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Journal of Spine Surgery 2023 CiteScore Released: 5.6

We are pleased to announce that the Journal of Spine Surgery (JSS) has received its 2023 CiteScore: 5.6, ranking 58 out of 551 journals in the Surgery category.

Furthermore, we are delighted to highlight the remarkable achievements made by all AME journals in the CiteScore ranking.

Interviews with Outstanding Authors (2024)

In 2024, many JSS authors make outstanding contributions to our journal. Their articles published with us have received very well feedback in the field and stimulate a lot of discussions and new insights among the peers.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding authors who have been making immense efforts in their research fields, with a brief interview of their unique perspective and insightful view as authors.

Reviewer of the Month (2024)

In 2024, JSS reviewers continue to make outstanding contributions to the peer review process. They demonstrated professional effort and enthusiasm in their reviews and provided comments that genuinely help the authors to enhance their work.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding reviewers, with a brief interview of their thoughts and insights as a reviewer. Allow us to express our heartfelt gratitude for their tremendous effort and valuable contributions to the scientific process.

JSS Annual Report 2023

We are pleased to present the 2023 Annual Report of Journal of Spine Surgery. Highlights from this year’s report include:

JSS has published 68 manuscripts, among which there are 24 Original Articles, 4 Review Articles. The pageviews of JSS have increased steadily, with a total of 246,534 hits.

We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to our editorial board members, guest editors, reviewers, authors and readers, and we look forward to continuing our work with you in the new year.

Journal of Spine Surgery (JSS) is now a member of the Surgery Journal Editors Group (SJEG)

Beginning in September 2022, the Journal of Spine Surgery (JSS) adopted the Surgery Journal Editors Group (SJEG) joint statement and pledges to "strive for diversity in the peer review process and among the editorial boards and editorial leaders."

Journal of Spine Surgery (JSS) is now a member of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)

Starting from July 2021, AME Publishing Company is formally recognized a publisher member of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and over 60 AME-published journals become a member of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), as part of AME’s commitment to best practice in scholarly publishing. Journal of Spine Surgery (JSS) is among the list of COPE membership.

AME entered an official partnership with Publons to enhance wide-ranging recognition for reviewers

AME Publishing Company entered an official partnership with Publons, a product of Clarivate Analytic Company (which owns Web of Science, EndNote, ScholarOne, among many others), as of April 2020. Around 60 AME journals’ peer review systems are now integrated seamlessly into the Publons platform (https://publons.com/about/home). The partnership was done to recognize our expert peer reviewers spontaneously for their review contribution.

Implementation of transparent peer review at Journal of Spine Surgery (JSS)

With a commitment to openness and accountability, and to increase the level of transparency throughout our peer review process, our editorial office has decided to implement a transparent peer review process as an option for all manuscripts submitted to JSS from June 01, 2020.

Application of the CARE Guideline as reporting standard in the Journal of Spine Surgery

The Journal of Spine Surgery welcomes case reports which are supposed to report new observations of diseases, clinical findings or novel/unique treatment outcomes relevant to practitioners in the fields of medicine.

For completeness and transparency for published case reports, the Journal of Spine Surgery will apply the CARE guidelines (1) as reporting standards for case reports starting from October 16, 2019. For any submission of case report after the date:

Welcome to Journal of Spine Surgery (JSS)

Welcome to Journal of Spine Surgery (JSS), an Open-Access journal devoted to exploring many contemporary issues affecting spine surgery, patient care and the basic sciences that form the foundation of surgical management. The Journal of Spine Surgery is intended to be an international spine journal with an Australasian platform for the exchange of ideas, experiences, new findings and developments in the treatment and outcomes of spinal care.

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Original Article

Anterior cervical hybrid constructs reduce superior adjacent segment burden compared to multilevel anterior cervical discectomy and fusion

Fenil R. Bhatt, Lindsay D. Orosz, Kirsten A. Schuler, Brandon J. Allen, Rita T. Roy, Julia N. Grigorian, Thomas C. Schuler, Christopher R. Good, Ehsan Jazini, Colin M. Haines

PDF Pages: 165-176 Full Text (750) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Pre-contoured patient-specific rods result in superior immediate sagittal plane alignment than surgeon contoured rods in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Sahir S. Jabbouri, Peter Joo, Wyatt B. David, Seongho Jeong, Jay Moran, Anshu Jonnalagadda, Dominick Tuason

PDF Pages: 177-189 Full Text (437) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Percutaneous lumbar interbody fusion results in less perioperative opioid usage compared to minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion: a single institution, multi-surgeon retrospective study

