70th Anniversary of Acta Neurochirurgica
This year Acta Neurochirurgica celebrates its 70th Anniversary since its launch. Since 1950, the journal has experienced many changes; becoming the official journal of the European Association of Neurosurgical Societies (EANS) in 1971, changing from multilingual European to exclusively English in 1978 and publishing the first open access articles in 2008. Yet, it has retained its success factors: focus on clinical neurosurgery, global advancement and editorial boards comprising leading international neurosurgeons. As reflected by the highlighted articles lists, Acta Neurochirurgica values during 70 years were: critical analysis, technical advances and lateral thinking. In the near future Acta Neurochirurgica will be implementing adherence to DORA principles.
We thank all authors, reviewers, and board members and now look forward to the next decades at the journal, and hope you will join us as we continue our contribution to the success of neurosurgery and serve the patients and society.
Acta Neurochirugica's Milestones:
Please enjoy access to the Top Ranked Articles for free for the remainder of 2020:
Top 5 most accessed articles:
Article | Published in | Total Downloads |
| Intraoperative 3D contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS): a prospective study of 50 patients with brain tumours by F. Arlt et al. | 2016 | 14,805 |
| Epidemiology of traumatic brain injury in Europe by W. Peters et al. | 2015 | 9,117 |
| Consensus statement from the International Consensus Meeting on the Role of Decompressive Craniectomy in the Management of Traumatic Brain Injury by P.J. Hutchinson et al. | 2019 | 8,191 |
| Pulsed radiofrequency treatment in interventional pain management: mechanisms and potential indications - a review by N.H.L. Chua et al. | 2011 | 6,390 |
| Traumatic brain injuries in illustrated literature: experience from a series of over 700 head injuries in the Asterix comic books by M.A. Kamp et al. | 2011 | 5,850 |
(Data above correct as of 29 Apr 2020)
Top 5 most cited articles:
Article | Published in | Times cited |
| A systematic review of brain injury epidemiology in Europe by F. Tagliaferri et al. | 2006 | 748 |
| Plate and screw fixation for atlanto-axial subluxation by A. Goel and V. Laheri | 1994 | 623 |
| Assessment and prognosis of coma after head injury by G. Teasdale and B. Jennett | 1976 | 547 |
| EBIC-Guidelines for management of severe head injury in adults by A.I.R. Maas et al. | 1997 | 446 |
| Cerebral vasospasm diagnosis by means of angiography and blood velocity measurements by K.-F. Lindegaard et al. | 1989 | 349 |
(Data above correct as of 29 Apr 2020)
Top 5 articles with the highest attention on Social Media:
Article | Published in | Altmetric Attention Score |
| Intraoperative portable CT-scanner based spinal navigation - a feasibility and safety study by P. Barsa et al. | 2014 | 309 |
| Traumatic brain injuries in illustrated literature: experience from a series of over 700 head injuries in the Asterix comic books by M.A. Kamp et al. | 2011 | 307 |
| European courses of neurosurgery and other training and postgraduate education activities of the European association of neurosurgical societies by B. Guidetti | 1987 | 154 |
| Roald Dahl’s contribution to neurosurgery: the Wade-Dahl-Till shunt by D.R. Buis and E.S. Mandl | 2011 | 115 |
| Consensus statement from the International Consensus Meeting on the Role of Decompressive Craniectomy in the Management of Traumatic Brain Injury by P.J. Hutchinson et al. | 2019 | 87 |
(Data above correct as of 29 Apr 2020)
Top 5 articles recommended by the Editor-in-Chief:
Article | Published in |
| Long-term outcomes after supratotal resection of diffuse low-grade gliomas: a consecutive series with 11-year follow-up by H. Duffau | 2016 |
| Protocol for motor and language mapping by navigated TMS in patients and healthy volunteers; workshop report by S.M. Krieg et al. | 2017 |
| Clinical and radiological outcome after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion with stand-alone empty polyethereth by E. Shiban et al. | 2016 |
| European consensus conference on unruptured brain AVMs treatment (Supported by EANS, ESMINT, EGKS, and SINCH) by M. Cenzato et al. | 2017 |
| Univariate comparison of performance of different cerebrovascular reactivity indices for outcome association in adult TBI: a CENTER-TBI study by F. A. Zeiler et al. | 2019 |
(Data above correct as of 29 Apr 2020)
