OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of European Spine Journal is 24. 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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Machine learning versus logistic regression for prognostic modelling in individuals with non-specific neck pain	46
The catastrophization effects of an MRI report on the patient and surgeon and the benefits of ‘clinical reporting’: results from an RCT and blinded trials	44
Sacroiliac joint dysfunction: pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment	41
Titanium (Ti) cages may be superior to polyetheretherketone (PEEK) cages in lumbar interbody fusion: a systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical and radiological outcomes of spinal interbody fus	37
Paraspinal muscle imaging measurements for common spinal disorders: review and consensus-based recommendations from the ISSLS degenerative spinal phenotypes group	36
Establishment and validation of a nomogram and web calculator for the risk of new vertebral compression fractures and cement leakage after percutaneous vertebroplasty in patients with osteoporotic ver	35
Erector spinae plane block for postoperative analgesia in spine surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis	35
MRI-based vertebral bone quality score effectively reflects bone quality in patients with osteoporotic vertebral compressive fractures	35
Radiological risk factors for recurrent lumbar disc herniation after percutaneous transforaminal endoscopic discectomy: a retrospective matched case-control study	34
Preliminary outcomes after vertebral body tethering (VBT) for lumbar curves and subanalysis of a 1- versus 2-tether construct	34
Epidemiological trends of low back pain at the global, regional, and national levels	33
Trends of epidemiological characteristics of traumatic spinal cord injury in China, 2009–2018	33
Gut-disc axis: A cause of intervertebral disc degeneration and low back pain?	33
Scoliosis and Prognosis—a systematic review regarding patient-specific and radiological predictive factors for curve progression	32
Evaluation of cage subsidence in standalone lateral lumbar interbody fusion: novel 3D-printed titanium versus polyetheretherketone (PEEK) cage	30
Different degeneration patterns of paraspinal muscles in degenerative lumbar diseases: a MRI analysis of 154 patients	30
3D-printed drill guide template, a promising tool to improve pedicle screw placement accuracy in spinal deformity surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis	29
Spine surgeon perceptions of the challenges and benefits of telemedicine: an international study	29
Artificial intelligence in spine care: current applications and future utility	29
Epidural steroid compared to placebo injection in sciatica: a systematic review and meta-analysis	27
Degenerative lumbar scoliosis patients with proximal junctional kyphosis have lower muscularity, fatty degeneration at the lumbar area	27
Iatrogenic muscle damage in transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion and adjacent segment degeneration: a comparative finite element analysis of open and minimally invasive surgeries	27
Pain management after laminectomy: a systematic review and procedure-specific post-operative pain management (prospect) recommendations	26
Comparison of manual versus automated measurement of Cobb angle in idiopathic scoliosis based on a deep learning keypoint detection technology	26
A deep learning-based method for the diagnosis of vertebral fractures on spine MRI: retrospective training and validation of ResNet	24

Surgical complications and re-operation rates in spinal metastases surgery: a systematic review