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Brain and Spine

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SCImago
Q2
WOS
Q2
Impact factor
2.5
SJR
0.742
CiteScore
2.1
Years of issue
2024-2025
journal names
Brain and Spine
Publications
5 511
Citations
2 233
h-index
17
Publications
5 511
Citations
2 162

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Citing journals

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Brain and Spine
202 citations, 9.05%
World Neurosurgery
127 citations, 5.69%
Acta Neurochirurgica
87 citations, 3.9%
Neurosurgical Review
73 citations, 3.27%
Cureus
64 citations, 2.87%
Neurosurgery
62 citations, 2.78%
Journal of Clinical Medicine
51 citations, 2.28%
European Spine Journal
31 citations, 1.39%
Global Spine Journal
31 citations, 1.39%
Operative Neurosurgery
30 citations, 1.34%
Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
30 citations, 1.34%
Frontiers in Neurology
29 citations, 1.3%
Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
28 citations, 1.25%
Neurosurgery Clinics of North America
22 citations, 0.99%
Cancers
22 citations, 0.99%
Journal of Neuro-Oncology
20 citations, 0.9%
Brain Sciences
19 citations, 0.85%
Spine Journal
19 citations, 0.85%
Surgical Neurology International
19 citations, 0.85%
Frontiers in Surgery
17 citations, 0.76%
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
17 citations, 0.76%
Annals of Medicine and Surgery
17 citations, 0.76%
Scientific Reports
16 citations, 0.72%
Child's Nervous System
15 citations, 0.67%
Neurochirurgie
14 citations, 0.63%
PLoS ONE
14 citations, 0.63%
British Journal of Neurosurgery
13 citations, 0.58%
Journal of Neurosurgery
12 citations, 0.54%
Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
11 citations, 0.49%
Medicine (United States)
11 citations, 0.49%
Reactions Weekly
10 citations, 0.45%
North American Spine Society Journal (NASSJ)
10 citations, 0.45%
Neurocritical Care
9 citations, 0.4%
Journal of Neurotrauma
9 citations, 0.4%
Frontiers in Oncology
9 citations, 0.4%
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
9 citations, 0.4%
Spine Deformity
9 citations, 0.4%
Critical Care
8 citations, 0.36%
BMC Medical Education
8 citations, 0.36%
Medicina
8 citations, 0.36%
Diagnostics
8 citations, 0.36%
Clinical Spine Surgery
7 citations, 0.31%
World Neurosurgery: X
7 citations, 0.31%
Journal of Neurological Surgery, Part A: Central European Neurosurgery
7 citations, 0.31%
Frontiers in Medicine
7 citations, 0.31%
Egyptian Journal of Neurosurgery
7 citations, 0.31%
Journal of Robotic Surgery
6 citations, 0.27%
Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery: Advanced Techniques and Case Management
6 citations, 0.27%
Journal of Neurological Surgery, Part B: Skull Base
6 citations, 0.27%
Tomography
6 citations, 0.27%
Spine
5 citations, 0.22%
Frontiers in Pediatrics
5 citations, 0.22%
Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine
5 citations, 0.22%
Seizure : the journal of the British Epilepsy Association
5 citations, 0.22%
Frontiers in Public Health
5 citations, 0.22%
Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences
5 citations, 0.22%
Bioengineering
5 citations, 0.22%
Biomedicines
5 citations, 0.22%
Asian Journal of Neurosurgery
5 citations, 0.22%
Pediatric Neurology
4 citations, 0.18%
Current Problems in Surgery
4 citations, 0.18%
Asian Journal of Surgery
4 citations, 0.18%
BMJ Open
4 citations, 0.18%
BMC Surgery
4 citations, 0.18%
European Geriatric Medicine
4 citations, 0.18%
Musculoskeletal Science and Practice
4 citations, 0.18%
Trials
4 citations, 0.18%
Interventional Neuroradiology
4 citations, 0.18%
Orthopaedic surgery
4 citations, 0.18%
American Journal of Neuroradiology
4 citations, 0.18%
Sensors
4 citations, 0.18%
Heliyon
4 citations, 0.18%
Neurosurgery Open
4 citations, 0.18%
AME Surgical Journal
4 citations, 0.18%
Die Wirbelsäule
4 citations, 0.18%
Spine Research
4 citations, 0.18%
Neuroradiology
3 citations, 0.13%
Radiology Case Reports
3 citations, 0.13%
Best Practice and Research in Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
3 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Surgical Education
3 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Personalized Medicine
3 citations, 0.13%
Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics
3 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Hospital Infection
3 citations, 0.13%
Emergency Radiology
3 citations, 0.13%
Neuromethods
3 citations, 0.13%
Hirurgia Pozvonochnika
3 citations, 0.13%
New England Journal of Medicine
3 citations, 0.13%
Healthcare
3 citations, 0.13%
International Journal of Surgery Case Reports
3 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology
3 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Craniofacial Surgery
3 citations, 0.13%
Journal of the Neurological Sciences
3 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Pain Research
3 citations, 0.13%
Gait and Posture
3 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine
3 citations, 0.13%
Neuro-Oncology
3 citations, 0.13%
JAMA Neurology
3 citations, 0.13%
Acta Neurologica Belgica
3 citations, 0.13%
Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials
3 citations, 0.13%
Frontiers in Neuroscience
3 citations, 0.13%
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Elsevier
648 citations, 29.02%
Springer Nature
566 citations, 25.35%
MDPI
188 citations, 8.42%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
181 citations, 8.11%
Frontiers Media S.A.
