''Neurosurgery'' is a monthly

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neurosurgery Neurosurgery or neurological surgery, known in common parlance as brain surgery, is the specialty (medicine), medical specialty that focuses on the surgical treatment or rehabilitation of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system ...

and the official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. It is published by

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. The journal publishes original research,

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, and

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s. There are also two associated journals. The ''Operative Neurosurgery'' journal focuses on technical material that highlights operative procedures, anatomy, instrumentation, devices, and technology. There is also an online-only, open access journal ''Neurosurgery Practice'' (previously named "Neurosurgery Open") which was debuted in 2019.

History

Founding (1970s)

Discussion about a new specialist journal began in 1973 at a Southern Neurosurgical Society meeting, held in

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. For the next three 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. 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 and the inaugural issue of ''Neurosurgery'' was published in July 1977 as a bimonthly publication. The journal shifted to monthly publication in 1979.

Recent years (2000–2023)

The magazine in recent years is published by

. The first supplement to ''Neurosurgery'', named the ''Millennium Supplement'', was published in September 2000. Two associated journals debuted afterwards. The ''Operative Neurosurgery'' journal focuses on technical material that highlights operative procedures, anatomy, instrumentation, devices, and technology. There is also an online-only, open access journal ''Neurosurgery Practice'' (previously named ''Neurosurgery Open'') which was debuted in 2019.

Editors-in-chief

The following individuals have been

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of the journal: * Robert Wilkins, 1977–1982 * Clark Watts, 1982–1987 * Edward Laws, Jr., 1987–1992 * Michael Apuzzo, 1992–2009 *

Nelson Oyesiku Nelson M. Oyesiku is a Nigerian-American professor of neurosurgery and endocrinology. With a specialty in pituitary medicine and surgery, currently, he is the chair of the department of Neurological Surgery and Professor of Medicine (Endocrinolo ...

, 2009–2022 *

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, 2022–present

Impact factor

''Neurosurgery'' has a 2021

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of 5.315. It was ranked 26 out of 211 journals in the category "Surgery" and 52 out of 212 in the category "Clinical Neurology".

Associated works

Podcast

In May 2010, the international podcast series was introduced with article abstracts from the current issue translated and read in eight languages (Spanish, French, Italian, Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, and Russian).

Associated journals

*''Operative Neurosurgery'' *''Neurosurgery Practice''

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.neurosurgery-online.com Neurosurgery journals Lippincott Williams & Wilkins academic journals Monthly journals Academic journals established in 1977 English-language journals