Global Spine Journal Impact Factor goes up to 2.6

Top articles and exciting updates for 2024

Jens Chapman, Karsten Wiechert, Jeff Wang at GSJ Virtual Spine Journal Club during GSC 2024

We have already made it halfway through the year, and we are excited to share the top articles of the year so far as well as updates on GSJ for the year.

The Editors of Global Spine Journal are thrilled to announce the 2023 impact factor of 2.6, which is an increase from the previous year's 2.4. The five year Impact Factor is 3.2.

GSJ has now moved into the 1st quartile for the 'Orthopaedics' category and the 2nd quartile for the 'Clinical Neurology' category.

We would like to thank all of you for your support—we could not have done this without our authors, reviewers, and our readers and we are excited to see GSJ continue to progress.

The annual GSJ Awards for the Top 2 Reviewers and Top 2 Papers of 2023 were presented by the Editors-in-Chief Jeff Wang, Jens Chapman, and Karsten Wiechert at the Global Spine Congress in Bangkok, Thailand. The winners for Best Reviewers awards are Luca Ambrosio and Akihiko Hiyama. And the recognition for the Best Papers were awarded to:

  1. Prevalence and Risk Factors of Degenerative Spondylolisthesis and Retrolisthesis in the Thoracolumbar and Lumbar Spine – An EOS Study Using Updated Radiographic Parameters by Hwee Weng Dennis Hey, Tian Ling Low, Hui Ling Soh, Kimberly-Anne Tan, Jun-Hao Tan, Tuan Hao Tan, Andrew Cherian Thomas, Hee-Kit Wong, Jiong Hao Jonathan Tan 

  2. Subsidence Rates Associated With Porous 3D-Printed Versus Solid Titanium Cages in Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion by Nathaniel Toop, Joravar Dhaliwal, Andrew Grossbach, David Gibbs, Nihaal Reddy, Alexander Keister, Noah Mallory, David Xu, Stephanus Viljoen

The first ever GSJ Virtual Spine Journal Club and the award ceremony for GSJ Best Papers and Reviewers at the Global Spine Congress 2024 in Bangkok was a huge success:

Top cited articles:

  1. Fixed-Effect vs Random-Effects Models for Meta-Analysis: 3 Points to Consider
  2. ChatGPT and its Role in the Decision-Making for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: A Comparative Analysis and Narrative Review 
  3. Can Natural Language Processing and Artificial Intelligence Automate The Generation of Billing Codes From Operative Note Dictations? 
  4. Transforaminal Versus Interlaminar Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy for Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 

 

Most read articles:

  1. Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: A Practical Approach to Diagnosis
  2. Craniocervical Instability in Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome—A Systematic Review of Diagnostic and Surgical Treatment Criteria 
  3. The value of Clinical signs in the diagnosis of Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy - A Systematic review and Meta-analysis  
  4. The Role of Sex Hormones in Degenerative Disc Disease 

 

Top focus issue articles:

  1. A New Framework for Investigating the Biological Basis of Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy [AO Spine RECODE-DCM Research Priority Number 5]: Mechanical Stress, Vulnerability and Time  
  2. Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: A Practical Approach to Diagnosis 
  3. Pre-Operative Planning in Complex Deformities and Use of Patient-Specific UNiD™ Instrumentation 
  4. Establishing Diagnostic Criteria for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy [AO Spine RECODE-DCM Research Priority Number 3] 

 

Most read focus issue articles:

  1. AO Spine/Praxis Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Acute Spinal Cord Injury: An Introduction to a Focus Issue
  2. Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: Development and Natural History [AO Spine RECODE-DCM Research Priority Number 2] 
  3. Geriatric Odontoid Fractures: Treatment Algorithms of the German Society for Orthopaedics and Trauma Based on Expert Consensus and a Systematic Review
  4. Clinical Evaluation of the Osteoporotic Fracture Treatment Score (OF-Score): Results of the Evaluation of the Osteoporotic Fracture Classification, Treatment Score and Therapy Recommendations (EOFTT) Study
  5. Establishing Diagnostic Criteria for Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy [AO Spine RECODE-DCM Research Priority Number 3] 
 

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