OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery is 40. 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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Commentary: Ten-year survival, the holy grail in lung transplantation	235
Tumor biology is a major determinant of survival after pulmonary metastasectomy for colorectal cancer	215
Commentary: Let's start again!	142
Commentary: Take two mitochondria and call me in the morning	118
Commentary: Time to climb the ladder of causation	90
Commentary: Why I'm biased toward bilateral internal mammary artery	87
Commentary: Saphenous vein graft patency after coronary artery bypass grafting. It's all about getting the basics right	79
Commentary: With great power comes great responsibility—assessing the validity of propensity score methods	78
Congenital Articles in AATS Journals	75
Commentary: Benefits of SGLT2 inhibition in heart failure: A bellwether for importance of other metabolic pathways	75
Commentary: Aging, cognitive decline and performance: Will prevention provide the cure?	73
Assessing clinical competency: The long and the short of it	70
Commentary: Expanding the utility of the Ross procedure—proceed with caution	64
Discussion	61
Commentary: Another variable in the puzzle	61
Commentary: Wherever you go, go with all your heart	58
Discussion	57
Commentary: Strategic surgery to type A dissection: A bird in the hand or 2 in the bush?	56
Table of Contents	56
Commentary: Neoadjuvant immunotherapy: A brave new world	54
Commentary: Maze procedure or no maze procedure: That is the question	53
Additional survival benefit of bilateral in situ internal thoracic artery grafting with composite radial artery graft in total arterial off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting	51
Commentary: David I: Some people prefer vintage	50
The importance of left ventricular size	50
Discussion to: Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene conduits with curved and handsewn bileaflet designs for right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction	49

Commentary: Transcarotid versus direct aortic transthoracic aortic valve replacement: How best to enter the room where it happens?	48
Commentary: The value of access agility in the world of transcatheter aortic valve replacement	47
Thoracic Articles in AATS Journals	47
Bigger pies, bigger slices: Increased hospitalization costs for lung transplantation recipients in the non–donation service area allocation era	46
Commentary: Challenging the final frontier of lung transplantation	46
Commentary: Improving cardiothoracic scientific literature by meeting in the middle	46
Defining low-risk lesions in early-stage esophageal adenocarcinoma	46
Commentary: Del Nido cardioplegic solution: Is it really better than any other?	45
Diazoxide preserves myocardial function in a swine model of hypothermic cardioplegic arrest and prolonged global ischemia	45
Commentary: Permanent pacemaker implantation after cardiac surgery: Patience for our patients	42
Commentary: How to say goodbye	42
Commentary: Mitigating lung cancer mortality in patients with end-stage renal disease	41
Commentary: The Fontan cardiac transplant—time to embrace change	41
Congenital Articles in AATS Journals	41
An approach to mycotic aneurysm in unrepaired coarctation of the aorta	40
Commentary: Isolated tricuspid valve surgery time has changed: From futile to a must	40