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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
5 751
Citations
2 381
h-index
18
Publications
5 740
Citations
2 282

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Citing journals

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Brain and Spine
207 citations, 8.69%
World Neurosurgery
129 citations, 5.42%
Acta Neurochirurgica
91 citations, 3.82%
Neurosurgical Review
84 citations, 3.53%
Cureus
67 citations, 2.81%
Neurosurgery
63 citations, 2.65%
Journal of Clinical Medicine
57 citations, 2.39%
European Spine Journal
33 citations, 1.39%
Global Spine Journal
33 citations, 1.39%
Frontiers in Neurology
31 citations, 1.3%
Journal of Clinical Neuroscience
31 citations, 1.3%
Operative Neurosurgery
30 citations, 1.26%
Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
29 citations, 1.22%
Cancers
24 citations, 1.01%
Journal of Neuro-Oncology
23 citations, 0.97%
Neurosurgery Clinics of North America
22 citations, 0.92%
Frontiers in Surgery
21 citations, 0.88%
Surgical Neurology International
21 citations, 0.88%
Brain Sciences
19 citations, 0.8%
Spine Journal
19 citations, 0.8%
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
18 citations, 0.76%
Annals of Medicine and Surgery
18 citations, 0.76%
Scientific Reports
17 citations, 0.71%
Child's Nervous System
16 citations, 0.67%
Neurochirurgie
14 citations, 0.59%
PLoS ONE
14 citations, 0.59%
British Journal of Neurosurgery
13 citations, 0.55%
Medicine (United States)
12 citations, 0.5%
Journal of Neurosurgery
12 citations, 0.5%
Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
11 citations, 0.46%
Journal of Neurotrauma
10 citations, 0.42%
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
10 citations, 0.42%
Reactions Weekly
10 citations, 0.42%
North American Spine Society Journal (NASSJ)
10 citations, 0.42%
Neurocritical Care
9 citations, 0.38%
Frontiers in Oncology
9 citations, 0.38%
Spine Deformity
9 citations, 0.38%
Critical Care
8 citations, 0.34%
BMC Medical Education
8 citations, 0.34%
Medicina
8 citations, 0.34%
Frontiers in Medicine
8 citations, 0.34%
Diagnostics
8 citations, 0.34%
Clinical Spine Surgery
7 citations, 0.29%
World Neurosurgery: X
7 citations, 0.29%
Journal of Neurological Surgery, Part A: Central European Neurosurgery
7 citations, 0.29%
Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery: Advanced Techniques and Case Management
7 citations, 0.29%
Egyptian Journal of Neurosurgery
7 citations, 0.29%
Journal of Robotic Surgery
6 citations, 0.25%
Journal of Neurological Surgery, Part B: Skull Base
6 citations, 0.25%
Tomography
6 citations, 0.25%
Spine
5 citations, 0.21%
Frontiers in Pediatrics
5 citations, 0.21%
Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine
5 citations, 0.21%
Seizure : the journal of the British Epilepsy Association
5 citations, 0.21%
Frontiers in Public Health
5 citations, 0.21%
Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences
5 citations, 0.21%
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series A
5 citations, 0.21%
Bioengineering
5 citations, 0.21%
Biomedicines
5 citations, 0.21%
Asian Journal of Neurosurgery
5 citations, 0.21%
Spine Research
5 citations, 0.21%
Pediatric Neurology
4 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Personalized Medicine
4 citations, 0.17%
Current Problems in Surgery
4 citations, 0.17%
Asian Journal of Surgery
4 citations, 0.17%
BMJ Open
4 citations, 0.17%
BMC Surgery
4 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Hospital Infection
4 citations, 0.17%
European Geriatric Medicine
4 citations, 0.17%
Musculoskeletal Science and Practice
4 citations, 0.17%
Trials
4 citations, 0.17%
Interventional Neuroradiology
4 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Pain Research
4 citations, 0.17%
Orthopaedic surgery
4 citations, 0.17%
Neuro-Oncology
4 citations, 0.17%
Injury
4 citations, 0.17%
Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
4 citations, 0.17%
American Journal of Neuroradiology
4 citations, 0.17%
Sensors
4 citations, 0.17%
European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
4 citations, 0.17%
Heliyon
4 citations, 0.17%
Life
4 citations, 0.17%
Die Unfallchirurgie
4 citations, 0.17%
Neurosurgery Open
4 citations, 0.17%
AME Surgical Journal
4 citations, 0.17%
Die Wirbelsäule
4 citations, 0.17%
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%
Chiropractic and Manual Therapies
3 citations, 0.13%
Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics
3 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Neural Engineering
3 citations, 0.13%
Emergency Radiology
3 citations, 0.13%
Neuromethods
3 citations, 0.13%
Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing
3 citations, 0.13%
Hirurgia Pozvonochnika
3 citations, 0.13%
Fluids and Barriers of the CNS
3 citations, 0.13%
New England Journal of Medicine
3 citations, 0.13%
Healthcare
3 citations, 0.13%
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Elsevier
671 citations, 28.18%
Springer Nature
611 citations, 25.66%
MDPI
204 citations, 8.57%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
190 citations, 7.98%
Frontiers Media S.A.
