OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Neurosurgery is 27. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
139 Evaluating the Evidence: A Systematic Review of Targeted Muscle Reinnervation for Post-Amputation Phantom and Residual Limb Pain	222
498 Assessing Knowledge Silos in the Craniosynostosis Literature	138
Presidential Address to the 2021 Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons	94
390 Real World Analysis of Outcomes After Revascularization Surgery for Symptomatic Non-stenotic Carotid (SyNC) Artery Disease	72
506 Fingerprinting the Epileptogenic Zone in RAVE	54
372 IPSC-Derived NK cells Exhibit Potent In Vitro and In Vivo Tumorcidal Activity Against Patient-Derived Glioblastoma Stem Cells (GSCs)	53
627 Trends and Patterns of Neurosurgery Influencers on Instagram: Increasing a Neurosurgeon's Social Media Footprint	42
884 Frailty and Socioeconomic Status Predict Outcome in Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma Patients	40
648 Machine Learning Predicts Cavernous Sinus Invasion of Pituitary Adenomas	40
565 Delayed Rupture Risk of Persistently Filling Saccular ICA Aneurysms Following Flow Diversion with the Pipeline Embolization Device	40
362 Transforaminal Versus Interlaminar Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy for Lumbar Disc Herniation: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis	36
448 Analysis of Bipolar Re-Referencing on Spectral Composition and Spike Detection in Human Electrocorticography	33
452 Booting Up the Brain: Intracranial Electroencephalography Reveals Cognitive Network Dynamics During Anesthesia Emergence	33
569 Functional Recovery from Thalamic Intracerebral Hemorrhage Following Minimally Invasive Evacuation	32
Honored Guests of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons	31
435 Non-smokers and Smokers Undergoing Decompression for Lumbar Spinal Stenosis and Lumbar Disc Herniation Experience Similar Clinical Improvement at 12 Months	31
346 Cancer-associated Fibroblasts in Glioblastoma Mouse Model Impact the Lymphoid Cells in the Tumor Microenvironment	31
803 Extracorporeal Filtration of Blood and Blood Breakdown Products from CSF via Spinal Catheter (PILLAR-XT) Following Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage	31
304 Cannabis Use and Increased Non-aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in the Last Decade	30
In Reply: Comparison of In-Hospital Mortality and Neurosurgical Intervention Between Intracranial Gunshot Wounds Arising from Long Guns and Handguns: A Propensity Score-Matched Study	30
202 Overlapping Functional and Stereotactic Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study of 1-Year Complications	29
149 Predictive Value of Magnetoencephalography to Guide Intracranial Implant Strategy	28
470 Blood-based Brain and Global Biomarker Changes Following Combined Hypoxemia and Hemorrhagic Shock in a Rat Model of Penetrating Ballistic-Like Brain Injury	28
Cortical Drainage Directly Into a Sinus Versus Drainage With Angiographic Parenchymal Venous Reflux: Improved Stratification of “High-Risk” Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas	28
208 Preliminary Results of Novel Method for Identifying Ischemic Stroke Vesicular Protein Signature in Cardiac Surgery Patients	27

443 Myeloid Immunometabolic Reprogramming Mitigates Chronic Neurodegeneration After Experimental Traumatic Brain Injury	27
444 Quantitative Mapping of Cerebral Blood Flow and Blood-Brain Barrier Water Exchange Rate (Kw) Reveals the Mechanobiological Impact of Cranioplasty: A Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of Patients Wi	27
325 The Economic Impact of Pediatric and Adolescent Gunshot Wound Mortality	27