OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Spine is 27. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Formal Radiologist Interpretations of Intraoperative Spine Radiographs Have Low Clinical Value	407
Age-Related Changes and Spinal Sagittal Alignment in Asymptomatic Community Dwelling Adults Over 50	77
A Proof-of-Concept Study on the Effects of STA363 on Low Back Pain in Patients with Degenerative Disc Disease	64
Outcomes and Complications Associated With the Learning Curve for Endoscopic Cervical Foraminotomy	52
Response to Letter to the Editor	50
Concerning the Article: Should Q-CT Be the Gold Standard for Detecting Spinal Osteoporosis?	42
In Honor of Professor Se-Il Suk’s Significant Achievements and Contributions to Pedicle Screw Instrumentation and Related Surgical Techniques in Spinal Deformity	39
Letter to the Editor Regarding “Prediction of Progressive Collapse in Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures Using Conventional Statistics and Machine Learning”	37
Best Practice Guidelines for Assessment and Management of Osteoporosis in Adult Patients Undergoing Elective Spinal Reconstruction: Erratum	36
Change in Lumbar Lordosis After Decompressive Surgery in Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Patients and Associations With Patient-Related Outcomes Two Years After Surgery:	36
Percutaneous Transforaminal Endoscopic Discectomy Versus Microendoscopic Discectomy for Lumbar Disk Herniation: Five-year Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial	35
T1 Pelvic and Lumbar Pelvic Angles Normative Values	35
Vancomycin Effectiveness in Reducing Surgical Site Infection in Posterior Spinal Fusion Surgery	34
Implementation of the Minimum Clinically Important Difference for the Neck Disability Index Is Often Problematic	34
Agreement between the Sanders Maturity Scale and Pelvic Maturity Indicators in Children with Idiopathic Scoliosis	34
Age-Stratified Analysis of Posterior Lumbar Fusion Surgeries	34
Lower Genetically Predicted Circulating Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 is Associated with a Higher Risk of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis	33
Modic Change Edema in Chronic Low Back Pain Treated With Infliximab or Placebo	33
Risk Factors Associated With Revision Microdiscectomy or Subsequent Spinal Fusion Within Two Years of Index Lumbar Microdiscectomy	33
Assessing Neurological Complications in Thoracic Three-Column Osteotomy	33
The Impact of Paraspinal Muscle Degeneration on Oswestry Disability Index Subsections Two Years After Spinal Surgery for Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis	32
Predicting Postoperative Neurological Outcomes in Metastatic Spinal Tumor Surgery Using Machine Learning	32
Postoperative Pain Management Following Orthopedic Spine Procedures and Consequent Acute Opioid Poisoning: An Analysis of New York State From 2009 to 2018	31
miR-4478 Accelerates Nucleus Pulposus Cells Apoptosis Induced by Oxidative Stress by Targeting MTH1	30
The Association Between Cervical Foraminal Stenosis and Adhesive Capsulitis	30

The Role of Electrophysiological Workup in Lumbar Spinal Canal Stenosis (LSCS)	29
The Effect of Positional Graft Placement on Pseudarthrosis Rates in Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion	28
Outcomes of Single-Sided Thoracic vs. Bilateral Thoracic and Lumbar Anterior Vertebral Body Tethering in Lenke 1 Curves with Lumbar C Modifier	27
Ideal Lumbar Lordosis Correction in Patients With Adult Spinal Deformity Without Adversely Impacting Pelvic Tilt and Pelvic Incidence Minus Lumbar Lordosis	27
Twenty-Year Radiographic Outcomes Following Single-Level Cervical Disc Arthroplasty	27