OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Surgical Education is 29. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Effect of COVID-19 on Surgical Training Across the United States: A National Survey of General Surgery Residents	146
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Medicine: Why It Matters and How do We Achieve It?	82
Creation of an Interactive Virtual Surgical Rotation for Undergraduate Medical Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic	73
The Change of USMLE Step 1 to Pass/Fail: Perspectives of the Surgery Program Director	69
Looking Beyond the Numbers: Increasing Diversity and Inclusion Through Holistic Review in General Surgery Recruitment	65
Stress and the Surgical Resident in the COVID-19 Pandemic	60
Diversity and Inclusion: A Review of Effective Initiatives in Surgery	56
Building Rapport and Earning the Surgical Patient's Trust in the Era of Social Distancing: Teaching Patient-Centered Communication During Video Conference Encounters to Medical Students	53
Factors Influencing Female Medical Students’ Decision to Pursue Surgical Specialties: A Systematic Review	50
Virtual Interviews for the Independent Plastic Surgery Match: A Modern Convenience or a Modern Misrepresentation?	47
A Comparison Between In-Person and Virtual Fellowship Interviews During the COVID-19 Pandemic	47
The Case for Capping Residency Interviews	45
Applicant Familiarity Becomes Most Important Evaluation Factor in USMLE Step I Conversion to Pass/Fail: A Survey of Plastic Surgery Program Directors	42
Live-Streaming Surgery for Medical Student Education - Educational Solutions in Neurosurgery During the COVID-19 Pandemic	42
Medical Student Assessment in the Time of COVID-19	42
A Comprehensive Multicomponent Neurosurgical Course with use of Virtual Reality: Modernizing the Medical Classroom	39
An In-Depth Analysis of Research Output in Successful Integrated Plastic Surgery Match Applicants and Factors Associated With Matching at Top-Ranked Programs	39
Overcoming the Impact of COVID-19 on Surgical Mentorship: A Scoping Review of Long-distance Mentorship in Surgery	37
Medical Student Research Productivity: Which Variables are Associated with Matching to a Highly Ranked Orthopaedic Residency Program?	37
Do General Surgery Residency Program Websites Feature Diversity?	37
Assessment of YouTube as an Educational Tool in Teaching Key Indicator Cases in Otolaryngology During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: Neck Dissection	35
General Surgical Resident Operative Autonomy vs Patient Outcomes: Are we Compromising Training without Net Benefit to Hospitals or Patients?	34
Adaptation to Open-Book Online Examination During the COVID-19 Pandemic	33
Home Field Advantage: Assessing the Geographic Trends of the Plastic Surgery Residency Match during the COVID-19 Pandemic	33
Disruption to Surgical Training during Covid-19 in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australasia: A Rapid Review of Impact and Mitigation Efforts	32

Implementation of an E-Learning Academic Elective for Hands-On Basic Surgical Skills to Supplement Medical School Surgical Education	32
Artificial Intelligence and Surgical Education: A Systematic Scoping Review of Interventions	30
Deliberate Practice in Simulation-Based Surgical Skills Training: A Scoping Review	30
Ethnic/Racial Bias in Medical School Performance Evaluation of General Surgery Residency Applicants	29
Nevertheless, They Persisted: How Women Experience Gender-Based Discrimination During Postgraduate Surgical Training	29
US Medical Student Perspectives on the Impact of a Pass/Fail USMLE Step 1	29
Current Barriers in Robotic Surgery Training for General Surgery Residents	29
Characteristics of Successful Integrated Plastic Surgery Applicants from US Allopathic Medical Schools without a Home Integrated Program	29