97 citations, 4.34%
SAGE
61 citations, 2.73%
Wiley
48 citations, 2.15%
Taylor & Francis
47 citations, 2.1%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
32 citations, 1.43%
Oxford University Press
26 citations, 1.16%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
26 citations, 1.16%
Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)
25 citations, 1.12%
BMJ
16 citations, 0.72%
Scientific Scholar
16 citations, 0.72%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
15 citations, 0.67%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
14 citations, 0.63%
Mary Ann Liebert
12 citations, 0.54%
AME Publishing Company
10 citations, 0.45%
JMIR Publications
6 citations, 0.27%
Baishideng Publishing Group
6 citations, 0.27%
IntechOpen
6 citations, 0.27%
Walter de Gruyter
5 citations, 0.22%
Edizioni Minerva Medica
5 citations, 0.22%
American Medical Association (AMA)
5 citations, 0.22%
IOP Publishing
4 citations, 0.18%
World Scientific
3 citations, 0.13%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
3 citations, 0.13%
Association of Spine Surgeons
3 citations, 0.13%
Massachusetts Medical Society
3 citations, 0.13%
OAE Publishing Inc.
3 citations, 0.13%
F1000 Research
3 citations, 0.13%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
2 citations, 0.09%
The Royal Society
2 citations, 0.09%
Eco-Vector LLC
2 citations, 0.09%
The Endocrine Society
2 citations, 0.09%
American Society of Neuoradiology
2 citations, 0.09%
S. Karger AG
2 citations, 0.09%
Publishing House ABV Press
2 citations, 0.09%
Sechenov University
2 citations, 0.09%
Media Sphere Publishing House
2 citations, 0.09%
Brieflands
2 citations, 0.09%
Research Square Platform LLC
2 citations, 0.09%
American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR)
2 citations, 0.09%
Apex Publishing
2 citations, 0.09%
Cambridge University Press
1 citation, 0.04%
IMR Press
1 citation, 0.04%
IOS Press
1 citation, 0.04%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
1 citation, 0.04%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
1 citation, 0.04%
American Physiological Society
1 citation, 0.04%
AIP Publishing
1 citation, 0.04%
Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine (KARM)
1 citation, 0.04%
PeerJ
1 citation, 0.04%
Spandidos Publications
1 citation, 0.04%
British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery
1 citation, 0.04%
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
1 citation, 0.04%
American Thoracic Society
1 citation, 0.04%
Kowsar Medical Publishing Company
1 citation, 0.04%
Baltic Medical Education Center
1 citation, 0.04%
Institute of Measurement Science
1 citation, 0.04%
Siberian State Medical University
1 citation, 0.04%
Vilnius University Press
1 citation, 0.04%
Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society
1 citation, 0.04%
University of Medicine
1 citation, 0.04%
Medknow
1 citation, 0.04%
Hindawi Limited
1 citation, 0.04%
Vreden Russian Research Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics
1 citation, 0.04%
ASME International
1 citation, 0.04%
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Co. LTD Ukrinformnauka) (Publications)
1 citation, 0.04%
SciELO
1 citation, 0.04%
SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
1 citation, 0.04%
Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishing
1 citation, 0.04%
Ubiquity Press
1 citation, 0.04%
Paediatrician Publishers LLC
1 citation, 0.04%
IGI Global
1 citation, 0.04%
AOSIS
1 citation, 0.04%
South Florida Publishing LLC
1 citation, 0.04%
Hans Publishers
1 citation, 0.04%
