OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of World Journal of Surgical Oncology is 23. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
GSTP1 c.313A > G mutation is an independent risk factor for neutropenia hematotoxicity induced by anthracycline-/paclitaxel-based chemotherapy in breast cancer patients	75
Survival outcomes of abdominal radical hysterectomy, laparoscopic radical hysterectomy, robot-assisted radical hysterectomy and vaginal radical hysterectomy approaches for early-stage cervical cancer:	68
Metastatic melanoma to small bowel: metastasectomy is supported in the era of immunotherapy and checkpoint inhibitors	54
Division of the inferior pulmonary ligament during upper lobectomy does not improve postoperative pulmonary function: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies and randomized cont	46
Prognostic value of the controlling nutritional status (CONUT) score in patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma: a meta-analysis	42
RETRACTED ARTICLE: LncRNA SOX21-AS1 accelerates endometrial carcinoma progression through the miR-7-5p/RAF1 pathway	42
Response to comment on “Pooled analysis of Xpert bladder cancer based on the 5 mRNAs for rapid diagnosis of bladder carcinoma”	42
Contralateral lymph node metastasis in recurrent ipsilateral breast cancer with Lynch syndrome: a locoregional event	39
An update on the molecular mechanisms underlying the progression of miR-21 in oral cancer	35
Impact of histopathological subtypes on invasive lung adenocarcinoma: from epidemiology to tumour microenvironment to therapeutic strategies	34
Clinical comparative study of the modified superior mesenteric artery approach in total laparoscopic radical resection for right colon cancer - a single-center retrospective study	34
Reply to the letter to the editor concerning the article “clinical outcomes of chondroblastoma treated using synthetic bone substitute: risk factors for developing radiographic joint degeneration”	33
A retrospective clinical analysis of 11 cases of PEComa from different sites	32
Application of modified spiral tracheoplasty in thyroid carcinoma with trachea invasion: a retrospective analysis of 15 cases	30
Prognostic value of functional SMAD4 localization in extrahepatic bile duct cancer	27
Transesophageal echocardiography-guided implantation of totally implantable venous access devices via the internal jugular vein: retrospective analysis of 297 cases in pediatric patients	27
Primary colonic melanoma: a rare entity	26
Relationship between cancer stem cell-related SNPs and survival outcomes in patients with primary lung cancer	26
Presurgical computed tomography-guided localization of lung ground glass nodules: comparing hook-wire and indocyanine green	26
Low preoperative psoas muscle mass index is a risk factor for distal cholangiocarcinoma recurrence after pancreatoduodenectomy: a retrospective analysis	25
Efficacy and safety of IDH inhibitors in IDH-mutated cancers: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 4 randomized controlled trials	25
Short-term outcomes of totally robotic versus robotic-assisted distal gastrectomy for gastric cancer: a single-center retrospective study	24
Prognostic significance of 4R lymph node dissection in patients with right primary non-small cell lung cancer	23
CCND2 and miR-206 as potential biomarkers in the clinical diagnosis of thyroid carcinoma by fine-needle aspiration cytology	23
Impacts of ovarian preservation on the prognosis of neuroendocrine cervical carcinoma: a retrospective analysis based on machine learning	23

Prognostic factors in colorectal liver metastases patients with various tumor numbers treated by liver resection: a single-center, retrospective study	23
The predictors of short and long term urinary continence recovery after laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: a single cancer center report in China	23
Pancreaticoduodenal and choledochal hemangiomatosis with vascular variation in a child: a rare disease with challenge starts from diagnosis—a case report	23