OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Thoracic Disease is 27. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Pain control after thoracic surgery begins in the operating room	100
Mediastinal staging by thoracic surgeons: are we close to a paradigm shift?	67
Mitral valve repair using a semi-rigid posterior band: a 10-year Japanese single-center experience of 244 patients	51
Cough Focused Series: progress in understanding and management of chronic cough	44
The influence of novel coronavirus pneumonia on chronic disease management of asthma—a narrative review	38
Persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation—is ethanol the solution or just another means to an end?	38
Prediction of ipsilateral and contralateral pneumothorax using a simple chest X-ray	37
T4-non-small cell lung cancer invading the thoracic aorta: the role of the hybrid operating room	36
Derivation and external validation of a nomogram predicting the occurrence of severe illness among hospitalized coronavirus disease 2019 patients: a 2020 Chinese multicenter retrospective study	35
Association between hemoglobin-to-red cell distribution width ratio and 30-day mortality after cardiac surgery	35
Effects of preoperative Staphylococcus aureus screening and targeted decolonization bundle protocols in cardiac surgery: a nine-year review of a regional cardiovascular center in China	35
The pros and cons of uniportal VATS segmentectomy in the treatment of early-stage lung cancer: should the procedure be prioritized?	35
Prediction of EGFR mutation status and mutation sites in lung cancer based on radiomics and deep learning	33
Advances in minimal invasive treatment for esophageal perforation	32
Bronchiectasis complicated by pulmonary aspergillosis: a multicenter study on prognosis and risk factors	32
Analysis of clinical and oncological outcomes after simple and intentional lung segmentectomies: the deceptive simplicity of the S6 segment	31
Identification of potential biomarkers associated with CD4+ T cell infiltration in myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury using bioinformation analysis	31
Comparison of cardiorespiratory parameters between 6-minute walk test and 1-minute sit to stand test in young adults with post-COVID-19: follow-up 3 months	31
Initial Asian experience of the branched E-vita open NEO in complex aortic pathologies	30
CT-based decision tree model for predicting EGFR mutation status in synchronous multiple primary lung cancers	30
P3H1 promotes malignant progression of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) and modulates the immune microenvironment	29
Whole exome sequencing identifies novel inherited genetic variants in tetralogy of Fallot	29
Development of a scoring system based on a nomogram to identify malignant pleural effusion	29
Genetic characteristics of lung adenocarcinoma with ground-glass opacity component	29
A nomogram for preoperative prediction of invasiveness in solitary pulmonary adenocarcinoma: a multicenter study	28

The role of the stapled interlobar fissure position for intraoperative detection and postoperative diagnosis of middle lobe torsion after right upper lobectomy	27
Development and validation of a nomogram for incorporating 18F-FDG PET/CT spleen uptake for predicting prognosis in elderly esophageal cancer patients treated with radiotherapy	27