Scientific Research Institute - Ochapovsky Regional Clinical Hospital No 1
1 citation, 0.04%
XMLink
1 citation, 0.04%
Japan Society for Laser Surgery and Medicine
1 citation, 0.04%
Japanese Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
1 citation, 0.04%
The Japanese Association of Rehabilitation Medicine
1 citation, 0.04%
National Institute of Infectious Diseases
1 citation, 0.04%
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Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico
118 publications, 2.14%
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
110 publications, 2%
University Hospital of Zürich
102 publications, 1.85%
Technical University of Munich
78 publications, 1.42%
Leiden University Medical Center
77 publications, 1.4%
University of Cambridge
75 publications, 1.36%
Innsbruck Medical University
74 publications, 1.34%
University Hospital of Bern
73 publications, 1.32%
University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
73 publications, 1.32%
University Hospital Heidelberg
72 publications, 1.31%
Rechts der Isar Hospital
70 publications, 1.27%
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
63 publications, 1.14%
Kantonsspital St. Gallen
61 publications, 1.11%
Medical University of Vienna
58 publications, 1.05%
Hospital Universitario La Paz
56 publications, 1.02%
Geneva University Hospitals
50 publications, 0.91%
University Medical Center Utrecht
48 publications, 0.87%
Acibadem University
47 publications, 0.85%
University Hospital of Basel
46 publications, 0.83%
University of Milan
46 publications, 0.83%
University of Toronto
45 publications, 0.82%
Carlo Besta Neurological Institute
44 publications, 0.8%
University Hospital Münster
43 publications, 0.78%
University of Turin
40 publications, 0.73%
University Hospital Aachen
40 publications, 0.73%
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
38 publications, 0.69%
Universitair Ziekenhuis Leuven
37 publications, 0.67%
Lausanne University Hospital
37 publications, 0.67%
University Hospital Augsburg
37 publications, 0.67%
Vall d'Hebron University Hospital
37 publications, 0.67%
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
36 publications, 0.65%
Copenhagen University Hospital
36 publications, 0.65%
Harvard University
36 publications, 0.65%
Cologne University Hospital
35 publications, 0.64%
Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
35 publications, 0.64%
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
35 publications, 0.64%
Imperial College London
34 publications, 0.62%
Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg
34 publications, 0.62%
University of Zurich
32 publications, 0.58%
Jena University Hospital
31 publications, 0.56%
University of California, San Francisco
30 publications, 0.54%
University of Basel
29 publications, 0.53%
Balgrist University Hospital
29 publications, 0.53%
Oslo University Hospital
29 publications, 0.53%
University Hospital Tübingen
29 publications, 0.53%
Erasmus University Medical Center
29 publications, 0.53%
National Medical Research Center of Neurosurgery named after N.N. Burdenko
28 publications, 0.51%
Turku University Hospital
28 publications, 0.51%
Johns Hopkins University
28 publications, 0.51%
University Hospital Leipzig
28 publications, 0.51%
University of Bern
27 publications, 0.49%
University Hospital Düsseldorf
27 publications, 0.49%
Karolinska Institute
26 publications, 0.47%
University College London
26 publications, 0.47%
King's College London
26 publications, 0.47%
University Medical Center Göttingen
26 publications, 0.47%
University Hospital Regensburg
