Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.1
2024	3.30

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	6039

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	624

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.866

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• 8th edition AJCC/UICC staging of cancers of the esophagus and esophagogastric junction: application to clinical practice

  Citation: 597

  Authors: Thomas W., Deepa T., Eugene H.

• Differences in manifestations of Marfan syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, and Loeys-Dietz syndrome

  Citation: 235

  Authors: Josephina A. N., Aline, Dorien, Maaike, Lut, Bart L.

• Current AATS guidelines on surgical treatment of infective endocarditis

  Citation: 203

  Authors: Gösta B., Syed T.

• Overview of esophageal cancer

  Citation: 185

  Authors: Ghulam, Mark

• Nuss bar procedure: past, present and future

  Citation: 145

  Authors: Donald, Robert J., Robert E.

• Airway stents

  Citation: 144

  Authors: Erik, Colleen

• IRAD experience on surgical type A acute dissection patients: results and predictors of mortality

  Citation: 143

  Authors: Paolo, Himanshu J., Thomas G., Thoralf M., Truls, Nimesh, Amit, Antonello, Joe, Ali, Elise, Dan, Eric M., Roberto, Rossella, Christoph A., Kim A., Santi, Marco

• Current state of pediatric cardiac transplantation

  Citation: 121

  Authors: Anne I.

• Systematic Review Hemiarch versus total aortic arch replacement in acute type A dissection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

  Citation: 113

  Authors: Shi Sum, Thomas, Deborah, Manoj, Aung, Mark

• Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) vs. percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the treatment of multivessel coronary disease: quo vadis? —a review of the evidences on coronary artery disease

  Citation: 106

  Authors: Cristiano, Umberto

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