Chidyaonga Shalita, Timothy Wang, Christopher F. Dibble, Shawn W. Adams, Amanda Nelli, David Sykes, Troy Tabarestani, Subasish Bhowmik, Beiyu Liu, Sin-Ho Jung, Padma Gulur, Peter Grossi, Clifford Crutcher, Muhammad M. Abd-El-Barr

PDF Pages: 190-203 Full Text (490) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Clinical prediction for surgical versus nonsurgical interventions in patients with vertebral osteomyelitis and discitis

Jennifer Lee, Miguel A. Ruiz-Cardozo, Rujvee P. Patel, Saad Javeed, Raj Swaroop Lavadi, Catherine Newsom-Stewart, Anton Alyakin, Camilo A. Molina, Nitin Agarwal, Wilson Z. Ray, Michele Santacatterina, Brenton H. Pennicooke

PDF Pages: 204-213 Full Text (625) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Machine learning approach to predict venous thromboembolism among patients undergoing multi-level spinal posterior instrumented fusion

Kevin Y. Heo, Prashant V. Rajan, Sameer Khawaja, Lauren A. Barber, Sangwook Tim Yoon

PDF Pages: 214-223 Full Text (501) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Deformity correction from the convexity of the curve in neuromuscular scoliosis

José María Hernández Mateo, Jaime Flores Gallardo, Oscar Riquelme García, Azucena García Martín, Cristina Igualada Blázquez, María Coro Solans López, Laura Muñoz Núñez, Luis Alejandro Esparragoza Cabrera

PDF Pages: 224-231 Full Text (334) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Side specific differences of Hounsfield-Units in the osteoporotic lumbar spine

Florian Metzner, Rebekka Reise, Christoph-Eckhard Heyde, Nicolas Heinz von der Höh, Stefan Schleifenbaum

PDF Pages: 232-243 Full Text (438) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Harmony between spinopelvic mismatch and sagittal hip alignment contributes to upright standing in females: a cross-sectional study

Kazuyoshi Baba, Kohei Takahashi, Ko Hashimoto, Takahiro Onoki, Takashi Aki, Ryo Fujita, Keisuke Ishikawa, Toshimi Aizawa

PDF Pages: 244-254 Full Text (335) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Appropriate pelvic obliquity measurement method in Lenke type 5C adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a preliminary study

Yuya Kanie, Shota Takenaka, Takayuki Kitahara, Masayuki Furuya, Yuichiro Ukon, Takahito Fujimori, Seiji Okada, Takashi Kaito

PDF Pages: 255-263 Full Text (441) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Analysis of antibiotic regimens and outcomes in spinal brucellosis: insights from a retrospective cohort study in Makkah, Saudi Arabia

Abdulaziz S. Aljuaid, Sara B. Badirah, Rowaina I. Abusaeed, Abdulrahman M. Almalki, Murouj A. Almaghrabi, Emad A. Alzahrani, Khalid A. Alhazmi, Ammar A. Almaghrabi, Abdullmoin M. AlQarni, Khalid M. Alghamdi

PDF Pages: 264-273 Full Text (366) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Review Article

Lumbar disk herniation in pregnancy: its incidence, presentation and management: a systematic review

Nanette Y. Chan, Michael Le, Sophie Reinecker, Morgan Prince, Geoffrey T. Murphy

PDF Pages: 274-285 Full Text (538) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Lateral interbody fusion for adjacent segment disease: a narrative review

Christopher L. Antonacci, Francine Zeng, Casey Jackson, Ian J. Wellington, Seema M. Patel, Sean M. Esmende

PDF Pages: 286-294 Full Text (483) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

A narrative review of endoscopic spine surgery: history, indications, uses, and future directions

Christopher L. Antonacci, Francine R. Zeng, Brian Ford, Ian Wellington, Cameron Kia, Hanbing Zhou

PDF Pages: 295-304 Full Text (537) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Robotic-assisted spine surgery—a narrative review

Christopher L. Antonacci, Francine Zeng, Andrew Block, Annabelle Davey, Heeren Makanji

PDF Pages: 305-312 Full Text (424) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Updates in current concepts in degenerative cervical myelopathy: a systematic review

Kiara Thompson, Hannah Travers, Alex Ngan, Tim Reed, Shaya Shahsavarani, Rohit B. Verma

PDF Pages: 313-326 Full Text (635) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Letter to the Editor

Conducting reliable research: transparency, integrity and disclosing conflicts of interest

