OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Neurosurgery is 29. 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Letter to the Editor. ALA in the treatment of glioblastoma	93
Primary rhombencephalopathy: introduction of a new paradigm for the evaluation and management of craniocervical hindbrain pathology	62
Letter to the Editor. The utility of preoperative scores for predicting outcomes after MVD for trigeminal neuralgia	61
Visual deterioration secondary to medial sphenoid wing meningioma: systematic assessment of patient-reported outcomes and factors contributing to recovery after surgical treatment	60
Risk factors for wound dehiscence after surgery for epilepsy	56
Norwegian translation of the Mayo Clinic Vestibular Schwannoma Quality of Life Index	56
Letter to the Editor. Remission of acromegaly after transsphenoidal surgery	51
Letter to the Editor. Sophisticated data acquisition and analytics in neurosurgery: beneficial but expect challenges	48
Editorial. Margie Shreve and the Journal of Neurosurgery: "May it be said, ‘Well done.’"	48
The Device for Intraventricular Entry guide: a novel solution to a perpetual problem	46
Pipeline embolization device dynamics: prediction of incomplete occlusion by elongation from nominal length	41
Noninvasive disconnection of targeted neuronal circuitry sparing axons of passage and nonneuronal cells	39
Letter to the Editor. Small deep white matter cuts, big disconnections	38
The influence of tumor topography on the surgical outcome of craniopharyngiomas	38
The effect of patient age on the degree of midline shift caused by chronic subdural hematomas: a volumetric analysis	37
Damaging a few millimeters of the deep white matter tracts during glioma surgery may result in a large-scale brain disconnection	37
Monopolar stereoelectroencephalography-guided radiofrequency thermocoagulation	36
Anterior choroidal artery aneurysms: a systematic review and meta-analysis of outcomes and ischemic complications following surgical and endovascular treatment	36
Preoperative white matter network organization and memory decline after epilepsy surgery	34
Intraarterial encephalography from an acutely implanted aneurysm embolization device in awake humans	33
Use of fluorescein sodium–assisted intraoperative sample validation to maximize the diagnostic yield of stereotactic brain biopsy: progress toward a new standard of care?	32
Racial, ethnic, and gender diversity of applicants and matriculants to neurological surgery residency programs	32
Association of calcium channel blockers with lower incidence of intracranial aneurysm rupture and growth in hypertensive patients	31
Letter to the Editor. Intraosseous needle for cSDH: technical refinements and future directions	31
Extra-axial endoscopic third ventriculostomy: preliminary experience with a technique to circumvent conventional endoscopic third ventriculostomy complications	31

The critical need to address gender inequities in resident feedback and ensure equitable education for all trainees in neurosurgical training	30
Internal neurolysis versus intraoperative glycerin rhizotomy for trigeminal neuralgia	30
Letter to the Editor. Stereotactic radiosurgery for cavernous malformations: does it beat the natural history?	30
Accuracy and efficiency using frameless transient fiducial registration in stereoelectroencephalography and deep brain stimulation	29
The risk of intraoperative venous air embolism from neurosurgical procedures performed in the lounging position: an in-depth analysis of detection, management, and outcomes of 1000 consecutive cases	29
Comprehensive characterization of intracranial hemorrhage in deep brain stimulation: a systematic review of literature from 1987 to 2023	29
Long-term oncological outcomes for endoscopic endonasal versus open surgical approaches for anatomically matched, locally advanced stage T4 sinonasal malignancies with skull base involvement	29