OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Neurosurgery is 25. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Letter: Commentary: Crossing the Synaptic Cleft: The Pursuit of Neurosurgery by Black Medical Students	183
Congenitally Fused Cervical Spine Is Associated With Adjacent-Level Degeneration in the Absence of Cervical Spine Surgery	104
In Reply: Transcriptomic Profiling Revealed Lnc-GOLGA6A-1 as a Novel Prognostic Biomarker of Meningioma Recurrence	87
Commentary: Surgical Management of Peripheral Nerve Pathology in Patients With Neurofibromatosis Type 2	85
139 Evaluating the Evidence: A Systematic Review of Targeted Muscle Reinnervation for Post-Amputation Phantom and Residual Limb Pain	47
498 Assessing Knowledge Silos in the Craniosynostosis Literature	45
Presidential Address to the 2021 Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons	43
Letter: Laparoscopic-Assisted Versus Mini-Open Laparotomy for Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt Placement in the Medicare Population	42
Commentary: Spine Surgery Under Spinal vs General Anesthesia: Prospective Analysis of Quality of Life, Fatigue, and Cognition	42
Book Review: Goodman's Neurosurgery Oral Board Review: A Primer, Second Edition	41
390 Real World Analysis of Outcomes After Revascularization Surgery for Symptomatic Non-stenotic Carotid (SyNC) Artery Disease	40
506 Fingerprinting the Epileptogenic Zone in RAVE	38
372 IPSC-Derived NK cells Exhibit Potent In Vitro and In Vivo Tumorcidal Activity Against Patient-Derived Glioblastoma Stem Cells (GSCs)	37
565 Delayed Rupture Risk of Persistently Filling Saccular ICA Aneurysms Following Flow Diversion with the Pipeline Embolization Device	35
627 Trends and Patterns of Neurosurgery Influencers on Instagram: Increasing a Neurosurgeon's Social Media Footprint	35
884 Frailty and Socioeconomic Status Predict Outcome in Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma Patients	34
648 Machine Learning Predicts Cavernous Sinus Invasion of Pituitary Adenomas	33
362 Transforaminal Versus Interlaminar Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy for Lumbar Disc Herniation: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	32
448 Analysis of Bipolar Re-Referencing on Spectral Composition and Spike Detection in Human Electrocorticography	32
452 Booting Up the Brain: Intracranial Electroencephalography Reveals Cognitive Network Dynamics During Anesthesia Emergence	31
569 Functional Recovery from Thalamic Intracerebral Hemorrhage Following Minimally Invasive Evacuation	30
435 Non-smokers and Smokers Undergoing Decompression for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis and Lumbar Disc Herniation Experience Similar Clinical Improvement at 12 Months	29
803 Extracorporeal Filtration of Blood and Blood Breakdown Products from CSF via Spinal Catheter (PILLAR-XT) Following Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage	28
346 Cancer-associated Fibroblasts in Glioblastoma Mouse Model Impact the Lymphoid Cells in the Tumor Microenvironment	26
Honored Guests of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons	26

202 Overlapping Functional and Stereotactic Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study of 1-Year Complications	25
304 Cannabis Use and Increased Non-aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in the Last Decade	25
470 Blood-based Brain and Global Biomarker Changes Following Combined Hypoxemia and Hemorrhagic Shock in a Rat Model of Penetrating Ballistic-Like Brain Injury	25