Neurosurgery (journal)

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.

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

According to the Journal Citation Reports, Neurosurgery has a 2017 impact factor of 4.475, ranking it 21st out of 198 journals in the category "Surgery"[5] and 41st out of 192 in the category "Clinical Neurology".[6]

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).

• Official website