Neurosurgery (journal)
| Discipline | Neurosurgery |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Nelson Oyesiku |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1977-present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Neurosurgery |
| Indexing | |
| CODEN | NRSRDY |
| ISSN | 0148-396X (print) 1524-4040 (web) |
| LCCN | 77643119 |
| OCLC no. | 03301698 |
| Links | |
Neurosurgery is a monthly peer reviewed medical journal of neurosurgery and the official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. It is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. The journal publishes original research, reviews, and editorials.
History
Discussion about a new specialist journal began in 1973 at a Southern Neurosurgical Society meeting, held in New Orleans, Louisiana. For the next 3 years negotiations took place to either purchase an existing journal or start a new one. In July 1976, during a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, the decision to begin a new publication was made at the recommendation of the Congress' Publication Committee.[1] President Robert G. Ojemann made the announcement of its launch at the 26th Annual Meeting of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons on October 27, 1976[2] and the inaugural issue of Neurosurgery was published in July 1977 as a bimonthly publication. The journal shifted to monthly publication in 1979.[3]
The first supplement to Neurosurgery, named the "Millenium Supplement", was published in September 2000.[4] The Operative Neurosurgery supplement is currently produced quarterly, and other topic-focused supplements are produced throughout the editorial calendar.
Editors-in-chief
The following individuals have been editor-in-chief of the journal:
- Robert Wilkins, 1997-1982
- Clark Watts, 1982-1987
- Edward Laws, Jr, 1987-1992
- Michael Apuzzo, 1992-2009
- Nelson Oyesiku, 2009-present
Impact factor
According to the Journal Citation Reports, Neurosurgery has a 2010 impact factor of 3.298, ranking it 18th out of 187 journals in the category "Surgery" and 50th out of 185 in the category "Clinical Neurology".[5]
Podcast
In May 2010, the International Podcast Series was introduced with article abstracts from the current issue translated and read in 8 languages (Spanish, French, Italian, Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, and Russian).
References
- ^ Wilkins RH (1982). "Birth of a Journal: The Origin and Early Years of Neurosurgery". Neurosurgery. 10 (6): 820–826.
- ^ Wilkins RH (1977). "Editorial Introduction". Neurosurgery. 1 (1): 1.
- ^ http://journals.lww.com/neurosurgery/pages/issuelist.aspx?year=1979
- ^ http://journals.lww.com/neurosurgery/toc/2000/09001
- ^ "Web of Science". 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-6.
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