Matthew E. Oster

15.8k total citations · 6 hit papers
176 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Matthew E. Oster is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew E. Oster has authored 176 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 130 papers in Epidemiology, 96 papers in Surgery and 72 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Matthew E. Oster's work include Congenital Heart Disease Studies (125 papers), Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (37 papers) and Kawasaki Disease and Coronary Complications (24 papers). Matthew E. Oster is often cited by papers focused on Congenital Heart Disease Studies (125 papers), Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair (37 papers) and Kawasaki Disease and Coronary Complications (24 papers). Matthew E. Oster collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Denmark. Matthew E. Oster's co-authors include Tiffany Riehle‐Colarusso, Adolfo Correa, Margaret A. Honein, William T. Mahle, Suzanne M. Gilboa, Mikyong Shin, Kyung A. Lee, Ermias D. Belay, Lazaros Kochilas and Courtney McCracken and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Circulation and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Matthew E. Oster

166 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

Temporal Trends in Survival Among Infants With Critical C... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 2016 2021 2021 2021 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Temporal Trends in Survival Among Infants With Critical Congenital Heart Defects
    2013 447 citations Matthew E. Oster, Margaret A. Honein et al. PEDIATRICS profile →
  2. Congenital Heart Defects in the United States
    2016 423 citations Suzanne M. Gilboa, Matthew E. Oster et al. Circulation profile →
  3. Use of mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine After Reports of Myocarditis Among Vaccine Recipients: Update from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices — United States, June 2021
    2021 371 citations Matthew E. Oster et al. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report profile →
  4. Symptomatic Acute Myocarditis in 7 Adolescents After Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccination
    2021 249 citations Preeti Jaggi, Matthew E. Oster et al. PEDIATRICS profile →
  5. Association Between COVID-19 and Myocarditis Using Hospital-Based Administrative Data — United States, March 2020–January 2021
    2021 204 citations Matthew E. Oster et al. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report profile →
  6. Factors linked to severe outcomes in multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) in the USA: a retrospective surveillance study
    2021 197 citations Joseph Y. Abrams, Matthew E. Oster et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Matthew E. Oster United States 39 3.1k 2.2k 1.8k 1.8k 1.1k 176 5.7k
Craig Sable United States 39 2.8k 0.9× 1.2k 0.5× 1.0k 0.6× 2.1k 1.2× 1.2k 1.1× 199 6.7k
Kevin G. Friedman United States 27 1.0k 0.3× 2.1k 1.0× 1.4k 0.8× 1.1k 0.6× 598 0.5× 102 3.4k
Andrew S. Mackie Canada 34 4.3k 1.4× 2.1k 0.9× 1.9k 1.1× 3.1k 1.7× 213 0.2× 147 6.3k
Liesl Zühlke South Africa 30 2.1k 0.7× 850 0.4× 764 0.4× 1.9k 1.0× 679 0.6× 151 4.6k
Arwa Saidi United States 23 3.0k 1.0× 1.5k 0.7× 1.8k 1.0× 2.3k 1.3× 163 0.1× 68 4.5k
Robin Ruthazer United States 44 1.7k 0.5× 1.2k 0.5× 1.5k 0.8× 1.9k 1.0× 476 0.4× 140 6.9k
David R. Fulton United States 36 1.7k 0.6× 3.5k 1.6× 3.3k 1.8× 1.8k 1.0× 406 0.4× 91 5.7k
Curt J. Daniels United States 27 3.0k 1.0× 1.5k 0.7× 1.9k 1.1× 2.6k 1.5× 225 0.2× 112 4.5k
Jodi M. Smith United States 54 1.8k 0.6× 5.1k 2.3× 1.2k 0.7× 288 0.2× 376 0.3× 149 10.0k
Welton M. Gersony United States 50 4.8k 1.6× 3.5k 1.5× 3.9k 2.2× 3.9k 2.2× 202 0.2× 194 8.3k

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All Works

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Yang, Yanxu, et al.. (2025). Growth Characteristics at Time of Fontan Procedure and Their Association with Long-Term Outcomes. The Journal of Pediatrics. 280. 114501–114501. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Yanxu, et al.. (2025). Surgical risk scores for congenital heart surgery are useful for long-term risk prediction. Cardiology in the Young. 35(2). 382–387.
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Forestieri, Nina, Andrew F. Olshan, Matthew E. Oster, et al.. (2024). Survival of Children With Critical Congenital Heart Defects in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study. Birth Defects Research. 116(9). e2394–e2394. 1 indexed citations
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Downing, Karrie F., Angela E. Lin, Wendy N. Nembhard, et al.. (2024). Survival to Young Adulthood Among Individuals With Congenital Heart Defects and Genetic Syndromes: Congenital Heart Survey to Recognize Outcomes, Needs, and Well‐Being. Journal of the American Heart Association. 13(15). e036049–e036049. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Yanxu, J’Neka S. Claxton, Jessica Knight, et al.. (2023). Trends in mortality risk of patients with congenital heart disease during the COVID-19 pandemic. American Heart Journal. 268. 9–17. 1 indexed citations
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Zmora, Rachel, Yijian Huang, Matthew E. Oster, et al.. (2022). Long-Term Risk of Heart Failure-Related Death and Heart Transplant After Congenital Heart Surgery in Childhood (from the Pediatric Cardiac Care Consortium). The American Journal of Cardiology. 167. 111–117. 8 indexed citations
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Stallings, Erin B., Jennifer Isenburg, Deepa Aggarwal, et al.. (2022). Prevalence of critical congenital heart defects and selected co‐occurring congenital anomalies, 2014–2018: A U.S. population‐based study. Birth Defects Research. 114(2). 45–56. 22 indexed citations
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Bowen, Anna, Allison D. Miller, Laura D. Zambrano, et al.. (2021). Demographic and Clinical Factors Associated With Death Among Persons <21 Years Old With Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children—United States, February 2020–March 2021. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 8(8). ofab388–ofab388. 30 indexed citations
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Rostad, Christina A., Ann Chahroudi, Grace Mantus, et al.. (2020). Quantitative SARS-CoV-2 Serology in Children With Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (MIS-C). PEDIATRICS. 146(6). 84 indexed citations
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Oster, Matthew E., April L. Dawson, Cynthia Wetmore, & Scott D. Grosse. (2016). Abstract 15137: Association of Congenital Heart Defects With Childhood Cancer in Privately Insured US Children: A Rapid Claims Analysis. Circulation. 1 indexed citations
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Oster, Matthew E. & Michelle Gurvitz. (2015). Why lifelong care for patients with congenital heart defects is important. AAP News. 36(3). 8–8. 1 indexed citations
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Oster, Matthew E., et al.. (2014). A Population-Based Study of the Association of Prenatal Diagnosis With Survival Rate for Infants With Congenital Heart Defects. The American Journal of Cardiology. 113(6). 1036–1040. 66 indexed citations
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Simeone, Regina M., et al.. (2013). Assessment of Current Practices and Feasibility of Routine Screening for Critical Congenital Heart Defects — Georgia, 2012. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 62(15). 288. 16 indexed citations
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Oster, Matthew E., Matthew J. Strickland, & William T. Mahle. (2011). Impact of prior hospital mortality versus surgical volume on mortality following surgery for congenital heart disease. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 142(4). 882–886. 18 indexed citations
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Petrini, Joann, et al.. (2010). Racial differences by gestational age in neonatal deaths attributable to congenital heart defects - United States, 2003-2006.. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 59(37). 1208–1211. 34 indexed citations
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Oster, Matthew E., et al.. (1977). [Blunt injuries of the kidney].. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 139(7). 396–8. 3 indexed citations

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