Neurosurgery (journal)

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Neurosurgery  
Abbreviated title (ISO 4)
Neurosurgery
Discipline Neurosurgery
Language English
Edited by Nelson Oyesiku
Publication details
Publisher
Publication history
1977-present
Frequency Monthly
Indexing
ISSN 0148-396X (print)
1524-4040 (web)
LCCN 77643119
CODEN NRSRDY
OCLC no. 03301698
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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, 1977-1982
  • 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 2014 impact factor of 3.620, ranking it 21st out of 198 journals in the category "Surgery"[5] and 41st out of 192 in the category "Clinical Neurology".[6]

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).

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