Neurosurgery is a monthly peer reviewed

Peer review

Peer review is a process of self-regulation by a profession or a process of evaluation involving qualified individuals within the relevant field. Peer review methods are employed to maintain standards, improve performance and provide credibility...

 medical journal

Medical journal

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 of neurosurgery

Neurosurgery

Neurosurgery is the medical specialty concerned with the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spine, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, and extra-cranial cerebrovascular system.-In the United States:In...

 and the official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons

Congress of Neurological Surgeons

The Congress of Neurological Surgeons is a professional body representing neurosurgeons, neurosurgical residents, medical students, and allied health professionals...

. It is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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. The journal publishes original research, reviews

Review journal

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, and editorial

Editorial

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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. 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 and the inaugural issue of Neurosurgery was published in July 1977 as a bimonthly publication. The journal shifted to monthly publication in 1979.

The first supplement to Neurosurgery, named the "Millenium Supplement", was published in September 2000. 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, 1997-1982
• 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

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, Neurosurgery has a 2010 impact factor of 3.298, ranking it 18th out of 187 journals in the category "Surgery" and 50th out of 185 in the category "Clinical Neurology".

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).