Pravesh S. Gadjradj

PDF Pages: 327-328 Full Text (228) COI Form Open Access

Review Article

Lumbar interbody fusion: techniques, indications and comparison of interbody fusion options including PLIF, TLIF, MI-TLIF, OLIF/ATP, LLIF and ALIF

Ralph J. Mobbs, Kevin Phan, Greg Malham, Kevin Seex, Prashanth J. Rao

Published online: 21 November 2015

PDF Pages: 2-18 Full Text (125553) Open Access

Review Article

Surgical treatment of far lateral lumbar disc herniation: a safe and simple approach

Darweesh O. Al-Khawaja, Tamadur Mahasneh, Jonathan C. Li

Published online: 01 March 2016

PDF Pages: 21-24 Full Text (41445) Open Access

Original Study

Interspinous process spacers versus traditional decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis: systematic review and meta-analysis

Kevin Phan, Prashanth J. Rao, Jonathon R. Ball, Ralph J. Mobbs

Published online: 01 March 2016

PDF Pages: 31-40 Full Text (39566) Open Access

Review Article on Advanced Techniques in Complex Cervical Spine Surgery

Complications of anterior cervical spine surgery: a systematic review of the literature

Timothy J. Yee, Kevin Swong, Paul Park

Published online: 30 March 2020

PDF Pages: 302-322 Full Text (32863) Open Access

Review Article on Advanced Techniques in Complex Cervical Spine Surgery

Complications following posterior cervical decompression and fusion: a review of incidence, risk factors, and prevention strategies

Ryan K. Badiee, Rory Mayer, Brenton Pennicooke, Dean Chou, Praveen V. Mummaneni, Lee A. Tan

Published online: 30 March 2020

PDF Pages: 323-333 Full Text (28909) Open Access

Review Article

Anterior cervical spine surgery-associated complications in a retrospective case-control study

Anastasia Tasiou, Theofanis Giannis, Alexandros G. Brotis, Ioannis Siasios, Iordanis Georgiadis, Haralampos Gatos, Eleni Tsianaka, Konstantinos Vagkopoulos, Konstantinos Paterakis, Kostas N. Fountas

Published online: 29 September 2017

PDF Pages: 444-459 Full Text (24886) Open Access

Case Report

Far lateral microdiscectomy: a minimally-invasive surgical technique for the treatment of far lateral lumbar disc herniation

Kevin Phan, Alexander E. Dunn, Prashanth J. Rao, Ralph J. Mobbs

Published online: 01 March 2016

PDF Pages: 59-63 Full Text (Video) (24001) Open Access

Review Article

Comparison of ALIF vs. XLIF for L4/5 interbody fusion: pros, cons, and literature review

Mark J. Winder, Shanu Gambhir

Published online: 01 March 2016

PDF Pages: 2-8 Full Text (22894) Open Access

Review Article

Acute post-operative airway complications following anterior cervical spine surgery and the role for cricothyrotomy

Monika P. Debkowska, John F. Butterworth, Jaime E. Moore, Soobin Kang, Eric N. Appelbaum, Wilhelm A. Zuelzer

Published online: 22 March 2019

PDF Pages: 142-154 Full Text (21236) Open Access

Review Article

The management of scoliosis in children with cerebral palsy: a review

Thomas Cloake, Adrian Gardner

Published online: 31 December 2016

PDF Pages: 299-309 Full Text (20210) Open Access

Original Article

Flexion-extension standing radiographs underestimate instability in patients with single-level lumbar spondylolisthesis: comparing flexion-supine imaging may be more appropriate

Nathan J. Lee, Justin Mathew, Jun S. Kim, Joseph M. Lombardi, Andrew C. Vivas, Jay Reidler, Scott L. Zuckerman, Paul J. Park, Eric Leung, Meghan Cerpa, Mark Weidenbaum, Lawrence G. Lenke, Ronald A. Lehman, Zeeshan M. Sardar

Published online: 17 March 2021

PDF Pages: 48-54 Full Text (20287) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

Original Study

Surgery for spinal tuberculosis: a multi-center experience of 582 cases

Md. Shah Alam, Kevin Phan, Rezaul Karim, Sharif Ahmed Jonayed, Hasan Khalid Md. Munir, Shubhendu Chakraborty, Tashfique Alam

Published online: 21 November 2015

PDF Pages: 65-71 Full Text (20013) Open Access

Original Study on Full-endoscopic Spine Surgery

Unilateral biportal endoscopic decompression for degenerative lumbar canal stenosis

