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Spine Journal

Spine Journal is a journal indexed in SJR in Neurology (clinical) and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine with an H index of 143. It has an SJR impact factor of 1,954 and it has a best quartile of Q1. It is published in English. It has an SJR impact factor of 1,954.

Spine Journal focuses its scope in these topics and keywords: pain, lumbar, disc, patients, disability, spinal, intervertebral, spine, back, cervical, ...

ISSN: 1529-9430

Publisher: Elsevier Inc.

Category: Neurology (clinical)

Indexation: verifiedScopus / SJR verifiedWeb of Science

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1,954 Q1

H-index 143

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23% Selective

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Non-OA path 0 €

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SJR Impact

1,954

H-index

143

Docs (year)

308

Docs 3y

717

Total refs

10584

Cites 3y

3680

Citable 3y

625

Cites/Doc 2y

4.34

Ref/Doc

34.36

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—

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NPD

Non OA / Submission

0 €

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Best articles by citations

Combination of whole-spine lateral radiograph and lateral scanogram in the assessment of global sagittal balance

Work-related musculoskeletal back pain: the many facets*1

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External fixation for dynamic correction of severe scoliosis

Efficacy of Escherichia coli -derived recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 in posterolateral lumbar fusion: an open, active-controlled, randomized, multicenter trial

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Distribution of anterior cortical shear strain after a thoracic wedge compression fracture

Difficulties inherent in the interpretation and performance of randomized controlled clinical trials

Diastematomyelia presenting as progressive weakness in an adult after spinal fusion for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Costotransverse screw fixation in a severe cervicothoracic deformity because of a Type 1 neurofibromatosis: case report

Cost-based evaluations of the treatment of back pain: a primer for health-care professionals

Complications associated with instrumented lumbar surgery in patients with liver cirrhosis: a matched cohort analysis

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Commentary

A scoring system to predict postoperative medical complications in high-risk patients undergoing elective thoracic and lumbar arthrodesis

Clinical and psychological correlates of lumbar motion abnormalities in low back disorders

Choice of plate may affect outcomes for single versus multilevel ACDF: results of a prospective randomized single-blind trial

Brown-Sequard syndrome produced by cervical disc herniation: report of two cases and review of the literature

Bone ingrowth characteristics of porous tantalum and carbon fiber interbody devices: an experimental study in pigs

Biomechanics of Spine Stabilization.

Biomechanical comparison of anterior cervical plating and combined anterior/lateral mass plating

Arts and Spine

Application of liposome-encapsulated hydroxycamptothecin in the prevention of epidural scar formation in New Zealand white rabbits

Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with implantable titanium cage: initial impressions, patient outcomes and comparison to fusion with allograft

Analytic neurology: examining the evidence for clinical practice, Michael Benatar, Butterworth, Heinemann, Elsevier, 2002

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Spine Journal has an SJR of 1,954 (best quartile Q1) in the CountryOfPapers database.

Immediate OA APC is not available (NPD). Non-OA / submission fee is 0 EUR.

The acceptance rate recorded for Spine Journal is 23%.

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