A Comparative Scientometric Analysis of the 100 Most Cited Articles of Acta Neurochirurgica (Wien) and World Neurosurgery

A Comparative Scientometric Analysis of the 100 Most Cited Articles of Acta Neurochirurgica (Wien) and World Neurosurgery

Acta Neurochirurgica (ANCH) and World Neurosurgery (WN), are 2 journals of significant importance in the neurosurgical community and have been associated with international federations. These journals carry a similar impact factor. The difference is the years they have been active (ANCH starting pub...

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Published in:World neurosurgery 2022-01, Vol.157, p.106-122
Main Authors: Narayanan, M.D. Krishna, Deora, Harsh, Garg, Kanwaljeet, Grotenhuis, J. Andre
Format: Article
Language:eng
Subjects:
Acta Neurochirurgica
Bibliometric analysis
Bibliometrics
Citation analysis
Humans
Impact factor
Neurosurgery - trends
World Neurosurgery
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Summary:Acta Neurochirurgica (ANCH) and World Neurosurgery (WN), are 2 journals of significant importance in the neurosurgical community and have been associated with international federations. These journals carry a similar impact factor. The difference is the years they have been active (ANCH starting publication in 1973 and WN in 2010). This factor allows for a unique opportunity to delve deep into comparative, scientometric parameters, to understand the evolution of neurosurgical research. A title-specific search of the Web of Science database using the keywords “Acta Neurochirurgica,” “Acta,” “Neurochirurgica,” “World Neurosurgery,” “World,” and “Neurosurgery” was performed and arranged according to number of citations. The title of the articles, authors, corresponding authors, country of origin, journal of publication, year of publication, citation count. and journal impact factor were assessed. The average citation for ANCH was 170.1 citations, most being original articles (83/100). The articles of WN garnered nearly 70.48 citations, averaging 8.3 citations per publication. Most corresponding authors in ANCH originated from Germany with neuro-oncology, followed by neurotrauma and vascular as subjects. In contrast, the United States followed by China were the most common countries of origin for WN, with endoscopy and skull base being the topics achieving high impact. Neurotrauma and consensus guidelines have been shown to have maximal citations for ANCH whereas endoscopy and skull base lesions garnered the most for WN. Author subspecialization and increased collaboration across specialties with more articles on refinement of technique and outcome have emerged as recent trends.
ISSN:1878-8750
1878-8769