OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Spine Journal is 35. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Letter to the editor regarding “Surgical site infection a major risk factor of pseudarthrosis in adult spinal deformity surgery” by Boishardy et al.	236
Response to letter to the editor regarding, “Outcomes in surgical treatment for tandem spinal stenosis: systematic literature review”	184
Letter to the editor regarding, “Outcomes in surgical treatment for tandem spinal stenosis: systematic literature review” by Ahorukomeye et al	133
Optimizing surgical strategies: a systematic review of the effectiveness of preoperative arterial embolization for hyper vascular metastatic spinal tumors	86
Effect of industry funding on outcome reporting in cervical disc arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	80
Letter to the editor regarding “Minimally-invasive percutaneous treatments for low back pain and leg pain: a randomized controlled study of thermal disc decompression versus mechanical percutaneous di	71
Upright versus recumbent lumbar spine MRI: Do findings differ systematically, and which correlates better with pain? A systematic review	69
Optimization of 3D-printed titanium interbody cage design. Part 1: in vitro biomechanical study of subsidence	68
Surgical versus nonsurgical treatment of thoracolumbar burst fractures in neurologically intact patients: a cost-utility analysis	68
Comparative diagnostic accuracy of ChatGPT-4 and machine learning in differentiating spinal tuberculosis and spinal tumors	66
Incidence and risk factors for complications following cervical epidural steroid injections	66
Meetings Calendar	63
Table of Contents	62
Editorial Board	59
Risk factors of revision operation and early revision for adjacent segment degeneration after lumbar fusion surgery: a case-control study	56
Reply to the letter to editor regarding, “A scoring system for the preoperative evaluation of prognosis in spinal infection: the MSI-20 score”	56
Varenicline mitigates the increased risk of pseudarthrosis associated with nicotine	50
P143. Impact of cephalad vs caudal lumbar lordosis correction on spinal shape and outcomes of complex deformity spine surgery	48
P139. Does normalizing T4-L1 pelvic angle relationship in long-segment fusions independently reduce mechanical complications and improve patient reported outcomes?	48
93. PROMIS 10 Global Mental Health T-score: an independent predictor of postsurgical outcomes up to one year following single-level elective lumbar fusion	48
P256. Evaluation of postoperative surgical outcomes after posterior lumbar decompression surgery by decade	48
P253. Effect of surgeon learning curve on minimally-invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MI-TLIF): insights from a single center retrospective comparative study	47
P22. Nonpenetrating titanium clips provide a safe and effective means of primary dural closure	45
66. Not all are created equal: lumbosacral anatomy is different in pediatric spondylolysis	43
51. Beyond kyphosis: modes of failure at the proximal junction in adult spinal deformity	42

P10. Biomechanics of the intact occiput-C2 spine: a retrospective analysis of 181 cervical motion segments	41
44. Go big or go home? What to do with Parkinson's patients needing thoracolumbar fusion	41
40. Posterior corrective surgery for Type II congenital kyphosis: SRS-Schwab Grade 4 osteotomy or vertebral column resection?	41
38. MRI-based endplate bone quality score as a predictor of cage subsidence following oblique lumbar interbody fusion	41
P312. Early vs late surgical decompression for patients with acute traumatic central cord syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis	40
P218. The impact of depression in anterior cervical discectomy and fusion	39
P213. Strategies for addressing a series of failed cervical total disc replacements	38
P79. Preoperative opioid use and anxiety are independent risk factors for failure to respond to erector spinae plane block in minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion	37
P91. Intravenous acetaminophen improves patient outcomes and decreases opioid use in lumbar fusion	37
P243. Comparison of outcomes of open and percutaneous spinal fixation techniques for the treatment of metastatic spinal tumors	36
P224. ABM/P-15 versus allograft in noninstrumented lumbar fusion – 10-year follow-up on a double blind randomized controlled trial	35