OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Neurosurgery is 31. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Letter to the Editor. ALA in the treatment of glioblastoma	109
Letter to the Editor. The utility of preoperative scores for predicting outcomes after MVD for trigeminal neuralgia	78
Risk factors for wound dehiscence after surgery for epilepsy	77
Letter to the Editor. Remission of acromegaly after transsphenoidal surgery	61
Editorial. Margie Shreve and the Journal of Neurosurgery: "May it be said, ‘Well done.’"	58
Letter to the Editor. Sophisticated data acquisition and analytics in neurosurgery: beneficial but expect challenges	56
Use of fluorescein sodium–assisted intraoperative sample validation to maximize the diagnostic yield of stereotactic brain biopsy: progress toward a new standard of care?	55
Letter to the Editor. Small deep white matter cuts, big disconnections	48
Troubleshooting the bypass: intraoperative management of initially failed anastomosis in direct cerebral revascularization surgery	47
Distribution of osteoprotegerin in unruptured intracranial aneurysms in humans: association with aneurysm wall protective remodeling	46
Letter to the Editor. Stereotactic radiosurgery for cavernous malformations: does it beat the natural history?	46
The influence of tumor topography on the surgical outcome of craniopharyngiomas	41
Surgical management of giant craniopharyngiomas: expanded endoscopic endonasal or transcranial approach?	40
Long-term outcomes after surgery for brainstem cavernous malformations: analysis of 46 consecutive cases	40
Internal neurolysis versus intraoperative glycerin rhizotomy for trigeminal neuralgia	39
Preoperative white matter network organization and memory decline after epilepsy surgery	38
Extra-axial endoscopic third ventriculostomy: preliminary experience with a technique to circumvent conventional endoscopic third ventriculostomy complications	37
Letter to the Editor. Intraosseous needle for cSDH: technical refinements and future directions	36
Development and validation of a radiomics–visual evoked potential nomogram for preoperative prediction of visual outcome after endoscopic craniopharyngioma resection	36
Surgical treatment of brainstem cavernous malformations in pregnancy: a retrospective single-center series and systematic review of the literature	34
The critical need to address gender inequities in resident feedback and ensure equitable education for all trainees in neurosurgical training	34
Bayesian probabilistic density mapping of the decussating dentato-rubro-thalamic tract to predict clinical tremor improvement in MRgFUS	34
Pipeline embolization device dynamics: prediction of incomplete occlusion by elongation from nominal length	34
Primary rhombencephalopathy: introduction of a new paradigm for the evaluation and management of craniocervical hindbrain pathology	34
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	33

Monopolar stereoelectroencephalography-guided radiofrequency thermocoagulation	33
The Device for Intraventricular Entry guide: a novel solution to a perpetual problem	32
Association of calcium channel blockers with lower incidence of intracranial aneurysm rupture and growth in hypertensive patients	32
Visual deterioration secondary to medial sphenoid wing meningioma: systematic assessment of patient-reported outcomes and factors contributing to recovery after surgical treatment	31
The effect of patient age on the degree of midline shift caused by chronic subdural hematomas: a volumetric analysis	31
Noninvasive disconnection of targeted neuronal circuitry sparing axons of passage and nonneuronal cells	31
Leading medical schools for female neurosurgery graduates	31