OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Spine Journal is 37. 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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)

Article	Citations
139. Does the Roussouly classification provide unique insight into the sagittal alignment of patients undergoing adult spinal deformity surgery?	230
32. Timing of recovery after surgery for patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy: an observational study from the Canadian Spine Outcomes and Research Network	165
P98. Predicting 2-year health-related quality of life improvement in adult cervical deformity surgery	110
P112. The cost effectiveness of smoking cessation program in patients undergoing spinal deformity surgery	105
P39. Combining flexion lateral radiographs with a supine MRI is superior to a combination of flexion and extension lateral radiographs at detecting vertebral instability in patients with spondylolisth	91
163. Neuromodulation of micturition reflexes in a nonhuman primate model for conus medullaris and cauda equina injuries	88
P10. Effect of screw design, purchase depth and trajectory on cervical lateral mass fixation strength	82
48. Effects of social determinants of health on postoperative outcomes in degenerative spondylolisthesis	80
152. Walking time and grip strength as objective outcome metrics in the adult spinal deformity patient: series of 208 patients	73
119. Adverse events associated the barricaid annular closure device: an analysis of the FDA MAUDE database	68
121. Nerve root retraction time during lumbar endoscopic discectomy is associated with postoperative radiculitis	61
P33. Incidence, risk factors and clinical outcomes of cervical hematoma: an analysis from the Michigan Spine Surgery Improvement Collaborative registry	61
P153. Long term assessment of the functional independence measure on sports spinal cord injury patients	59
Measurement properties of the 5-repetition sit-to-stand test in patients with lumbar degenerative disorders: COSMIN systematic review	58
P74. Patient expectations impact patient-reported outcomes and satisfaction after lumbar fusion	57
Table of Contents	55
Meetings Calendar	50
93. PROMIS 10 Global Mental Health T-score: an independent predictor of postsurgical outcomes up to one year following single-level elective lumbar fusion	49
P224. ABM/P-15 versus allograft in noninstrumented lumbar fusion – 10-year follow-up on a double blind randomized controlled trial	47
P303. Thoracolumbar burst fracture: McCormack load-sharing classification: systematic review and single-arm meta-analysis	46
P317. Recurrence of kyphosis after surgical fixation of burst fractures	46
P92. Is there an optimal time for tracheostomy after anterior cervical spine surgery in patients with cervical fracture?	46
P253. Effect of surgeon learning curve on minimally-invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (MI-TLIF): insights from a single center retrospective comparative study	46
Editorial Board	45
25. Perioperative complications associated with epidural injections followed by cervical decompression and fusion	42

163. Assessing the influence of modifiable patient-related factors on complication rates following adult spinal deformity surgery	42
39. Preliminary assessment of lumbar discectomy patient balance recovery: Is a force plate necessary or will a yard stick suffice?	42
69. Outcomes after coronal alignment correction in patients with trunk shift toward the curve convexity	41
Craniocervical instability in patients with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: controversies in diagnosis and management	39
97. Geospatial clustering of lumbar fusion in the United States reveals racial and socioeconomic disparities	39
Retraction notice to: 137. Study great expectations on the novel predictor of outcome after spinal surgery[The Spine Journal 20/9S (2020) S67]	39
115. Discriminative ability of commonly used contemporary risk indices to predict adverse outcomes following adult spinal deformity corrective surgery	39
Stratifying outcome based on the Oswestry Disability Index for operative treatment of adult spinal deformity on patients 60 years of age or older: a multicenter, multi-continental study on Prospective	38
Imaging predictors of progression of lumbar spondylolysis to spondylolisthesis: a systematic review	38
Overstrain on the longitudinal band of the cruciform ligament during flexion in the setting of sandwich deformity at the craniovertebral junction: a finite element analysis	38
Comparing the medium-term outcomes of lumbar interbody fusion via transforaminal and oblique approach in treating lumbar degenerative disc diseases	37
Branched-chain amino acids plus vitamin D supplementation promote increased muscle strength following lumbar surgery for lumbar spinal stenosis: a randomized trial	37
Editorial Board	37