OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of British Journal of Surgery is 38. 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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)

Article	Citations
In memoriam: Sir Roy Yorke Calne (1930–2024): pioneering transplant surgeon	842019376
COVID-19 pandemic: perspectives on an unfolding crisis	562
Immediate and long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on delivery of surgical services	485
Global guidance for surgical care during the COVID-19 pandemic	416
Safe management of surgical smoke in the age of COVID-19	139
European guidelines from the EHTG and ESCP for Lynch syndrome: an updated third edition of the Mallorca guidelines based on gene and gender	122
Comparison of the duration of hospital stay after laparoscopic or open distal pancreatectomy: randomized controlled trial	109
Regenerative medicine, organ bioengineering and transplantation	102
Personal protective equipment for surgeons during COVID-19 pandemic: systematic review of availability, usage and rationing	100
Delaying surgery for patients with a previous SARS-CoV-2 infection	89
Locoregional recurrences after transanal total mesorectal excision of rectal cancer during implementation	81
SARS-CoV-2 vaccination modelling for safe surgery to save lives: data from an international prospective cohort study	76
Recommendations for general surgery activities in a pandemic scenario (SARS-CoV-2)	74
Laparoscopic and open liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma with Child–Pugh B cirrhosis: multicentre propensity score-matched study	73
Learning curves in minimally invasive hepatectomy: systematic review and meta-regression analysis	71
Long-term follow-up of the randomized trial of mesorectal excision with or without lateral lymph node dissection in rectal cancer (JCOG0212)	68
Acute pancreatitis in a COVID-19 patient	66
Robotic versus laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy: multicentre analysis	60
Demographic trends in the incidence of young-onset colorectal cancer: a population-based study	59
Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass versus laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: 5-year outcomes of merged data from two randomized clinical trials (SLEEVEPASS and SM-BOSS)	59
Elective surgery after the pandemic: waves beyond the horizon	58
Laparoscopic versus open resection of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with cirrhosis: meta-analysis	57
Neoadjuvant immunotherapy in primary and metastatic colorectal cancer	56
Updated guideline for closure of abdominal wall incisions from the European and American Hernia Societies	52
Reduction in emergency surgery activity during COVID-19 pandemic in three Spanish hospitals	52

Functional complaints and quality of life after transanal total mesorectal excision: a meta-analysis	49
Local recurrence after local excision of early rectal cancer: a meta-analysis of completion TME, adjuvant (chemo)radiation, or no additional treatment	49
Covid-19 may present with acute abdominal pain	48
C-reactive protein trajectory to predict colorectal anastomotic leak: PREDICT Study	46
Clinicopathological features and oncological outcomes of patients with young-onset rectal cancer	42
Rectal cancer lateral lymph nodes: multicentre study of the impact of obturator and internal iliac nodes on oncological outcomes	41
MRI cT1–2 rectal cancer staging accuracy: a population-based study	41
Modelling centralization of pancreatic surgery in a nationwide analysis	41
Superiority of continuous over intermittent intraoperative nerve monitoring in preventing vocal cord palsy	41
Static cold storage compared with normothermic machine perfusion of the liver and effect on ischaemic-type biliary lesions after transplantation: a propensity score-matched study	41
Convert to open: the new paradigm for surgery during COVID-19?	40
European Hernia Society guidelines on management of rectus diastasis	40
Artificial intelligence indocyanine green (ICG) perfusion for colorectal cancer intra-operative tissue classification	39
Role of tumour location and surgical extent on prognosis in T2 gallbladder cancer: an international multicentre study	38
Resource requirements for reintroducing elective surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic: modelling study	38
International multicentre propensity score-matched analysis comparing robotic versus laparoscopic right posterior sectionectomy	38
Rectal cancer lateral pelvic sidewall lymph nodes: a review of controversies and management	38