Neurosurgery (journal)
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| Discipline | Medicine, Surgery, Clinical Neurology |
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| Language | English |
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| History | founded 1977 |
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| Frequency | monthly |
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| ISO 4 | Neurosurgery |
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| ISSN | 0148-396X |
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Neurosurgery is the official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. Produced and distributed monthly by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, the journal publishes peer-reviewed original research, reviews and editorials.
History
The development of Neurosurgery actively began in 1973 at the 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 publication. In July 1976, during a meeting of the CNS Executive Committee, the decision to begin a new publication was made at the recommendation of the CNS Publication Committee.[1] CNS President Dr 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] The initial issue of Neurosurgery was published in July 1977 as a bi-monthly 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
Robert Wilkins, 1997-1982
Clark Watts, 1982-1987
Edward Laws, Jr, 1987-1992
Michael Apuzzo, 1992-2009
Nelson Oyesiku, 2009-present
Peer Review
Manuscripts submitted to Neurosurgery and Operative Neurosurgery are submitted to an initial primary review performed by the Editor-in-Chief and/or Section Editors. If deemed appropriate for peer review, a manuscript is assigned to 3 or more reviewers. Reviews are performed by both members of the Editorial Review Board and outside recognized experts. Manuscripts requiring a review of statistical methods and analysis are performed by a member of the Biostatistics Section.
Impact Factor
The ISI 2010 Journal Citation Reports listed Neurosurgery as having an Impact Factor of 3.298. The 5-year Impact Factor of the journal is 4.006 and the Immediacy Index is 0.246. The journal currently ranks 18th out of 187 Surgery titles and 50th out of 185 Clinical Neurology titles.
Electronic Access
Full-text access to the journal’s contents are available via the journal's official web site and via Institutional subscription services (eg, OVID). Text and figures can be viewed in HTML, PDF and EPUB. The online archive is complete, dating back to Volume 1 issue 1 (July/August 1977).
All accepted articles are available in an online preview version and identified as Published-Ahead-of-Print. These articles are indexed and assigned a DOI. The preview version is replaced online by the final, copy edited version upon print publication.[5]
Social Media
- In November 2009, the journal began posting supplemental digital videos on a YouTube channel.
- In January 2010, the journal launched Neurosurgery Report, a blog dedicated to posting news and updates regarding Neurosurgery content. The journal also maintains an active presence on FaceBook, Twitter, Google Buzz, Reddit, Digg and LinkedIn.
- 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).
- In April 2011, the journal debuted QR Codes in the print edition so that readers can directly access supplemental digital content from camera-equipped mobile devices.
Related Journals
Acta Neurochirurgica
Acta Neuropathologica
Advances and Technical Standards in Neurosurgery
American Journal of Neuroradiology
Annals of Neurology
Archives of Neurology
British Journal of Neurosurgery
Clinical Neurosurgery
Critical Reviews in Neurosurgery
European Spine Journal
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry
Journal of Neurooncology
Journal of Neurosurgery
Journal of Neurotrauma
Neurochirurgica
Pediatric Neurosurgery
Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
Surgical Neurology
Spine
The Spine Journal
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
- ^ http://journals.lww.com/neurosurgery/toc/publishahead
External links
- Neurosurgery Online [1]