OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BJS Open is 24. 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 2020-09-01 to 2024-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Prehabilitation in elective abdominal cancer surgery in older patients: systematic review and meta-analysis	100
Identifying predictors of ventral hernia recurrence: systematic review and meta-analysis	59
Association of intraoperative hypotension with postoperative morbidity and mortality: systematic review and meta-analysis	53
Chemical signature of colorectal cancer: case–control study for profiling the breath print	52
The quantitative impact of COVID-19 on surgical training in the United Kingdom	44
Virtual reality simulation in robot-assisted surgery: meta-analysis of skill transfer and predictability of skill	44
Safety and feasibility of 2 h of normothermic machine perfusion of donor kidneys in the Eurotransplant Senior Program	40
Outcomes of robot-assisted versus conventional laparoscopic low anterior resection in patients with rectal cancer: propensity-matched analysis of the National Clinical Database in Japan	36
Reasons for staying in hospital after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomy	32
The use of ChatGPT and other large language models in surgical science	31
Conversion therapy for initially unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma using a combination of toripalimab, lenvatinib plus TACE: real-world study	30
Minimally invasive versus open pelvic exenterations for rectal cancer: a comparative analysis of perioperative and 3-year oncological outcomes	29
Radiomics: a new tool to differentiate adrenocortical adenoma from carcinoma	28
Gender representation in editorial boards of international general surgery journals	28
Intracorporeal versus extracorporeal anastomosis in laparoscopic right colectomy: updated meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	28
Routine versus selective intraoperative cholangiography during cholecystectomy: systematic review, meta-analysis and health economic model analysis of iatrogenic bile duct injury	27
Current evidence on posthepatectomy liver failure: comprehensive review	27
Defining indocyanine green fluorescence to assess anastomotic perfusion during gastrointestinal surgery: systematic review	26
Minimally invasive techniques for transthoracic oesophagectomy for oesophageal cancer: systematic review and network meta-analysis	26
Update of the international HerniaSurge guidelines for groin hernia management	25
A systematic review of outcome reporting in incisional hernia surgery	25
Pathological complete response as a surrogate to improved survival in human epidermal growth factor receptor-2-positive breast cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis	25
Suture rectopexy versus ventral mesh rectopexy for complete full-thickness rectal prolapse and intussusception: systematic review and meta-analysis	24
Perioperative optimization in complex abdominal wall hernias: Delphi consensus statement	24