Jwo-Luen Pao, Shang-Ming Lin, Wen-Chi Chen, Chih-Hung Chang

Published online: 30 June 2020

PDF Pages: 438-446 Full Text (18280) COI Form Open Access

Review of Techniques

What should my hospital buy next?—Guidelines for the acquisition and application of imaging, navigation, and robotics for spine surgery

Gregory M. Malham, Thomas Wells-Quinn

Published online: 22 March 2019

PDF Pages: 155-165 Full Text (16364) Open Access

Original Study

The incidence of new onset sacroiliac joint pain following lumbar fusion

Yu Chao Lee, Robert Lee, Clare Harman

Published online: 29 September 2019

PDF Pages: 310-314 Full Text (15596) Open Access

Review Article

Duchenne muscular dystrophy: the management of scoliosis

James E. Archer, Adrian C. Gardner, Helen P. Roper, Ashish A. Chikermane, Andrew J. Tatman

Published online: 01 September 2016

PDF Pages: 185-194 Full Text (15396) Open Access

Review Article

Single-level selective dorsal rhizotomy for spastic cerebral palsy

David Graham, Kristian Aquilina, Stephanie Cawker, Simon Paget, Neil Wimalasundera

Published online: 01 September 2016

PDF Pages: 195-201 Full Text (15021) Open Access

Original Study

The outcome of pedicle screw instrumentation removal for ongoing low back pain following posterolateral lumbar fusion

Mario G. Zotti, Oscar P. Brumby-Rendell, Ben McDonald, Tom Fisher, Christovalantis Tsimiklis, Wai Weng Yoon, Orso L. Osti

Published online: 21 November 2015

PDF Pages: 50-56 Full Text (14018) Open Access

Review Article

Systematic review of 3D printing in spinal surgery: the current state of play

Ben Wilcox, Ralph J. Mobbs, Ai-Min Wu, Kevin Phan

Published online: 29 September 2017

PDF Pages: 433-443 Full Text (13606) Open Access

Review Article

Blunt vertebral vascular injury in trauma patients: ATLS^® recommendations and review of current evidence

Roozbeh Shafafy, Sukrit Suresh, John O. Afolayan, Alexander R. Vaccaro, Jaykar R. Panchmatia

Published online: 30 June 2017

PDF Pages: 217-225 Full Text (13299) Open Access

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Below are the latest Journal of Spine Surgery articles published online ahead of print publication.

Original Article

Clinical and radiographic outcomes after index anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with interbody spacer with integrated anchor fixation: a single-surgeon case study

Vishal Venkatraman, Jessica Albanese, Saif E. Zaidi, Khoi D. Than, Melissa M. Erickson, Clifford L. Crutcher, C. Rory Goodwin, Michael W. Groff, Muhammad M. Abd-El-Barr

Published online: 14 September 2024

Case Report

Metastatic epidural spinal cord compression from testicular yolk sac tumor: case report and literature review

Christine Anne T. Galang, Nicholas Hernandez, Courtney S. Lewis, Martin H. Pham

Published online: 14 September 2024

Original Article

Surgical management of spinal multiple myeloma: insights from the National Inpatient Sample database

Aqib H. Zehri, Rebecca L. Calafiore, Keyan A. Peterson, Carol A. Kittel, Jed A. Osei, Jonathan L. Wilson, Wesley Hsu

Published online: 12 September 2024

Case Report

Computer-assisted navigation of anterior odontoid screw fixation for type II odontoid fracture: case report and practical positioning technique

Davin C. Gong, Mohamed Yassin, Rakesh D. Patel, Osama N. Kashlan, Ilyas Aleem

Published online: 12 September 2024

Original Article

Five-year radiological outcomes between decompression alone and decompression with an interlaminar device for lumbar spinal stenosis

Chen Xi Kasia Chua, Meetrra Seyher Rajoo, Andrew Cherian Thomas, Sean Junn Kit Lee, Shen Liang, Naresh Kumar

Published online: 09 September 2024

Original Article

Minimally-invasive trans-facet lumbar interbody fusion using a dual-dimension expandable cage: preliminary results of a multi-institutional retrospective study

Chuan-Ching Huang, Kyle R. Brena, Troy Q. Tabarestani, Anas Bardeesi, Mounica Paturu, Holley Spears, Ernest E. Braxton, Muhammad M. Abd-El-Barr

Published online: 09 September 2024

Original Article

A comparative cadaveric biomechanical study of bilateral FacetFuse^® transfacet pedicle screws versus bilateral or unilateral pedicle screw-rod construct

