The GSJ Impact Factor goes up to 3.0—and we are hungry for more!
Highlights of the year so far including top articles and awards
The Editors of Global Spine Journal are pleased to announce the 2024 impact factor of 3.0, which is an increase from 2023 and the highest Impact Factor GSJ has ever received! GSJ is in 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 of GSJ. We could not have done this without our authors, reviewers, and readers and we are excited to see GSJ continue to progress,” the Editors-in-Chief Jeffrey C. Wang, Jens R. Chapman, and Karsten Wiechert stated on their announcement.
“The fact that Global Spine Journal increased its Impact factor in an increasingly competitive environment is proof that our global scope and the Open Access nature of our journal is relevant and attractive to authors and readers alike,” Wiechert said. “We strongly believe that Open Access increases the spread of knowledge, our Focus issues as well as our Special Collections make Global Spine Journal the go-to Journal for highest quality spine publishing. Our strong and very dedicated team of Editors as well as the global scope and network of AO Spine are the foundation of this outstanding step. Our outlook is very bright, and we are hungry for more!”
The GSJ Best Paper and Best Reviewer awards
The GSJ Awards were presented by the Editors-in-Chief at the Global Spine Congress in Rio de Janeiro. The awards were for the Best Reviewers and Best Papers of 2024. The two awarded best reviewers were Chris Neal and Gal Barkay.
The two Best Papers were:
Topics of the winning papers have been featured in the AO Spine Guest Blog.
Congratulations to the winners!
Impressions from the GSJ booth and the awards ceremony at the Global Spine Congress 2025 in Rio:
Top cited regular articles:
- Radiographic Risk Factors for Adjacent Segment Disease Following Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion (ACDF): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
- Does Spinal Cord Type Predict Intraoperative Neuro-Monitoring Alerts in Scoliosis Correction Surgery? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Operative and Radiologic Predictors
- Artificial Intelligence-Assisted MRI Diagnosis in Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease: A Systematic Review
- Trabecular Bone Remodeling after Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion: Comparison of the Osseointegration in Three-Dimensional Porous Titanium Cages and Polyether-Ether-Ketone Cages
- Proficiency Development and Learning Curve in Robot-Assisted Spine Surgery Using the ExcelsiusGPS® System: Experience From a Single Institution
Top cited Focus Issue articles:
- A Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Patients With Acute Spinal Cord Injury: Recommendations on Hemodynamic Management
- An Update of a Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Patients With Acute Spinal Cord Injury: Recommendations on the Role and Timing of Decompressive Surgery
- Understanding Decision Making as It Influences Treatment in Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures Without Neurological Deficit: Conceptual Framework and Methodology
- The Influence of Comminution and Posterior Ligamentous Complex Integrity on Treatment Decision Making in Thoracolumbar Burst Fractures Without Neurologic Deficit?
- AO Spine Guideline for the Use of Osteobiologics (AOGO) in Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion for Spinal Degenerative Cases
Most read articles:
- Clinical Outcomes of a New Foot-Worn Non-Invasive Biomechanical Intervention Compared to Traditional Physical Therapy in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain. A Randomized Clinical Trial
- AO Spine Clinical Practice Recommendations: Current Systemic Oncological Treatments with the Largest Impact on Patients with Metastatic Spinal Disease
- Overview of Molecular Prognostication for Common Solid Tumor Histologies – What the Surgeon Should Know
- Liquid Biopsy for Spinal Tumors: On the Frontiers of Clinical Application
- Streamlining the Journey of Research Into Clinical Practice: Making Your Patients and Practice Flourish Evaluation and Treatment of Pyogenic Spondylodiscitis of the Spine: AO Spine Knowledge Forum Trauma and Infection
- Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (ALIF) Versus Full-Endoscopic/Percutaneous TLIF With a Large-Footprint Interbody Cage: A Comparative Observational Study
- Artificial Intelligence for Cervical Spine Fracture Detection: A Systematic Review of Diagnostic Performance and Clinical Potential
Bookmark the useful GSJ key collections and Focus Issues
- The GSJ Special Collections feature hand-picked articles grouped by topic.
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All GSJ Focus Issues are collected in one place for easy access. The latest Focus Issue published by the in 2025 Precision Medicine in Spinal Oncology from the AO Spine Knowledge Forum Tumor and it will be followed by a Focus Issue from the Knowledge Forum Deformity publishing in July, 2025.
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AO Spine Knowledge Forum Clinical Recommendations streamline the journey of research into clinical practice and help busy clinicians making patient care decisions to make your patients and practice flourish.
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The official GSJ Virtual Journal Club has now been launched in tandem with the Seattle Science Foundation. These sessions will be streamed live online and the playlist of recordings is available to watch anytime afterwards. This is a quarterly collaborative effort with each session discussing a different topic featuring GSJ articles.
The next GSJ Virtual Club Meeting will be on August 8, from 6–7 AM PST. This session will be streamed live from Philadelphia, led by Alexander Vaccaro and Jay Dalton from the Rothman Orthopaedic Institute. More information on the topic to come! - If you are interested in reviewing for the Global Spine Journal, please consider the different opportunities and follow the instructions on the Editorial Review Board webpage.
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