OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of American Journal of Transplantation is 55. 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
OFC 23rd Winter Symposium	322
AJT Digest for Patients: Their Own Window into Key Research	306
Dual Kidney Transplantation from Extended Marginal Donors in the United States: An analysis of SRTR and Literature Review	283
Benefits Of Preemptive Transplantation In Older Patients with High KDPI Kidneys: Is Sooner Better Than Later?	216
Are we closer to abandoning protocol graft biopsies after pediatric liver transplantation?	207
Optimization of donor flow matching and portal modulation to decrease small for size syndrome in Living Donor Liver Transplant - A Single Center American Experience	144
Deceased Kidney Donors on Dialysis Create Opportunities for Renal Transplantation: A Single Center Experience	132
Outcomes By Epstein-Barr Virus Serostatus In Pediatric Kidney Transplantation	131
Induction of fetomaternal tolerance? Suppressing B cells!	129
De novo membranous nephropathy in a pig-to-baboon kidney xenograft: A new xenograft glomerulopathy	124
Pediatric cardiac xenotransplantation and stakeholder engagement	121
Phage-display immunoprecipitation for precision mapping the autoreactome	118
Weak antibody response to three doses of mRNA vaccine in kidney transplant recipients treated with belatacept	114
Will the flu vaccine work this year?	114
New metrics to measure OPO performance are here: How do we ensure organizations receive feedback and improve organ donation?	111
Effects of in vivo CXCR4 blockade and proteasome inhibition on bone marrow plasma cells in HLA-sensitized kidney transplant candidates	111
Kaposi sarcoma herpesvirus inflammatory cytokine syndrome—a severe complication of an overlooked donor-derived infection	105
Accurate eplet identification is necessary for accurate risk assessment	104
Alloantibodies after simultaneous liver-kidney transplant: A story of primary nonfunction, retransplantation, and antibody-mediated rejection	95
Rituximab for recurrence of primary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis after kidney transplantation: Results of a nationwide study	95
Short- and long-term complications after living donor ileal resection	93
Rethinking Lactate’s Role as a Post-Transplant Outcome Predictor During Normothermic Machine Perfusion: Science or Speculation?	92
International multicenter study of ultralow graft-to-recipient weight ratio grafts in adult living donor liver transplantation	83
Navigating challenges in recipient selection for end-chain kidneys	82
Polymicrobial bacteremia in a heart transplant recipient: More than what meets the eye	79

First case of rapidly fatal mpox from secondary (household) transmission in a kidney transplant recipient	77
The benefit to waitlist patients in a national paired kidney exchange program: Exploring characteristics of chain end living donor transplants	77
Impact of interleukin-6 on T cells in kidney transplant recipients	77
Disparities in liver transplantation: One size may not fit all	76
An ethical analysis of conditional and partially directed live kidney donation among strangers—The Israeli experience	76
Outside Front Cover	73
Generating strategies for a national comeback in pancreas transplantation: A Delphi survey and US conference report	70
Validation of a novel donor lung scoring system based on the updated lung Composite Allocation Score	69
The role of interleukin-21 in COVID-19 vaccine–induced B cell–mediated immune responses in patients with kidney disease and kidney transplant recipients	69
Expression of CD40 on Monocytes and Lymphocytes in Kidney Transplant Patients	68
Recurrence of membranous nephropathy after kidney transplantation: A multicenter retrospective cohort study	68
LAG3 Regulates Donor Specific Antibody Responses Following Kidney Transplantation	67
Long-Term Risks in Obese Living Kidney Donors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	66
Evaluating Differences in Neighborhood Resource Deprivation in Liver Transplantation: Insights from Single versus Multiple Etiologies of Liver Failure	66
Factors Associated with Prolonged Case Time in Deceased Organ Donation	65
Age and Sex Are Critical in Driving Humoral Alloimmune Response	65
Diabetes Technology Utilization Amongst Pancreas Transplant Recipients	64
A Data-Driven Approach to Predict Waiting Times in Kidney Transplantation Using Machine Learning	63
Predictors of Time on Dialysis Before Referral to Evaluation for Renal Transplant: A Comparison of Community Hospital and Academic Medical Center	63
Inflammatory States Affect Composition of Pretransplant Peripheral Blood Immune Cell Compartment	62
Pregnancy Complications Following Solid Organ Transplant Varies by Organ Type: A Multicenter Database Analysis	62
Long-Term Outcomes of Pre-Existing DSA in Highly Sensitized Kidney Transplant Recipients	62
Anticipating Hurdles to Benefitting from Advanced Biopreservation of Human Organs	59
Quantifying HLA Expression on Heart Allografts Using Imaging Mass Cytometry	58
Normothermic Machine Perfusion Reduces Waitlist Time in Liver Transplant: A Single Center Experience	57
Healthcare Resource Utilization, Total Healthcare Costs and Mortality in Patients with Invasive Aspergillosis and a History of Transplant	57
Zoonotic Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients at a Single Center	57
Inter-Center Variability of Biopsy-Based Transcript Diagnostics: Comparison of Banff Lesions with Molecular Scores	55
Real-World Use of Letermovir and Maribavir in Solid Organ Transplant: A Dual-Centre Study	55
Unsupervised Machine Learning with Dynamic Time Warping Helps Understand Longitudinal dd-cfDNA Trajectories in Kidney Transplant Patients	55