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Table 1 . Top 10 most downloaded JECT articles archived on PubMed Central as of March 2024 . Source : PubMed Central .

Solution at Boston Childrens hospital

3 Use of del Nido Cardioplegia for Adult Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic : Perfusion Implications

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2005 9316 348 9664

Gregory S . Matte , Pedro J . del Nido 2012 8499 888 9387

Kuna Kim , Clifford Ball , Patrick Grady , Stephanie Mick

2014 8557 780 9337

8 Psychological Depression and Cardiac Surgery : A Comprehensive Review

9 Hyperglycemia as an Effect of Cardiopulmonary Bypass : Intraoperative Glucose Management

10 STS / SCA / AmSECT / SABM Update to the Clinical Practice Guidelines on Patient Blood Management

Phillip J . Tully 2012 4658 132 4790

Samira Najmaii , Daniel Redford , Douglas F . Larson

Pierre Tibi , R . Scott McClure , Jiapeng Huang , Robert A . Baker , David Fitzgerald , C . David Mazer , Marc Stone , Danny Chu , Alfred H . Stammers , Tim Dickinson , Linda Shore-Lesserson , Victor Ferraris , Scott Firestone , Kalie Kissoon , Susan Moffatt-Bruce

2006 4634 119 4753

2021 2939 1058 3997 ( PMC )! Other most sought after JECT articles from PMC , not surprisingly , are two articles on del Nido cardioplegia , one of which was by Dr del Nido himself with his chief perfusionist , Greg Matte ; [ 3 , 4 ] and two other articles by our Kiwi anesthesiologist and intensivist colleague , Dr Sidebotham , on troubleshooting ECMO and Hyperlactatemia [ 5 , 6 ]. Also just breaking into the top 10 despite being more recently published is the blood management clinical practice guideline update authored by some of our leading perfusionist colleagues in collaboration with surgeons and anesthesiologists [ 7 ]. In actuality , all ten of these articles are on topics that truly remain pertinent to this day .

Back to student authored manuscripts , if students choose to submit review articles , these do need to be extensive and well cited ( e . g . > 40 references ). Research articles will require meticulous work . However , I do want to encourage students to consider putting in just such exhaustive efforts in your work as they can yield meaningful and lasting contributions to our profession as demonstrated above . In conclusion , if you are reading this as a new graduate with publishable work , do consider reengaging with your mentors and submitting your work as soon as you can . JECT and our peer reviewers are standing by to help you ready your work for publication .

Acknowledgements

Vijala Kiruvanayagam , Ph . D , Publishing Editor and Aliénor Decours-Perez , Journal Manager , both of EDP Sciences for assistance in acquiring JECT publication metrics .

Raymond K Wong , PhD , CCP Editor-In-Chief

Associate Professor , The University of Arizona

References

1 . Alwardt CM , Redford D , Larson DF . General Anesthesia in Cardiac Surgery : A Review of Drugs and Practices . J Extra Corpor Technol . 2005 ; 37 ( 2 ): 227 – 235 . https :// doi . org / 10.1051 / ject / 200537227 .

2 . Najmaii S , Redford D , Larson DF . Hyperglycemia as an Effect of Cardiopulmonary Bypass : Intra-operative Glucose Management . J Extra Corpor Technol 2006 ; 38 ( 2 ): 168 – 173 . https :// doi . org / 10.1051 / ject / 200638168 .