OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of American Journal of Surgery is 25. 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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
The efficacy of neoadjuvant chemotherapy is different for type 4 and large type 3 gastric cancer	82
From the Editor – in – Chief: Papers from the North Pacific Surgical Association	78
Early pharmacologic thromboprophylaxis after splenectomy is associated with better outcomes: A matched cohort study	65
Disparate resource allocation during the COVID-19 pandemic among trauma centers: A Western Trauma Association national survey	59
Advanced age alone should not preclude surveillance colonoscopy in the octogenarian and older population	46
Editorial Board	42
Current trends in surgical society membership: What does the future hold?	38
A of analytics and B of big data in healthcare research: Telling the tale of health outcomes research from the eyes of data	38
Work relative value units undervalue the clinical effort associated with teaching cases: An ACS-NSQIP analysis	37
Angling for improvement: The search for novel biomarkers in periampullary adenocarcinoma	35
Surgical equity: Care for persons experiencing homelessness	34
Impact of an automated peri-procedural digital health intervention on rates of emergency department visits and readmissions	33
Prehospital ETCO2 is predictive of death in intubated and non-intubated patients	33
Survival following liver transplantation: A population-based nested case-control study	32
Rapid cold sterilization of 3D printed surgical instruments for the austere environment	32
Cricopharyngomyotomy: Outcomes of flexible endoscopic management of small and medium sized Zenker's diverticulum	30
“So, what are you saying?”: A qualitative study of surgeon-patient communication in the rectal cancer consultations	29
Can robotic surgery contribute to surgeon wellness?	28
“Sucking the trouble” out of troubleshooting wound vacs: Video based curriculum development and implementation in a live tissue model	28
Hospital and surgeon variation in 30-day complication rates after ventral hernia repair	28
Gamification to enhance clinical and technical skills in surgical residency: A systematic review	27
A matched cohort comparison of endoscopic resection, chemoradiation and esophagectomy in the treatment of early-stage esophageal squamous cell carcinoma	27
Implications of declining medicare reimbursement of hernia repair for surgeons and patients	26
Impact of an automated peri-procedural digital health intervention on rates of emergency department visits and readmissions	25
First-generation physicians: The pursuit of academic surgery	25

Revisiting femoral hernia diagnosis rates by patient sex in inguinal hernia repairs