2.7(top 6%)
Impact Factor
3.1(top 6%)
extended IF
209(top 1%)
H-Index
4.3K
authors
28.9K
papers
637.6K
citations
11.3K
citing journals
102.2K
citing authors

Most Cited Articles of American Journal of Surgery

TitleYearCitations
Multimodal strategies to improve surgical outcome20021.2K
Complications of laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a national survey of 4,292 hospitals and an analysis of 77,604 cases19931.1K
Congenital bile duct cysts: Classification, operative procedures, and review of thirty-seven cases including cancer arising from choledochal cyst19771K
Prognostic nutritional index in gastrointestinal surgery1980895
The tension-free hernioplasty1989885
Testing technical skill via an innovative "bench station" examination1997838
A high ratio of plasma and platelets to packed red blood cells in the first 6 hours of massive transfusion improves outcomes in a large multicenter study2009810
The European experience with laparoscopic cholecystectomy1991746
Prognostic indicators for survival after resection of pancreatic adenocarcinoma1993667
The financial impact of teaching surgical residents in the operating room1999645
Patterns of cervical lymph node metastasis from squamous carcinomas of the upper aerodigestive tract1990626
Physiology and healing dynamics of chronic cutaneous wounds1998614
Clinical predictors of the adult respiratory distress syndrome1982605
Effect of laser rays on wound healing1971589
Newer anatomy of the liver and its variant blood supply and collateral circulation1966585
A global assessment tool for evaluation of intraoperative laparoscopic skills2005574
The role of cytokines in the pathogenesis of acute pancreatitis1998570
Serial blood lactate levels can predict the development of multiple organ failure following septic shock1996568
A comparison of corrected serum calcium levels to ionized calcium levels among critically ill surgical patients2005565
Development of a model for training and evaluation of laparoscopic skills1998544
Bacteria and septic complications in patients with perforated duodenal ulcers1982542
Epidemiology of trauma deaths1980539
Antimicrobial prophylaxis for surgery: an advisory statement from the National Surgical Infection Prevention Project2005536
Metastatic pattern of malignant melanoma. A study of 216 autopsy cases1978525
A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials that compared neoadjuvant chemoradiation and surgery to surgery alone for resectable esophageal cancer2003516