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ArticleNeurosurgery practice2025

The Bibliometric Evolution of Neurosurgery Publications From 1977 to 2023.

Michael M Covell, Seyed Farzad Maroufi, David Kurland, Karl L Sangwon, Bethsabe Romero, Marc Moisi, Johnny Delashaw, Meic Schmidt, Christian A Bowers

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Article in Neurosurgery practice, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Michael M CovellSchool of Medicine, Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8603-3513
Seyed Farzad MaroufiBowers Neurosurgical Frailty and Outcomes Data Science Lab, Flint, Michigan, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7542-0411
David KurlandDepartment of Neurosurgery, New York University, New York, New York, USA.
Karl L SangwonDepartment of Neurosurgery, New York University, New York, New York, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6941-3001
Bethsabe RomeroBowers Neurosurgical Frailty and Outcomes Data Science Lab, Flint, Michigan, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6952-2410
Marc MoisiBowers Neurosurgical Frailty and Outcomes Data Science Lab, Flint, Michigan, USA.
Johnny DelashawBowers Neurosurgical Frailty and Outcomes Data Science Lab, Flint, Michigan, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1059-6197
Meic SchmidtBowers Neurosurgical Frailty and Outcomes Data Science Lab, Flint, Michigan, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2259-9459
Christian A BowersBowers Neurosurgical Frailty and Outcomes Data Science Lab, Flint, Michigan, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6299-503X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

objectives

methodsWolters Kluwer and Web of Science were used to identify all publications in

resultsFrom 1977 to 2023, 29 755 publications containing 127 171 authors were published in

conclusion

Indexed as

Authorship representationBibliometricsDatabase utilizationJournal evolutionNeurosurgery

Identifiers

PMID39958482
PMCPMC11810034

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