OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Acta Neurochirurgica is 20. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Dabrafenib monotherapy for a recurrent BRAFV600E-mutated TTF-1-positive posterior pituitary tumor	43
Cerebrospinal fluid diversion and outcomes for lung cancer patients with leptomeningeal carcinomatosis	40
Craniotomies following acute traumatic brain injury in Finland—a national study between 1997 and 2018	39
Invasive tests for predicting shunt response in idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus: the risk aspect	36
Idiopathic chronic temporal lobe herniation with associated epilepsy	32
Venous sinus thrombosis in traumatic brain injury: a major trauma centre experience	32
Some historical remarks on ipsilateral hemiparesis and the absence of decussation of the pyramidal tracts	30
Microsurgical and endovascular treatment of un-ruptured cerebral aneurysms by European hybrid neurosurgeons to balance surgical skills and medical staff management	30
Vascular supplies to the column of the fornix other than the subcallosal artery: median artery of the corpus callosum and posterior choroidal arteries	30
Comparing health-related quality of life in modified Rankin Scale grades: 15D results from 323 patients with brain arteriovenous malformation and population controls	30
Surgical management of anterior clinoidal meningiomas: consensus statement on behalf of the EANS skull base section	30
An endoscopic endonasal approach to craniopharyngioma via the infrachiasmatic corridor: a single center experience of 84 patients	29
Aggressive pituitary neuroendocrine tumors: current practices, controversies, and perspectives, on behalf of the EANS skull base section	26
Uncommon presentations of a neurosurgical site infection: impaired wound healing with hypergranulation and crust formation	24
Stereotactic biopsies of brainstem lesions: dilemma on the best trajectory	21
Thalamic anterior part of the ventral posterolateral nucleus and central lateral nucleus in the genesis of central post-stroke pain	21
Tribute to Professor Bernard George	21
Letter: “Motor and functional outcome of selective dorsal rhizotomy in children with spastic diplegia at 12 and 24 months of follow‐up”	21
How are manual skills to reach excellence in microsurgery and endovascular technique best acquired, maintained, and developed with relation to unruptured aneurysm treatment: hybrid neurosurgeons or te	21
Unreliable claims regarding bicycle helmet law in Western Australia	21
Ruptured Infundibular dilatation of the posterior communicating artery	20
Distress and quality of life do not change over time in patients with operated and conservatively managed intracranial meningioma	20