Kingsley R. Chin, Jason A. Seale, Carl A. Bruce, Warren D. Yu, Steven C. Anagnost, Vivek P. Kushwaha, Roger D. Sung, Josue Gabriel, Craig S. Meyer, Neil R. Crawford, Vito Lore

Published online: 04 September 2024

Case Report

Spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma in children: a case report and literature review

Marthinson Andrew Tombeng, Kazuma Doi, Tjokorda Gde Bagus Mahadewa, Satoshi Tani, Junichi Mizuno

Published online: 26 August 2024

Original Article

Machine learning approach to predict acute kidney injury among patients undergoing multi-level spinal posterior instrumented fusion

Kevin Y. Heo, Prashant V. Rajan, Sameer Khawaja, Lauren A. Barber, Sangwook Tim Yoon

Published online: 23 August 2024

Review Article

Bone graft substitutes used in anterior lumbar interbody fusion: a contemporary systematic review of fusion rates and complications

Dean T. Biddau, Zhou-Ai Wang, Charlie R. Faulks, Ralph J. Mobbs, Gregory M. Malham

Published online: 23 August 2024

Original Article

Real-world clinical accuracy of long cortical bone trajectory screw placement using a patient-specific template guide

Ryo Fujita, Itaru Oda, Hiroki Tanaka, Hirohito Takeuchi, Shigeki Oshima, Hiroyuki Hasebe, Hiroyuki Ambo, So Endo, Masanori Fujiya, Tsutomu Endo, Katsuhisa Yamada, Masahiko Takahata, Norimasa Iwasaki

Published online: 17 August 2024

Original Article

Single position lateral lumbar interbody fusion with navigated percutaneous pedicle screw fixation: technique modification with resultant resource usage optimisation

Yong Yao Tan, Joseph Jon Yin Wan, Thayaparren Rajendram, Lilian Ow, Mon Hnin Tun, Hong Lee Terry Teo

Published online: 15 August 2024

Original Article

Advancing the design of interspinous fixation devices for improved biomechanical performance: dual vs. single-locking set screw mechanisms and symmetrical vs. asymmetrical plate designs

Kingsley R. Chin, Vito Lore, Erik Spayde, William M. Costigan, Zoha Irfan, Owen Battel, Deepak K. Pandey, Chukwunonso C. Ilogu, Jason A. Seale

Published online: 14 August 2024

Original Article

Efficacy of an allograft cellular bone matrix as an alternative to autograft in anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: radiological results & safety

Samuel N. Goldman, Gregory K. Paschal, Kyle Mani, Frederik Abel, Fedan Avrumova, Andrew A. Sama, Frank P. Cammisa Jr, Celeste Abjornson

Published online: 07 August 2024

Case Report

Spinal epidural hematoma and permanent paraplegia following spinal cord stimulator implantation: a case report

Alexander Baur, Keith Lustig

Published online: 02 August 2024

Original Article

Treatment strategies for cervical spondylotic myelopathy—is laminectomy alone a safe and effective option?

Connor A. Wathen, Arun T. Jacob, Dominique Bohorquez, Carthi Mannikarottu, Paul Marcotte

Published online: 23 July 2024

Clinical Practice Guideline

Best practices guidelines in the postoperative management of patients who underwent cervical and lumbar fusions

Rami Elsabeh, John M. Abrahams

Published online: 18 July 2024

Original Article

Surgical treatment of post-traumatic vertebral osteonecrosis including intravertebral expansive implants—clinical, functional and imaging outcomes and a center experience over 7 years

Diogo Lino Moura, Helena Sofia Pais, Paulo Lourenço, Carlos Jardim

Published online: 18 July 2024

Review Article

Challenges in contemporary spinal robotics: encouraging spine surgeons to drive transformative changes in the development of future robotic platforms

Gregory M. Malham, Thomas A. Wells-Quinn, Adrian M. Nowitzke, Ralph J. Mobbs, Lali H. Sekhon

Published online: 05 July 2024

Review Article

Management and treatment algorithm of airway complications after anterior cervical spine surgery: systematic review

Luis Felipe Colón, Lauren Barber, Ellen Soffin, Todd J. Albert, Yoshihiro Katsuura

Published online: 05 July 2024

Surgical Technique

Surgical technique of 3D computer-assisted navigated posterior fixation of the upper cervical spine: illustration of three cases

Franziska C. S. Altorfer, Fedan Avrumova, Gregory Paschal, Marco D. Burkhard, Darren R. Lebl

Published online: 04 July 2024

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