OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Spine is 28. 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
Formal Radiologist Interpretations of Intraoperative Spine Radiographs Have Low Clinical Value	82
Age-Related Changes and Spinal Sagittal Alignment in Asymptomatic Community Dwelling Adults Over 50	58
A Proof-of-Concept Study on the Effects of STA363 on Low Back Pain in Patients with Degenerative Disc Disease	46
Response to Letter to the Editor	42
Concerning the Article: Should Q-CT Be the Gold Standard for Detecting Spinal Osteoporosis?	42
Letter to the Editor Regarding “Prediction of Progressive Collapse in Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures Using Conventional Statistics and Machine Learning”	41
In Honor of Professor Se-Il Suk’s Significant Achievements and Contributions to Pedicle Screw Instrumentation and Related Surgical Techniques in Spinal Deformity	41
Change in Lumbar Lordosis After Decompressive Surgery in Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Patients and Associations With Patient-Related Outcomes Two Years After Surgery:	40
Best Practice Guidelines for Assessment and Management of Osteoporosis in Adult Patients Undergoing Elective Spinal Reconstruction: Erratum	40
T1 Pelvic and Lumbar Pelvic Angles Normative Values	39
Implementation of the Minimum Clinically Important Difference for the Neck Disability Index Is Often Problematic	38
Risk Factors Associated With Revision Microdiscectomy or Subsequent Spinal Fusion Within Two Years of Index Lumbar Microdiscectomy	36
Vancomycin Effectiveness in Reducing Surgical Site Infection in Posterior Spinal Fusion Surgery	36
Predicting Postoperative Neurological Outcomes in Metastatic Spinal Tumor Surgery Using Machine Learning	35
Lower Genetically Predicted Circulating Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 is Associated with a Higher Risk of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis	35
The Effect of Positional Graft Placement on Pseudarthrosis Rates in Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion	34
Outcomes of Single-Sided Thoracic vs. Bilateral Thoracic and Lumbar Anterior Vertebral Body Tethering in Lenke 1 Curves with Lumbar C Modifier	32
Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion Achieves Comparable Outcomes in Radiographically Challenging Spondylolisthesis Cases	31
Corner Osteotomy As the More Advanced Approach to Deformity Correction in Adult Spinal Deformity	31
Propensity-matched Comparison Between Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain and Axial Spondyloarthritis: Impact on patient-perceived Quality of Life	30
The Impact of Lumbopelvic Realignment Versus Prevention Strategies at the Upper-instrumented Vertebra on the Rates of Junctional Failure Following Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery	30
Physical Therapy Utilization After Single-level Posterior Lumbar Fusion	30
miR-4478 Accelerates Nucleus Pulposus Cells Apoptosis Induced by Oxidative Stress by Targeting MTH1	29
Relationship between Preoperative Global Sagittal Alignment and Changes in Cervical Alignment Following Lumbar Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy	29
The Association Between Cervical Foraminal Stenosis and Adhesive Capsulitis	29

Assessing Neurological Complications in Thoracic Three-Column Osteotomy	29
Validation of the Oswestry Disability Index in Adult Spinal Deformity	28
Prospective Comparison of Posterior Decompression and ACDF for 1- to 2-level Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy	28