunosuppressive strategies in intestinal transplantation	3
Multiresistant organisms: bacteria and beyond	3
Managing pulmonary arterial hypertension: how to select and facilitate successful transplantation	3
Exercise training in solid organ transplant candidates and recipients	3
Ischemia-free organ transplantation − a review	3
Normothermic machine perfusion for liver transplantation: current state and future directions	3
Stroke and kidney transplantation	3
Editorial introduction	3
Editorial introductions	3
The importance of equity in transplant oncology	3
Implementing regulations and policies for uterus transplantation	3
Pain management for liver transplant recipients	3
Current review on the role of ileostomy following intestinal transplantation	3
Progress towards permanent respiratory support	3
Editorial introduction	3
Editorial introductions	3
Editorial: Current opinion in organ transplantation: lung transplantation	3
Ensuring equity in psychosocial risk assessment for solid organ transplantation: a review	3
Novel therapies for treatment of antibody-mediated rejection of the kidney	3
Closing the abdomen: update on the current surgical toolkit	3
Current challenges in xenotransplantation	2
Novel biomarkers of chronic lung allograft dysfunction: is there anything reliable?	2
Editorial: Mechanistic and therapeutic advances in antibody-mediated rejection: reasons to be optimistic	2
Molecular profiling in the management of hepatocellular carcinoma	2
Editorial introductions	2
Update on Covid-19: vaccines, timing of transplant after COVID-19 infection and use of positive donors	2
Kidney transplant program specific reporting and transplant metrics	2
Improving liver transplant outcomes with transplant-omics and network biology	2
Collaborative care models in adult congenital heart disease transplant	2
Pediatric intestine and multivisceral transplant	2
Utilization of hepatitis C virus-positive donors in kidney transplantation	2
Editorial introductions	2
Treating rare tumors with liver transplantation	2
Primary graft dysfunction after lung transplantation	2
Approaches to pretransplant vaccination	2
How to maximize graft survival	2
Ethical issues in solid organ transplantation: transfusion-free transplantation in Jehovah's witness patients	2
Mitochondria and ischemia reperfusion injury	2
Liver transplantation and portal vein tumour thrombus: futile enterprise?	2
Current opinion: advances in machine perfusion and preservation of vascularized composite allografts – will time still matter?	2
Immunotherapy for transplantation of hepatocellular carcinoma: the next frontier in adjunctive therapy	2
Squaring the Circle. Brain death and organ transplantation	2
Shorter durations of antibiotic therapy in organ transplant	2
Renal transplantation: the last iteration of the rest of the world	2
Fueling the success of transplantation through nutrition: recent insights into nutritional interventions, their interplay with gut microbiota and cellular mechanisms	2
Depression in transplantation	2
Disparities in heart and lung transplantation	2
Antibody-mediated rejection: prevention, monitoring and treatment dilemmas	2
From bench to bedside: reversing established antibody responses and desensitization	2
Beyond donation to organ utilization in the USA	2