105 citations, 4.41%
SAGE
63 citations, 2.65%
Taylor & Francis
52 citations, 2.18%
Wiley
51 citations, 2.14%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
35 citations, 1.47%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
27 citations, 1.13%
Oxford University Press
26 citations, 1.09%
Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)
25 citations, 1.05%
Scientific Scholar
18 citations, 0.76%
BMJ
16 citations, 0.67%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
15 citations, 0.63%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
15 citations, 0.63%
Mary Ann Liebert
13 citations, 0.55%
AME Publishing Company
10 citations, 0.42%
Baishideng Publishing Group
8 citations, 0.34%
IOP Publishing
6 citations, 0.25%
JMIR Publications
6 citations, 0.25%
IntechOpen
6 citations, 0.25%
Walter de Gruyter
5 citations, 0.21%
Edizioni Minerva Medica
5 citations, 0.21%
American Medical Association (AMA)
5 citations, 0.21%
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%
S. Karger AG
3 citations, 0.13%
OAE Publishing Inc.
3 citations, 0.13%
F1000 Research
3 citations, 0.13%
Cambridge University Press
2 citations, 0.08%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
2 citations, 0.08%
The Royal Society
2 citations, 0.08%
Spandidos Publications
2 citations, 0.08%
Eco-Vector LLC
2 citations, 0.08%
The Endocrine Society
2 citations, 0.08%
American Society of Neuoradiology
2 citations, 0.08%
Hindawi Limited
2 citations, 0.08%
Publishing House ABV Press
2 citations, 0.08%
Sechenov University
2 citations, 0.08%
Media Sphere Publishing House
2 citations, 0.08%
Brieflands
2 citations, 0.08%
Research Square Platform LLC
2 citations, 0.08%
American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR)
2 citations, 0.08%
Apex Publishing
2 citations, 0.08%
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%
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%
SingHealth Academy
1 citation, 0.04%
Medknow
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%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
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, 2.05%
Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
110 publications, 1.91%
University Hospital of Zürich
102 publications, 1.77%
Technical University of Munich
78 publications, 1.36%
Leiden University Medical Center
77 publications, 1.34%
University of Cambridge
75 publications, 1.3%
Innsbruck Medical University
74 publications, 1.29%
University Hospital of Bern
73 publications, 1.27%
University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
73 publications, 1.27%
University Hospital Heidelberg
72 publications, 1.25%
Rechts der Isar Hospital
70 publications, 1.22%
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
63 publications, 1.1%
Kantonsspital St. Gallen
61 publications, 1.06%
Medical University of Vienna
58 publications, 1.01%
Hospital Universitario La Paz
56 publications, 0.97%
Geneva University Hospitals
50 publications, 0.87%
University Medical Center Utrecht
48 publications, 0.83%
Acibadem University
47 publications, 0.82%
University Hospital of Basel
46 publications, 0.8%
University of Milan
46 publications, 0.8%
University of Toronto
45 publications, 0.78%
Carlo Besta Neurological Institute
44 publications, 0.77%
University Hospital Münster
43 publications, 0.75%
University of Turin
40 publications, 0.7%
University Hospital Aachen
40 publications, 0.7%
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
38 publications, 0.66%
Universitair Ziekenhuis Leuven
37 publications, 0.64%
