OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Neurosurgery-Spine is 21. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Full-endoscopic lumbar discectomy for lumbar disc herniation in young adults: 199 consecutive cases treated by a single surgeon with a mean 3.7-year follow-up	76
Stereotactic radiosurgery for prostate cancer spine metastases: local control and fracture risk using a simultaneous integrated boost approach	59
Letter to the Editor. Preoperative depression among patients undergoing spine surgery	45
Letter to the Editor. ChatGPT and the treatment of cervical radiculopathy	40
The prognostic role of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio, and systemic immune-inflammation index on short- and long-term outcome following surgery for spinal metastases	39
The status of spine surgery in social media platforms: a call to action	39
Treatment of conus medullaris arteriovenous malformation: the role of microsurgical treatment	38
Surgical outcomes of patients who fail to reach minimal clinically important differences: comparison of minimally invasive versus open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion	33
Independent predictors of vertebral compression fracture following radiation for metastatic spine disease	30
Relationship between facet joint opening on CT and facet joint effusion on MRI in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis: analysis of a less invasive decompression procedure	26
Feasibility of lateral mass screw insertion in patients with the risky triad of C1: evaluation of the over-the-arch technique	26
Complication rate evolution across a 10-year enrollment period of a prospective multicenter database	25
Impact of focal apex angle on postoperative decompression status of the spinal cord and neurological recovery after cervical laminoplasty	25
Postoperative opioid prescription and patient-reported outcomes after elective spine surgery: a Michigan Spine Surgery Improvement Collaborative study	23
Vertebral bone quality score provides preoperative bone density assessment for patients undergoing lumbar spine surgery: a retrospective study	23
The surgical challenge of ossified ventrolateral spinal meningiomas: tricks and pearls for managing large ossified meningiomas of the thoracic spine	22
Ten-year safety of pluripotent stem cell transplantation in acute thoracic spinal cord injury	22
Use of global sagittal flexibility to predict proximal junctional kyphosis after spinal deformity surgery	22
Graft subsidence and reoperation after lateral lumbar interbody fusion: a propensity score–matched and cost analysis of polyetheretherketone versus 3D-printed porous titanium interbodies	22
Letter to the Editor. Rethinking the gold standard: limitations and implications for validation processes	21
A guide to finite element analysis models of the spine for clinicians	21
Female authorship trends in high-impact spine surgery journals	21
The declining incidence of cervical spine surgery in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a single-surgeon series and literature review	21
Association of tranexamic acid with decreased blood loss in patients undergoing laminectomy and fusion with posterior instrumentation: a systematic review and meta-analysis	21
Evaluating alternatives to dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry for assessing bone quality in patients undergoing spine surgery	21