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Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine
H-index 29

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

1547-5654

Published by: American Association of Neurological Surgeons

https://thejns.org/spine/view/journals/j-neurosurg-spine/j-neurosurg-spine-overview.xml

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Neuroscience 321 29 23 8
Medicine 744 103 376 28

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 151
Documents by Best Scientists*: 413
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 6
SCIMAGO H-index: 127
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.315
Impact Factor: 3.1

Top Publications

  • The MISDEF2 algorithm: an updated algorithm for patient selection in minimally invasive deformity surgery

    Praveen V Mummaneni;Paul Park;Christopher I Shaffrey;Michael Y Wang

    (2020)
    79 Citations
  • Risk factors for deep surgical site infection following thoracolumbar spinal surgery

    Hansen Deng;Andrew K. Chan;Simon G. Ammanuel;Alvin Y. Chan

    (2020)
    76 Citations
  • Clinical accuracy and initial experience with augmented reality-assisted pedicle screw placement: the first 205 screws.

    Ann Liu;Yike Jin;Ethan Cottrill;Majid Khan

    (2021)
    62 Citations
  • A phase 1/2a dose-escalation study of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells in individuals with subacute cervical spinal cord injury.

    (2022)
    50 Citations
  • Association between lower Hounsfield units and proximal junctional kyphosis and failure at the upper thoracic spine.

    (2022)
    48 Citations
  • Editorial. COVID-19 and spinal surgery.

    Zoher Ghogawala;Shekar Kurpad;Asdrubal Falavigna;Michael W. Groff

    (2020)
    42 Citations
  • Long-term radiographic outcomes of expandable versus static cages in transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion

    Chih-Chang Chang;Dean Chou;Brenton Pennicooke;Joshua Rivera

    (2021)
    41 Citations
  • The epidemiology of spinal schwannoma in the United States between 2006 and 2014

    Shahed Tish;Ghaith Habboub;Min Lang;Quinn T Ostrom

    (2020)
    39 Citations
  • Augmented reality-mediated stereotactic navigation for execution of en bloc lumbar spondylectomy osteotomies

    Camilo A. Molina;Camilo A. Molina;Christopher F. Dibble;Sheng Fu Larry Lo;Timothy Witham

    (2021)
    38 Citations
  • Does the Global Alignment and Proportion score overestimate mechanical complications after adult spinal deformity correction

    Griffin R. Baum;Alex S. Ha;Meghan Cerpa;Scott L. Zuckerman

    (2021)
    34 Citations

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