OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of EJSO is 31. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Characteristics of Cervical Lymph Node Involvement in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma	72
Savi Scout Radar Localisation in Breast Cancer Surgery: The First UK National Health Service Experience	61
Sarcomas: long-term outcomes and risk factors for recurrence and mortality	56
Merkel Cell Carcinoma of the Breast: A Case Report	55
Radiofrequency Tag Localisation for Breast Lesions, A single center experience	55
Gastric and small intestine gastrointestinal stromal tumors: our experience	54
Predictive factors of invasion in ductal carcinoma in situ – retrospective observational study	53
Survival analysis and prognostic factors of retroperitoneal liposarcoma curative surgery in a single-center. Analysis of adjacent organ invasion between imaging and definitive histopathology.	51
The results of salvage esophagectomy by minimal invasive approach after failed definitive chemoradiotherapy for carcinoma esophagus at a tertiary cancer care centre from India	47
Role of local excision for suspected regrowth in a Watch and Wait strategy for rectal cancer	41
A genomically stable molecular type of gastric cancer as a predictor of peritoneal relapse after radical surgical treatment	41
Transanal Total Mesorectal Experience - A single-center experience	40
Factors associated with late prognosis in the HER2-positive breast cancer. A nationwide study from Korean Breast Cancer Society	38
A systematic literature review of the efficacy of Indocyanine Green fluorescence for the identification of non-palpable breast tumors	37
Fleur-de-lis-like incision for Wise pattern superior-pedicle oncoplastic breast cancer surgery	37
Predictive factors affecting prolonged postoperative ileus in colon cancer patients	36
CT-diagnosed EMVI status has high prognostic accuracy in colon cancer patients: Comparison of pathologic EMVI	36
Desmoid tumor as a postoperative complication after a colorectal surgery	36
ESSO Announcements	34
Histopathology Request Forms for Anterior and Abdominal Perineal Resections against the RCPA Guidelines	34
Prognostic value of type IV collagen expression in early breast cancer.	34
Short-term and Long-term Outcomes of Transanal Local Excision of cT3N0-2 Rectal Cancer Showing Major Response (ycT0-1N0) after Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy: A Prospective Multicenter Phase II Study	33
Oncological outcomes and Quality of life in Locally Advanced and Recurrent Rectal cancer patients following Pelvic Exenteration	33
Host phenotypic adversity independently predicts progression to resection in neoadjuvantly-treated pancreatic cancer	32
A Rare Site of Metastasis - Case Report of a Single Spleen Metastasis from Rectal Cancer	32

Efficacy of neoadjuvant followed by adjuvant therapy in marginally resectable stage IIIB-D or IV melanoma	32
Tunneled de-epithelialized supraclavicular artery island flap for oral cavity reconstruction after cancer extirpation: OCMU experience	32
Age-Related Incidence and Peak Occurrence of Contralateral Breast Cancer	32
Tumour-guided cell free tumour DNA analysis in peritoneal fluids of gastric cancer patients can detect occult peritoneal metastases	32
Regional variation in curative and palliative care for patients with esophageal and gastric carcinoma	32
Prognostic value of dedicated breast 18F-FDG PET/MRI in breast cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant chemo(targeted) therapy	31
Breast Cancer Systemic Dryness in Survivorship Clinic	31