OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Neurosurgery is 29. 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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Letter to the Editor. ALA in the treatment of glioblastoma	91
Primary rhombencephalopathy: introduction of a new paradigm for the evaluation and management of craniocervical hindbrain pathology	65
Letter to the Editor. The utility of preoperative scores for predicting outcomes after MVD for trigeminal neuralgia	59
Norwegian translation of the Mayo Clinic Vestibular Schwannoma Quality of Life Index	58
Visual deterioration secondary to medial sphenoid wing meningioma: systematic assessment of patient-reported outcomes and factors contributing to recovery after surgical treatment	58
Risk factors for wound dehiscence after surgery for epilepsy	55
Letter to the Editor. Remission of acromegaly after transsphenoidal surgery	53
Editorial. Margie Shreve and the Journal of Neurosurgery: "May it be said, ‘Well done.’"	49
Letter to the Editor. Sophisticated data acquisition and analytics in neurosurgery: beneficial but expect challenges	47
Pipeline embolization device dynamics: prediction of incomplete occlusion by elongation from nominal length	42
Noninvasive disconnection of targeted neuronal circuitry sparing axons of passage and nonneuronal cells	41
Letter to the Editor. Small deep white matter cuts, big disconnections	40
The influence of tumor topography on the surgical outcome of craniopharyngiomas	39
Damaging a few millimeters of the deep white matter tracts during glioma surgery may result in a large-scale brain disconnection	38
Long-term outcomes after surgery for brainstem cavernous malformations: analysis of 46 consecutive cases	37
The effect of patient age on the degree of midline shift caused by chronic subdural hematomas: a volumetric analysis	36
Monopolar stereoelectroencephalography-guided radiofrequency thermocoagulation	36
Troubleshooting the bypass: intraoperative management of initially failed anastomosis in direct cerebral revascularization surgery	35
Anterior choroidal artery aneurysms: a systematic review and meta-analysis of outcomes and ischemic complications following surgical and endovascular treatment	33
Distribution of osteoprotegerin in unruptured intracranial aneurysms in humans: association with aneurysm wall protective remodeling	33
Racial, ethnic, and gender diversity of applicants and matriculants to neurological surgery residency programs	32
Intraarterial encephalography from an acutely implanted aneurysm embolization device in awake humans	32
Preoperative white matter network organization and memory decline after epilepsy surgery	32
Use of fluorescein sodium–assisted intraoperative sample validation to maximize the diagnostic yield of stereotactic brain biopsy: progress toward a new standard of care?	31
Letter to the Editor. Stereotactic radiosurgery for cavernous malformations: does it beat the natural history?	31

Internal neurolysis versus intraoperative glycerin rhizotomy for trigeminal neuralgia	30
Accuracy and efficiency using frameless transient fiducial registration in stereoelectroencephalography and deep brain stimulation	30
The critical need to address gender inequities in resident feedback and ensure equitable education for all trainees in neurosurgical training	30
Comprehensive characterization of intracranial hemorrhage in deep brain stimulation: a systematic review of literature from 1987 to 2023	29
The risk of intraoperative venous air embolism from neurosurgical procedures performed in the lounging position: an in-depth analysis of detection, management, and outcomes of 1000 consecutive cases	29
Long-term oncological outcomes for endoscopic endonasal versus open surgical approaches for anatomically matched, locally advanced stage T4 sinonasal malignancies with skull base involvement	29