Bibliometric Analysis
Journal Bibliometric Report (2021)
The Journal Bibliometric Report is based on all publications in Medline/Pubmed that were cited by Medline/Pubmed publications in 2021.
Journals for Neurosurgery
For each journal, the table below lists the year of the most recent citable publication (Last Year); the total number of times citable publications were cited in 2021 (Total Cites); the average number of times citable publications from 2019 and 2020 were cited by publications in 2021 (Impact Factor); the average number of times citable publications from 2016 through 2020 were cited by publications in 2021 (5-Year Impact); the average number of times citable publications from 2021 were cited by publications in 2021 (Immediacy Index); the number of citable publications in 2021 (Articles); and the median age in years of citable publications that were cited by publications in 2021 (Cited Half-Life). Citable publications are those whose Medline/Pubmed type is "Journal Article", which in general includes things like original research, meta-analysis, and reviews, but does not include editorials or letters. The data in the table below includes self-citations.
| Rank | Journal | Last Year | Total Cites | Impact Factor | 5-Year Impact | Immediacy Index | Articles | CitedHalfLife | JournalDetails |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Acta Neurochir (Wien) | 2026 | 5759 | 1.377 | 1.205 | 0.246 | 342 | 9 | Details |
| 2 | Acta Neurochir Suppl | 2025 | 1375 | 0.837 | 0.850 | 0.198 | 111 | 10 | Details |
| 3 | Acta Neurochir Suppl (Wien) | 1994 | 167 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 30 | Details |
| 4 | Adv Tech Stand Neurosurg | 2026 | 81 | 0.000 | 2.143 | 0.000 | 0 | 13 | Details |
| 5 | Beitr Neurochir | 1970 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 58 | Details |
| 6 | Br J Neurosurg | 2026 | 2041 | 0.497 | 0.596 | 0.113 | 326 | 9 | Details |
| 7 | Cent Eur Neurosurg | 2011 | 52 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 11 | Details |
| 8 | Cent Nerv Syst Trauma | 1987 | 38 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 36 | Details |
| 9 | Cesk Neurol Neurochir | 1991 | 4 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 37 | Details |
| 10 | Clin Neurol Neurosurg | 2026 | 4835 | 1.050 | 1.131 | 0.169 | 520 | 6 | Details |
| 11 | Clin Neurosurg | 2012 | 210 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 30 | Details |
| 12 | Curr Opin Neurol Neurosurg | 1993 | 17 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 29 | Details |
| 13 | Dtsch Z Nervenheilkd | 1970 | 6 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 61 | Details |
| 14 | J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry | 2026 | 19646 | 5.601 | 5.323 | 1.079 | 152 | 13 | Details |
| 15 | J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg | 2026 | 369 | 0.450 | 0.487 | 0.067 | 165 | 5 | Details |
| 16 | J Neurosci Nurs | 2026 | 637 | 0.553 | 0.527 | 0.083 | 60 | 9 | Details |
| 17 | J Neurosurg | 2026 | 22384 | 1.845 | 2.207 | 0.232 | 383 | 13 | Details |
| 18 | J Neurosurg Anesthesiol | 2026 | 926 | 1.303 | 0.895 | 0.575 | 106 | 8 | Details |
| 19 | J Neurosurg Nurs | 1996 | 4 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 37 | Details |
| 20 | J Neurosurg Pediatr | 2026 | 2638 | 0.975 | 1.079 | 0.141 | 184 | 6 | Details |
| 21 | J Neurosurg Sci | 2026 | 696 | 0.714 | 0.797 | 0.120 | 100 | 5 | Details |
| 22 | J Neurosurg Spine | 2026 | 5189 | 1.297 | 1.575 | 0.137 | 256 | 7 | Details |
| 23 | J Reconstr Microsurg | 2026 | 1082 | 0.588 | 0.642 | 0.102 | 108 | 8 | Details |
| 24 | Minerva Neurochir | 1971 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 55 | Details |
| 25 | Minim Invasive Neurosurg | 2012 | 367 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 15 | Details |
| 26 | Neurochirurgia (Stuttg) | 1993 | 64 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 37 | Details |
| 27 | Neurochirurgie | 2026 | 696 | 0.693 | 0.757 | 0.202 | 104 | 6 | Details |
| 28 | Neurocirugia (Astur) | 2021 | 139 | 0.000 | 0.400 | 0.000 | 2 | 11 | Details |
| 29 | Neurocirugia (Engl Ed) | 2026 | 49 | 0.267 | 0.277 | 0.018 | 55 | 2 | Details |
| 30 | Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) | 2026 | 2137 | 1.378 | 1.649 | 0.322 | 90 | 9 | Details |
| 31 | Neurol Neurochir Pol | 2026 | 693 | 0.650 | 0.728 | 0.279 | 86 | 5 | Details |
| 32 | Neurol Neurocir Psiquiatr | 1978 | 2 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 44 | Details |
| 33 | Neurol Psihiatr Neurochir | 1974 | 2 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 48 | Details |
| 34 | Neurosurg Clin N Am | 2026 | 1371 | 1.661 | 1.801 | 0.405 | 42 | 8 | Details |
| 35 | Neurosurg Focus | 2026 | 5246 | 1.877 | 2.033 | 0.456 | 158 | 7 | Details |
| 36 | Neurosurg Rev | 2026 | 2325 | 1.341 | 1.639 | 0.218 | 239 | 5 | Details |
| 37 | Neurosurgery | 2026 | 16692 | 1.477 | 1.617 | 0.566 | 357 | 12 | Details |
| 38 | No Shinkei Geka | 2026 | 375 | 0.131 | 0.128 | 0.014 | 141 | 19 | Details |
| 39 | Oper Neurosurg | 2026 | 898 | 0.511 | 0.558 | 0.127 | 464 | 2 | Details |
| 40 | Pediatr Neurosurg | 2026 | 1070 | 0.476 | 0.543 | 0.059 | 102 | 17 | Details |
| 41 | Prog Neurol Surg | 2020 | 221 | 0.733 | 0.936 | 0.000 | 0 | 6 | Details |
| 42 | Psychiatr Neurol Neurochir | 1973 | 8 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 49 | Details |
| 43 | Rev Med Interna Neurol Psihiatr Neurochir Dermatovenerol Neurol Psihiatr Neurochir | 1990 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 41 | Details |
| 44 | Schweiz Arch Neurol Neurochir Psychiatr | 1984 | 11 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 45 | Details |
| 45 | Stereotact Funct Neurosurg | 2026 | 1013 | 0.785 | 0.947 | 0.184 | 49 | 10 | Details |
| 46 | Surg Neurol | 2009 | 2223 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 21 | Details |
| 47 | Turk Neurosurg | 2026 | 919 | 0.476 | 0.578 | 0.128 | 148 | 6 | Details |
| 48 | Vopr Neirokhir | 1978 | 4 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 49 | Details |
| 49 | World Neurosurg | 2026 | 13969 | 0.997 | 1.064 | 0.159 | 1499 | 3 | Details |
| 50 | Zentralbl Neurochir | 2008 | 110 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 17 | Details |