OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Neurosurgery is 32. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Letter to the Editor. ALA in the treatment of glioblastoma	115
Letter to the Editor. The utility of preoperative scores for predicting outcomes after MVD for trigeminal neuralgia	87
Letter to the Editor. Remission of acromegaly after transsphenoidal surgery	84
Editorial. Margie Shreve and the Journal of Neurosurgery: "May it be said, ‘Well done.’"	64
Letter to the Editor. Sophisticated data acquisition and analytics in neurosurgery: beneficial but expect challenges	62
Letter to the Editor. Small deep white matter cuts, big disconnections	60
Troubleshooting the bypass: intraoperative management of initially failed anastomosis in direct cerebral revascularization surgery	56
Letter to the Editor. Stereotactic radiosurgery for cavernous malformations: does it beat the natural history?	53
Long-term outcomes after surgery for brainstem cavernous malformations: analysis of 46 consecutive cases	52
Surgical management of giant craniopharyngiomas: expanded endoscopic endonasal or transcranial approach?	49
Internal neurolysis versus intraoperative glycerin rhizotomy for trigeminal neuralgia	47
Preoperative white matter network organization and memory decline after epilepsy surgery	42
Extra-axial endoscopic third ventriculostomy: preliminary experience with a technique to circumvent conventional endoscopic third ventriculostomy complications	41
Letter to the Editor. Intraosseous needle for cSDH: technical refinements and future directions	40
The critical need to address gender inequities in resident feedback and ensure equitable education for all trainees in neurosurgical training	38
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	38
Pipeline embolization device dynamics: prediction of incomplete occlusion by elongation from nominal length	38
The Device for Intraventricular Entry guide: a novel solution to a perpetual problem	37
Monopolar stereoelectroencephalography-guided radiofrequency thermocoagulation	37
Role of resective surgery in patients older than 60 years with therapy-resistant epilepsy	36
Visual deterioration secondary to medial sphenoid wing meningioma: systematic assessment of patient-reported outcomes and factors contributing to recovery after surgical treatment	36
Leading medical schools for female neurosurgery graduates	36
Predictive value of intraoperative vagus nerve corticobulbar motor evoked potentials to assess the risk of dysphagia in fourth ventricle surgery	35
Intraarterial encephalography from an acutely implanted aneurysm embolization device in awake humans	35
Damaging a few millimeters of the deep white matter tracts during glioma surgery may result in a large-scale brain disconnection	34

Anterior choroidal artery aneurysms: a systematic review and meta-analysis of outcomes and ischemic complications following surgical and endovascular treatment	33
Genomic alterations associated with postoperative nodular leptomeningeal disease after resection of brain metastases	33
Risk factors for wound dehiscence after surgery for epilepsy	33
Association of calcium channel blockers with lower incidence of intracranial aneurysm rupture and growth in hypertensive patients	33
Distribution of osteoprotegerin in unruptured intracranial aneurysms in humans: association with aneurysm wall protective remodeling	32
The influence of tumor topography on the surgical outcome of craniopharyngiomas	32
Development and validation of a radiomics–visual evoked potential nomogram for preoperative prediction of visual outcome after endoscopic craniopharyngioma resection	32
Norwegian translation of the Mayo Clinic Vestibular Schwannoma Quality of Life Index	32