26 publications, 0.47%
Helsinki University Hospital
25 publications, 0.45%
ETH Zurich
25 publications, 0.45%
Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg
25 publications, 0.45%
University of Edinburgh
24 publications, 0.44%
Niguarda Hospital
24 publications, 0.44%
Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences
23 publications, 0.42%
Heidelberg University
23 publications, 0.42%
University of Copenhagen
23 publications, 0.42%
Charles University
23 publications, 0.42%
Essen University Hospital
23 publications, 0.42%
German Cancer Research Center
22 publications, 0.4%
Greifswald University Hospital
22 publications, 0.4%
Amsterdam University Medical Center
22 publications, 0.4%
Maastricht University Medical Center+
21 publications, 0.38%
University Hospital Frankfurt
21 publications, 0.38%
Mayo Clinic
21 publications, 0.38%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
20 publications, 0.36%
University of Gothenburg
19 publications, 0.34%
University of Geneva
19 publications, 0.34%
Saint Joseph University
19 publications, 0.34%
Antwerp University Hospital
19 publications, 0.34%
Cornell University
19 publications, 0.34%
New York University
19 publications, 0.34%
Toronto Western Hospital
19 publications, 0.34%
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
18 publications, 0.33%
Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital
18 publications, 0.33%
Sahlgrenska University Hospital
18 publications, 0.33%
Skåne University Hospital
18 publications, 0.33%
University of Naples Federico II
18 publications, 0.33%
Maastricht University
18 publications, 0.33%
Brigham and Women's Hospital
18 publications, 0.33%
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
18 publications, 0.33%
Ulm University
18 publications, 0.33%
University Hospital Würzburg
18 publications, 0.33%
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
18 publications, 0.33%
University of Porto
18 publications, 0.33%
Aix-Marseille University
17 publications, 0.31%
Karolinska University Hospital
17 publications, 0.31%
Oulu University Hospital
17 publications, 0.31%
Aarhus University Hospital
17 publications, 0.31%
Haukeland University Hospital
17 publications, 0.31%
Stanford University
17 publications, 0.31%
Massachusetts General Hospital
17 publications, 0.31%
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Germany, 362, 6.57%
Germany
362 publications, 6.57%
Switzerland, 198, 3.59%
Switzerland
198 publications, 3.59%
United Kingdom, 195, 3.54%
United Kingdom
195 publications, 3.54%
USA, 164, 2.98%
USA
164 publications, 2.98%
Italy, 140, 2.54%
Italy
140 publications, 2.54%
Spain, 103, 1.87%
Spain
103 publications, 1.87%
Netherlands, 99, 1.8%
Netherlands
99 publications, 1.8%
France, 70, 1.27%
France
70 publications, 1.27%
Austria, 60, 1.09%
Austria
60 publications, 1.09%
Belgium, 59, 1.07%
Belgium
59 publications, 1.07%
Turkey, 58, 1.05%
Turkey
58 publications, 1.05%
Denmark, 47, 0.85%
Denmark
47 publications, 0.85%
Japan, 44, 0.8%
Japan
44 publications, 0.8%
Sweden, 42, 0.76%
Sweden
42 publications, 0.76%
Greece, 39, 0.71%
Greece
39 publications, 0.71%
Canada, 36, 0.65%
Canada
36 publications, 0.65%
China, 33, 0.6%
China
33 publications, 0.6%
India, 29, 0.53%
India
29 publications, 0.53%
Portugal, 28, 0.51%
Portugal
28 publications, 0.51%
Republic of Korea, 28, 0.51%
Republic of Korea
28 publications, 0.51%
Russia, 26, 0.47%
Russia
26 publications, 0.47%
Poland, 26, 0.47%
Poland
26 publications, 0.47%
Norway, 23, 0.42%
Norway
23 publications, 0.42%
Finland, 22, 0.4%
Finland
22 publications, 0.4%
Czech Republic, 21, 0.38%