Lausanne University Hospital
37 publications, 0.64%
University Hospital Augsburg
37 publications, 0.64%
Vall d'Hebron University Hospital
37 publications, 0.64%
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
36 publications, 0.63%
Copenhagen University Hospital
36 publications, 0.63%
Harvard University
36 publications, 0.63%
Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
36 publications, 0.63%
Cologne University Hospital
35 publications, 0.61%
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
35 publications, 0.61%
Imperial College London
34 publications, 0.59%
Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg
34 publications, 0.59%
University of Zurich
32 publications, 0.56%
Jena University Hospital
31 publications, 0.54%
University of California, San Francisco
30 publications, 0.52%
University of Basel
29 publications, 0.5%
Balgrist University Hospital
29 publications, 0.5%
Oslo University Hospital
29 publications, 0.5%
University Hospital Tübingen
29 publications, 0.5%
Erasmus University Medical Center
29 publications, 0.5%
National Medical Research Center of Neurosurgery named after N.N. Burdenko
28 publications, 0.49%
Turku University Hospital
28 publications, 0.49%
Johns Hopkins University
28 publications, 0.49%
University Hospital Leipzig
28 publications, 0.49%
University of Bern
27 publications, 0.47%
University Hospital Düsseldorf
27 publications, 0.47%
Karolinska Institute
26 publications, 0.45%
University College London
26 publications, 0.45%
King's College London
26 publications, 0.45%
University Medical Center Göttingen
26 publications, 0.45%
University Hospital Regensburg
26 publications, 0.45%
Helsinki University Hospital
25 publications, 0.43%
ETH Zurich
25 publications, 0.43%
Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg
25 publications, 0.43%
University of Edinburgh
24 publications, 0.42%
Niguarda Hospital
24 publications, 0.42%
Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences
23 publications, 0.4%
Heidelberg University
23 publications, 0.4%
University of Copenhagen
23 publications, 0.4%
Charles University
23 publications, 0.4%
Essen University Hospital
23 publications, 0.4%
Greifswald University Hospital
23 publications, 0.4%
German Cancer Research Center
22 publications, 0.38%
University Hospital Frankfurt
22 publications, 0.38%
Amsterdam University Medical Center
22 publications, 0.38%
Maastricht University Medical Center+
21 publications, 0.37%
Mayo Clinic
21 publications, 0.37%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
20 publications, 0.35%
University of Gothenburg
19 publications, 0.33%
University of Geneva
19 publications, 0.33%
Saint Joseph University
19 publications, 0.33%
Antwerp University Hospital
19 publications, 0.33%
Cornell University
19 publications, 0.33%
New York University
19 publications, 0.33%
Toronto Western Hospital
19 publications, 0.33%
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre
18 publications, 0.31%
Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital
18 publications, 0.31%
Sahlgrenska University Hospital
18 publications, 0.31%
Skåne University Hospital
18 publications, 0.31%
University of Naples Federico II
18 publications, 0.31%
Maastricht University
18 publications, 0.31%
Brigham and Women's Hospital
18 publications, 0.31%
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
18 publications, 0.31%
Ulm University
18 publications, 0.31%
University Hospital Würzburg
18 publications, 0.31%
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
18 publications, 0.31%
University of Porto
