OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Journal of Neurosurgery 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Racial, ethnic, and gender diversity of applicants and matriculants to neurological surgery residency programs	74
Letter to the Editor. ALA in the treatment of glioblastoma	57
The Device for Intraventricular Entry guide: a novel solution to a perpetual problem	56
Troubleshooting the bypass: intraoperative management of initially failed anastomosis in direct cerebral revascularization surgery	54
Letter to the Editor. Sophisticated data acquisition and analytics in neurosurgery: beneficial but expect challenges	53
Letter to the Editor. Small deep white matter cuts, big disconnections	53
Primary rhombencephalopathy: introduction of a new paradigm for the evaluation and management of craniocervical hindbrain pathology	50
Risk factors for wound dehiscence after surgery for epilepsy	44
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	43
Norwegian translation of the Mayo Clinic Vestibular Schwannoma Quality of Life Index	42
Visual deterioration secondary to medial sphenoid wing meningioma: systematic assessment of patient-reported outcomes and factors contributing to recovery after surgical treatment	40
Pipeline embolization device dynamics: prediction of incomplete occlusion by elongation from nominal length	39
Letter to the Editor. Remission of acromegaly after transsphenoidal surgery	36
Genomic alterations associated with postoperative nodular leptomeningeal disease after resection of brain metastases	35
Editorial. Margie Shreve and the Journal of Neurosurgery: "May it be said, ‘Well done.’"	35
Noninvasive disconnection of targeted neuronal circuitry sparing axons of passage and nonneuronal cells	35
Internal neurolysis versus intraoperative glycerin rhizotomy for trigeminal neuralgia	34
Comprehensive characterization of intracranial hemorrhage in deep brain stimulation: a systematic review of literature from 1987 to 2023	34
Extra-axial endoscopic third ventriculostomy: preliminary experience with a technique to circumvent conventional endoscopic third ventriculostomy complications	33
Letter to the Editor. The utility of preoperative scores for predicting outcomes after MVD for trigeminal neuralgia	32
Anterior choroidal artery aneurysms: a systematic review and meta-analysis of outcomes and ischemic complications following surgical and endovascular treatment	32
Monopolar stereoelectroencephalography-guided radiofrequency thermocoagulation	32
Letter to the Editor. Stereotactic radiosurgery for cavernous malformations: does it beat the natural history?	31
Preoperative white matter network organization and memory decline after epilepsy surgery	30
Long-term oncological outcomes for endoscopic endonasal versus open surgical approaches for anatomically matched, locally advanced stage T4 sinonasal malignancies with skull base involvement	30

The critical need to address gender inequities in resident feedback and ensure equitable education for all trainees in neurosurgical training	29
Predictive value of intraoperative vagus nerve corticobulbar motor evoked potentials to assess the risk of dysphagia in fourth ventricle surgery	29
Leading medical schools for female neurosurgery graduates	29
Use of fluorescein sodium–assisted intraoperative sample validation to maximize the diagnostic yield of stereotactic brain biopsy: progress toward a new standard of care?	28
Long-term outcomes after surgery for brainstem cavernous malformations: analysis of 46 consecutive cases	28