Czech Republic
21 publications, 0.38%
Pakistan, 18, 0.33%
Pakistan
18 publications, 0.33%
Ireland, 17, 0.31%
Ireland
17 publications, 0.31%
Singapore, 15, 0.27%
Singapore
15 publications, 0.27%
Egypt, 14, 0.25%
Egypt
14 publications, 0.25%
Saudi Arabia, 14, 0.25%
Saudi Arabia
14 publications, 0.25%
Ukraine, 13, 0.24%
Ukraine
13 publications, 0.24%
Australia, 13, 0.24%
Australia
13 publications, 0.24%
Israel, 13, 0.24%
Israel
13 publications, 0.24%
Hungary, 11, 0.2%
Hungary
11 publications, 0.2%
Nepal, 10, 0.18%
Nepal
10 publications, 0.18%
Croatia, 10, 0.18%
Croatia
10 publications, 0.18%
Bulgaria, 9, 0.16%
Bulgaria
9 publications, 0.16%
Lebanon, 9, 0.16%
Lebanon
9 publications, 0.16%
Romania, 8, 0.15%
Romania
8 publications, 0.15%
Brazil, 7, 0.13%
Brazil
7 publications, 0.13%
New Zealand, 7, 0.13%
New Zealand
7 publications, 0.13%
Serbia, 7, 0.13%
Serbia
7 publications, 0.13%
Thailand, 7, 0.13%
Thailand
7 publications, 0.13%
Argentina, 6, 0.11%
Argentina
6 publications, 0.11%
Mexico, 6, 0.11%
Mexico
6 publications, 0.11%
Slovenia, 6, 0.11%
Slovenia
6 publications, 0.11%
Philippines, 6, 0.11%
Philippines
6 publications, 0.11%
Iran, 5, 0.09%
Iran
5 publications, 0.09%
Lithuania, 5, 0.09%
Lithuania
5 publications, 0.09%
Morocco, 5, 0.09%
Morocco
5 publications, 0.09%
Nigeria, 4, 0.07%
Nigeria
4 publications, 0.07%
Slovakia, 4, 0.07%
Slovakia
4 publications, 0.07%
Ethiopia, 4, 0.07%
Ethiopia
4 publications, 0.07%
South Africa, 4, 0.07%
South Africa
4 publications, 0.07%
Zambia, 3, 0.05%
Zambia
3 publications, 0.05%
Indonesia, 3, 0.05%
Indonesia
3 publications, 0.05%
Cameroon, 3, 0.05%
Cameroon
3 publications, 0.05%
Qatar, 3, 0.05%
Qatar
3 publications, 0.05%
Côte d'Ivoire, 3, 0.05%
Côte d'Ivoire
3 publications, 0.05%
Luxembourg, 3, 0.05%
Luxembourg
3 publications, 0.05%
Malaysia, 3, 0.05%
Malaysia
3 publications, 0.05%
Moldova, 3, 0.05%
Moldova
3 publications, 0.05%
Chile, 3, 0.05%
Chile
3 publications, 0.05%
Belarus, 2, 0.04%
Belarus
2 publications, 0.04%
Estonia, 2, 0.04%
Estonia
2 publications, 0.04%
Albania, 2, 0.04%
Albania
2 publications, 0.04%
Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2, 0.04%
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2 publications, 0.04%
Georgia, 2, 0.04%
Georgia
2 publications, 0.04%
Kenya, 2, 0.04%
Kenya
2 publications, 0.04%
Colombia, 2, 0.04%
Colombia
2 publications, 0.04%
Kuwait, 2, 0.04%
Kuwait
2 publications, 0.04%
Peru, 2, 0.04%
Peru
2 publications, 0.04%
Rwanda, 2, 0.04%
Rwanda
2 publications, 0.04%
Tanzania, 2, 0.04%
Tanzania
2 publications, 0.04%
Algeria, 1, 0.02%
Algeria
1 publication, 0.02%
Bangladesh, 1, 0.02%
Bangladesh
1 publication, 0.02%
Bahrain, 1, 0.02%
Bahrain
1 publication, 0.02%
Botswana, 1, 0.02%
Botswana
1 publication, 0.02%
Vietnam, 1, 0.02%
Vietnam
1 publication, 0.02%
Haiti, 1, 0.02%
Haiti
1 publication, 0.02%
Ghana, 1, 0.02%
Ghana
1 publication, 0.02%
Jordan, 1, 0.02%
Jordan
1 publication, 0.02%
Iraq, 1, 0.02%
Iraq
1 publication, 0.02%
Cyprus, 1, 0.02%
Cyprus
1 publication, 0.02%
Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1, 0.02%
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1 publication, 0.02%
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1 publication, 0.02%
Latvia, 1, 0.02%
Latvia
1 publication, 0.02%
Maldives, 1, 0.02%
Maldives
1 publication, 0.02%
Myanmar, 1, 0.02%
Myanmar
1 publication, 0.02%
UAE, 1, 0.02%
UAE
1 publication, 0.02%
Trinidad and Tobago, 1, 0.02%
Trinidad and Tobago
1 publication, 0.02%
Tunisia, 1, 0.02%
Tunisia
1 publication, 0.02%
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