OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Spine Journal is 34. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Measurement properties of the 5-repetition sit-to-stand test in patients with lumbar degenerative disorders: COSMIN systematic review	117
93. PROMIS 10 Global Mental Health T-score: an independent predictor of postsurgical outcomes up to one year following single-level elective lumbar fusion	107
P224. ABM/P-15 versus allograft in noninstrumented lumbar fusion – 10-year follow-up on a double blind randomized controlled trial	98
P317. Recurrence of kyphosis after surgical fixation of burst fractures	92
P253. Effect of surgeon learning curve on minimally-invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MI-TLIF): insights from a single center retrospective comparative study	84
P92. Is there an optimal time for tracheostomy after anterior cervical spine surgery in patients with cervical fracture?	82
P303. Thoracolumbar burst fracture: McCormack load-sharing classification: systematic review and single-arm meta-analysis	75
75. Epidemiology of recreation-related cervical and thoracic fracture	73
P235. Chin-Brow vertical angle is not consistently reliable for surgical planning in thoracolumbar kyphosis secondary to ankylosing spondylitis	59
Predictive factors for bladder function recovery following cervical OPLL surgery: a comprehensive analysis	57
P40. Evaluating the role of SPECT-CT imaging in diagnosing and treating neck and low back pain	57
Donepezil Treatment Does Not Improve Postoperative Delirium, Medical, or Surgical Outcomes Following Lumbar Spine Surgery: A Propensity-Matched Analysis	49
Long-term quality of life outcome after spondylodiscitis treatment	48
Paraspinal muscle fatty degeneration as a predictor of progressive vertebral collapse in osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures	47
Do patients with lumbar spinal stenosis benefit from decompression of levels with adjacent moderate stenosis? A prospective cohort study from the NORDSTEN study	47
Practical answers to frequently asked questions in minimally invasive lumbar spine surgery	47
Which traumatic spinal injury creates which degree of instability? A systematic quantitative review	46
Stratifying outcome based on the Oswestry Disability Index for operative treatment of adult spinal deformity on patients 60 years of age or older: a multicenter, multi-continental study on Prospective	46
Natural language processing for prediction of readmission in posterior lumbar fusion patients: which free-text notes have the most utility?	45
Editorial Board	42
Beyond a ferroptosis inducer: erastin can suppress nutrient deprivation induced cell death in the intervertebral disc	42
The association of lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration with low back pain is modified by underlying genetic propensity to pain	40
Robotic Spine surgery: beyond adverse event reports and operative time	40
Optimizing surgical strategies: a systematic review of the effectiveness of preoperative arterial embolization for hyper vascular metastatic spinal tumors	40
Patient-level patterns in daily prescribed opioid dosage in single level lumbar fusion are associated with postoperative opioid dosage and adverse events: a retrospective analysis of claims data	40

Innovative hydrogel-patch combination for large annulus fibrosus defects: a prospective approach to address herniation recurrence	39
Preoperative frailty and 30-day mortality after surgery for type II odontoid fracture: a retrospective observational analysis of a large multicenter surgical registry	39
Reply to the letter to the Editor regarding “Types of high-riding vertebral artery: a classification system for preoperative planning of C2 instrumentation based on 908 potential screw insertion sites	39
Comparative analysis of early versus late surgical intervention for lumbosacral hemivertebra: a minimum 2-year follow-up retrospective study	38
Incidence and risk factors for complications following cervical epidural steroid injections	38
Complementary effects of postoperative delirium and frailty on 30-day outcomes in spine surgery	38
Table of Contents	37
25. Perioperative complications associated with epidural injections followed by cervical decompression and fusion	36
97. Geospatial clustering of lumbar fusion in the United States reveals racial and socioeconomic disparities	36
P98. Predicting 2-year health-related quality of life improvement in adult cervical deformity surgery	34