18 publications, 0.31%
Aix-Marseille University
17 publications, 0.3%
Karolinska University Hospital
17 publications, 0.3%
Oulu University Hospital
17 publications, 0.3%
Aarhus University Hospital
17 publications, 0.3%
Haukeland University Hospital
17 publications, 0.3%
Stanford University
17 publications, 0.3%
Massachusetts General Hospital
17 publications, 0.3%
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Germany, 362, 6.29%
Germany
362 publications, 6.29%
Switzerland, 198, 3.44%
Switzerland
198 publications, 3.44%
United Kingdom, 195, 3.39%
United Kingdom
195 publications, 3.39%
USA, 164, 2.85%
USA
164 publications, 2.85%
Italy, 140, 2.43%
Italy
140 publications, 2.43%
Spain, 103, 1.79%
Spain
103 publications, 1.79%
Netherlands, 99, 1.72%
Netherlands
99 publications, 1.72%
France, 70, 1.22%
France
70 publications, 1.22%
Austria, 60, 1.04%
Austria
60 publications, 1.04%
Belgium, 59, 1.03%
Belgium
59 publications, 1.03%
Turkey, 58, 1.01%
Turkey
58 publications, 1.01%
Denmark, 47, 0.82%
Denmark
47 publications, 0.82%
Japan, 44, 0.77%
Japan
44 publications, 0.77%
Sweden, 42, 0.73%
Sweden
42 publications, 0.73%
Greece, 39, 0.68%
Greece
39 publications, 0.68%
Canada, 36, 0.63%
Canada
36 publications, 0.63%
China, 33, 0.57%
China
33 publications, 0.57%
India, 29, 0.5%
India
29 publications, 0.5%
Portugal, 28, 0.49%
Portugal
28 publications, 0.49%
Republic of Korea, 28, 0.49%
Republic of Korea
28 publications, 0.49%
Russia, 26, 0.45%
Russia
26 publications, 0.45%
Poland, 26, 0.45%
Poland
26 publications, 0.45%
Norway, 23, 0.4%
Norway
23 publications, 0.4%
Finland, 22, 0.38%
Finland
22 publications, 0.38%
Czech Republic, 21, 0.37%
Czech Republic
21 publications, 0.37%
Pakistan, 18, 0.31%
Pakistan
18 publications, 0.31%
Ireland, 17, 0.3%
Ireland
17 publications, 0.3%
Singapore, 15, 0.26%
Singapore
15 publications, 0.26%
Egypt, 14, 0.24%
Egypt
14 publications, 0.24%
Saudi Arabia, 14, 0.24%
Saudi Arabia
14 publications, 0.24%
Ukraine, 13, 0.23%
Ukraine
13 publications, 0.23%
Australia, 13, 0.23%
Australia
13 publications, 0.23%
Israel, 13, 0.23%
Israel
13 publications, 0.23%
Hungary, 11, 0.19%
Hungary
11 publications, 0.19%
Nepal, 10, 0.17%
Nepal
10 publications, 0.17%
Croatia, 10, 0.17%
Croatia
10 publications, 0.17%
Bulgaria, 9, 0.16%
Bulgaria
9 publications, 0.16%
Lebanon, 9, 0.16%
Lebanon
9 publications, 0.16%
Romania, 8, 0.14%
Romania
8 publications, 0.14%
Brazil, 7, 0.12%
Brazil
7 publications, 0.12%
New Zealand, 7, 0.12%
New Zealand
7 publications, 0.12%
Serbia, 7, 0.12%
Serbia
7 publications, 0.12%
Thailand, 7, 0.12%
Thailand
7 publications, 0.12%
Argentina, 6, 0.1%
Argentina
6 publications, 0.1%
Mexico, 6, 0.1%
Mexico
6 publications, 0.1%
Slovenia, 6, 0.1%
Slovenia
6 publications, 0.1%
Philippines, 6, 0.1%
Philippines
6 publications, 0.1%
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, 0.03%
Belarus
2 publications, 0.03%
Estonia, 2, 0.03%
Estonia
2 publications, 0.03%
Albania, 2, 0.03%
Albania
2 publications, 0.03%
Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2, 0.03%
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2 publications, 0.03%
Georgia, 2, 0.03%
Georgia
2 publications, 0.03%
Kenya, 2, 0.03%
Kenya
2 publications, 0.03%
Colombia, 2, 0.03%
Colombia
2 publications, 0.03%
Kuwait, 2, 0.03%
Kuwait
2 publications, 0.03%
Peru, 2, 0.03%
Peru
2 publications, 0.03%
Rwanda, 2, 0.03%
Rwanda
2 publications, 0.03%
Tanzania, 2, 0.03%
Tanzania
2 publications, 0.03%
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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