Most-cited articles by year
Neurosurgery
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins · ISSN 0148-396X · 42,144 works in OpenAlex · h-index 300
Lists by publication year
Each list ranks the articles Neurosurgery published that year by citations counted in OpenAlex on the snapshot date. Ranks are frozen once published.
- 2024Top 50 of 580 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2023Top 50 of 539 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2022Top 50 of 454 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2021Top 10 of 292 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2020Top 50 of 1,191 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2019Top 50 of 812 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2018Top 50 of 521 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2017Top 50 of 675 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
- 2016Top 50 of 343 articles · snapshot 29 Oct 2026
About these lists
Neurosurgery published between 292 and 1,191 eligible articles a year in the years covered, so each list shows the top 50. Every entry shows its rank, the share of the year’s cohort it beats, its citation count and, where OpenAlex has one, the abstract. Authors can claim an entry for a badge and a CV line, or ask to have their name withheld.
Read the methodology for cohort rules, exclusions and the snapshot policy.
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