OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of American Journal of Surgery is 27. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Surgeon experience increases nerve identification during Lichtenstein hernia repair: a nationwide register-based study	94
Angling for improvement: The search for novel biomarkers in periampullary adenocarcinoma	83
We have earned our place	62
Close surveillance imaging is unnecessary for patients with grade I blunt thoracic aortic injury	61
Women in surgical innovation (part II): Getting to know yourself, your customer, and your product	58
Rapid cold sterilization of 3D printed surgical instruments for the austere environment	45
External validation of four Pancreatic Fistula Risk Score models in the Deep South US: Do racial disparities affect pancreatic fistula prediction?	43
Impact of an automated peri-procedural digital health intervention on rates of emergency department visits and readmissions	41
Narrowing the global surgical perspective: The big city bias	40
Cricopharyngomyotomy: Outcomes of flexible endoscopic management of small and medium sized Zenker's diverticulum	40
Can robotic surgery contribute to surgeon wellness?	37
Early pharmacologic thromboprophylaxis after splenectomy is associated with better outcomes: A matched cohort study	36
Prehospital ETCO2 is predictive of death in intubated and non-intubated patients	35
The efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy is different for type 4 and large type 3 gastric cancer	33
Hartmann's reversal is associated with worse outcomes compared to elective left colectomy: A NSQIP analysis of 36,794 cases	33
Implications of declining medicare reimbursement of hernia repair for surgeons and patients	33
Clinical utility of the quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score in predicting life-threatening traumatic hemorrhage: An observational study	32
Timing and necessity of staging imaging in clinical stage II cutaneous melanoma: Cost-effectiveness and clinical decision analysis	31
A of analytics and B of big data in healthcare research: Telling the tale of health outcomes research from the eyes of data	30
A matched cohort comparison of endoscopic resection, chemoradiation and esophagectomy in the treatment of early-stage esophageal squamous cell carcinoma	30
Work relative value units undervalue the clinical effort associated with teaching cases: An ACS-NSQIP analysis	29
Advanced age alone should not preclude surveillance colonoscopy in the octogenarian and older population	29
Impact of an automated peri-procedural digital health intervention on rates of emergency department visits and readmissions	29
Editorial Board	29
Disparate resource allocation during the COVID-19 pandemic among trauma centers: A Western Trauma Association national survey	28

The impact of COVID-19 on first-year medical education – Insights and lessons learned from students pursuing careers in surgery	28
The impact of Area Deprivation Index (ADI) in abdominal wall reconstruction (AWR)	27
Influence of endocrine multidisciplinary tumor board on patient management and treatment decision making	27
Effect of antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapy on bleeding complications following ventral hernia repair: An ACHQC analysis	27
Nerve monitoring decreases recurrent laryngeal nerve injury risk for neoplasm-related thyroidectomy	27