OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Neurosurgical Focus 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Transorbital neuroendoscopic surgery for treatment of sphenoid wing meningiomas extending to the cavernous sinus: clinical implications and a technical illustration	42
Introduction. Functional neurosurgery for pain and movement disorders with a special emphasis on spasticity	38
Focal cortical dysplasia pathology: diagnostic difficulty, classification, and utility for pathogenesis	37
Strategies, considerations, and recent advancements in the development of liquid biopsy for glioblastoma: a step towards individualized medicine in glioblastoma	35
History of biological, mechanistic, and clinical understanding of concussion	35
Using machine learning to predict 30-day readmission and reoperation following resection of supratentorial high-grade gliomas: an ACS NSQIP study involving 9418 patients	34
Does the clopidogrel CYP2C19 genotype assay predict postprocedure stenosis in cerebral aneurysms treated with a flow diverter?	33
Pseudarthrosis after four-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion without posterior fixation	32
Anticoagulation for the treatment of septic cerebral venous sinus thrombosis in the setting of pediatric sinogenic and otogenic intracranial infections	32
The role of extended reality in eloquent area lesions: a systematic review	31
Improved optic nerve visualization and treatment planning through a dedicated optic nerve MRI protocol	31
Outcomes following stereotactic radiosurgery for foramen magnum meningiomas: a single-center experience and systematic review of the literature	30
Cross-sectional analysis of women in neurosurgery: a Canadian perspective	30
The utility of inflammatory biomarkers in predicting overall survival and recurrence in skull base chordoma	30
Neoadjuvant stereotactic radiosurgery for brain metastases: a new paradigm	30
Improved cephalic index following early cranial vault remodeling in patients with isolated nonsyndromic sagittal synostosis	29
Causalgia: a military pain syndrome	29
Toward digital histopathological assessment in surgery for central nervous system tumors using stimulated Raman histology	28
Low preoperative serum prealbumin levels and risk of postoperative complications after transsphenoidal surgery in nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma	28
Prognostic analysis of posterior fossa decompression with or without cerebellar tonsillectomy for Chiari malformation type I: a multicenter retrospective study	27
Critically reading machine learning literature in neurosurgery: a reader’s guide and checklist for appraising prediction models	26
Novel psychiatric disorders following mild traumatic brain injury: a retrospective multivariable analysis with screening recommendations	26
Healthcare transition in pediatric neurosurgery: lessons learned from a pilot program for patients with hydrocephalus and spina bifida	26
Neurosurgery for psychiatric disorders: reviewing the past and charting the future	25
Uncovering the rate and risk factors of intrathecal baclofen pump–associated complications in the adult population	25

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