AI-assisted forecasting in microsurgery: A dual-component framework for global publication trends

• Georgios Bouloukakis ,

  Roles Formal analysis

  ¶‡ These authors share first authorship on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0003-4954-8229

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• Georgios Karamitros ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: georgios.karamitros@vumc.org

  ¶‡ These authors share first authorship on this work.

  Affiliation Department of Plastic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2208-8539

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• Gregory A. Lamaris,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, R. Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Wesley P. Thayer,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Plastic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Galen Perdikis,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Plastic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Feng Zhang,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Plastic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• William C. Lineaweaver

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Plastic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

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