Neurosurgical Focus

Top Research Topics at Neurosurgical Focus?

Neurosurgical Focus is mainly concerned with subjects like Surgery, Radiology, Neurosurgery, Anesthesia and Retrospective cohort study. The Surgery study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Magnetic resonance imaging. It covers various topics on Radiology such as Aneurysm, Embolization and Radiosurgery.

• Surgery (47.23%)
• Radiology (16.30%)
• Neurosurgery (7.48%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• Expanded endonasal approach: fully endoscopic, completely transnasal approach to the middle third of the clivus, petrous bone, middle cranial fossa, and infratemporal fossa. (520 citations)
• Expanded endonasal approach: the rostrocaudal axis. Part I. Crista galli to the sella turcica (493 citations)
• Current status of acute spinal cord injury pathophysiology and emerging therapies: promise on the horizon (487 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Neurosurgical Focus:

The published papers investigate studies in Surgery, Radiology, Anesthesia, Retrospective cohort study and Pathology. Topics like Radiography, Decompression, Spinal fusion, Lumbar and Complication are tackled as part of the discussions on Surgery in the published articles. The published papers feature Radiology research that overlaps with concepts in Resection.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

• Surgery
• Internal medicine
• Radiology

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Neurosurgical Focus covers a variety of subjects, including Surgery, Neurosurgery, Internal medicine, MEDLINE and Radiology. It links adjacent topics like Surgery with Cohort. The journal deals with Neurosurgery in conjunction with Augmented reality and similar fields in Segmentation and Nuclear medicine.

The journal explores topics in Internal medicine which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Oncology and Cardiology. In addition to MEDLINE research, Neurosurgical Focus aims to explore topics under Letter to the editor and Physical medicine and rehabilitation. Meningioma is a major topic of Radiology research.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Magnetic resonance imaging-based synthetic computed tomography of the lumbar spine for surgical planning: a clinical proof-of-concept. (7 citations)
• Intraarterial delivery of virotherapy for glioblastoma. (5 citations)
• Evaluation of the precision of operative augmented reality compared to standard neuronavigation using a 3D-printed skull (5 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

Top authors and change over time

The top authors publishing in Neurosurgical Focus (based on the number of publications) are:

• Praveen V. Mummaneni (69 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 5 less than at the previous edition,
• William T. Couldwell (67 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Michael Wang (52 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
• Christopher I. Shaffrey (49 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
• Robert F. Spetzler (40 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Neurosurgical Focus (based on the number of publications) are:

• University of California, San Francisco (184 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 10 less than at the previous edition,
• University of Utah (145 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
• University of Southern California (138 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition,
• Mayo Clinic (133 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 11 less than at the previous edition,
• Stanford University (107 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 3 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 14.04% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 21.09% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 14.97% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.69% of all publications and 46.26% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

• Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
• Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
• Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
• Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
• Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Career Opportunities in the Neurosurgical Field

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