Journal of Neurosurgery-Spine

Papers
(The H4-Index of Journal of Neurosurgery-Spine is 21. 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.)
ArticleCitations
Female authorship trends in high-impact spine surgery journals83
Letter to the Editor. Rethinking the gold standard: limitations and implications for validation processes60
Letter to the Editor. ChatGPT and the treatment of cervical radiculopathy53
Full-endoscopic lumbar discectomy for lumbar disc herniation in young adults: 199 consecutive cases treated by a single surgeon with a mean 3.7-year follow-up43
A guide to finite element analysis models of the spine for clinicians42
Stereotactic radiosurgery for prostate cancer spine metastases: local control and fracture risk using a simultaneous integrated boost approach42
Postoperative opioid prescription and patient-reported outcomes after elective spine surgery: a Michigan Spine Surgery Improvement Collaborative study41
Use of global sagittal flexibility to predict proximal junctional kyphosis after spinal deformity surgery34
The prognostic role of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio, and systemic immune-inflammation index on short- and long-term outcome following surgery for spinal metastases30
The declining incidence of cervical spine surgery in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a single-surgeon series and literature review29
Graft subsidence and reoperation after lateral lumbar interbody fusion: a propensity score–matched and cost analysis of polyetheretherketone versus 3D-printed porous titanium interbodies27
Ten-year safety of pluripotent stem cell transplantation in acute thoracic spinal cord injury26
Independent predictors of vertebral compression fracture following radiation for metastatic spine disease25
Feasibility of lateral mass screw insertion in patients with the risky triad of C1: evaluation of the over-the-arch technique24
Editorial. Paraspinal musculature and bone quality: the answer to the mode of proximal junctional kyphosis24
Complication rate evolution across a 10-year enrollment period of a prospective multicenter database23
Surgical outcomes of patients who fail to reach minimal clinically important differences: comparison of minimally invasive versus open transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion22
Letter to the Editor. Preoperative depression among patients undergoing spine surgery22
Treatment of conus medullaris arteriovenous malformation: the role of microsurgical treatment22
Vertebral bone quality score provides preoperative bone density assessment for patients undergoing lumbar spine surgery: a retrospective study22
The status of spine surgery in social media platforms: a call to action22
Relationship between facet joint opening on CT and facet joint effusion on MRI in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis: analysis of a less invasive decompression procedure21
Safety and feasibility of intramedullary injected bone marrow–derived mesenchymal stem cells in acute complete spinal cord injury: phase 1 trial21
Evaluating alternatives to dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry for assessing bone quality in patients undergoing spine surgery21
Association of tranexamic acid with decreased blood loss in patients undergoing laminectomy and fusion with posterior instrumentation: a systematic review and meta-analysis21
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