European Spine Journal
The ESJ ist the second highest rated spine journal worldwide
The Impact Factor of the European Spine Journal (ESJ) has advanced from rank 10 to 8 of all indexed orthopedic magazines (49). Spine , which was still number 1 two years ago, is reduced to rank 5. The European Spine Journal is and remains the number 1 magazine within the orthopedic field in Europe. The JBJA British , which used to be the top rated magazine within Europe clearly fell back behind ESJ . The ESJ is even ranked before relevant magazines like Clinical Orthopaedics, Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma and Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery .
Within the top eight journals worldwide, seven are of American origin and from these eight three are of purely basic scientific character. Two magazines, like the American Journal of Sport Medicine and Arthroscopy are dealing with the huge area of sports medicine and orthopaedics.
Conclusively you can see, that from the field "classical orthopedic magazines" only the JBJS American is still ranked above the European Spine Journal and Spine. From the ten magazines who are dealing today exclusively with spine diseases and/or surgery, the European Spine Journal has risen to number 2 after Spine . The Impact Factor of the European Spine Journal increased of more than 18 % between 2007 and 2008 and climbed from 2,021 to 2,396!
Even if one places the European Spine Journal into the context of the neurological magazines, of which there are 154 indexed, we made progress. Being still considered as mostly surgical, we are all the same behind relevant titles like the Journal of Neurological Surgery, Neurosurgery and Spine (all American magazines) on rank number 4 in relation of the surgical journals within the neuroscience field.
This is quite a track record for a journal which was founded against all odds 17 years ago.
There is more to come: The ESJ will soon start an “Open Operating Theatre” with audiovisual medias related to practical surgical procedures and a “Grand Round Section” within the ESJ with Vincent Arlet(USA) and Michael Pfeiffer (Germany) as Deputy Editors.
Editor-in-Chief:
M. Aebi, Berne, Switzerland
Assistant to the Editor-in-Chief:
R. Gunzburg, Antwerp, Belgium (Clinical Science, Special contributions)
Deputy Editors:
V. Arlet, Charlottesville, VA, USA (Grand Rounds)
N. Boos, Zurich, Switzerland (Health Technology Assessment and Transfer)
L.-Y. Dai, Shanghai, China (Chinese Section)
F. Pellisé-Urquiza, Barcelona, Spain (Reviews)
M. Pfeiffer, Breisach, Germany (Grand Rounds)
M. Szpalski, Brussels, Belgium (Supplements)
H.-J. Wilke Ulm, Germany (Basic Science)
The European Spine Journal is the official organ of the Spine Society of Europe. The memberfee includes also a subscription to this journal, which are 12 issues a year.
M. Aebi, Berne, Switzerland
Assistant to the Editor-in-Chief:
R. Gunzburg, Antwerp, Belgium (Clinical Science, Special contributions)
Deputy Editors:
V. Arlet, Charlottesville, VA, USA (Grand Rounds)
N. Boos, Zurich, Switzerland (Health Technology Assessment and Transfer)
L.-Y. Dai, Shanghai, China (Chinese Section)
F. Pellisé-Urquiza, Barcelona, Spain (Reviews)
M. Pfeiffer, Breisach, Germany (Grand Rounds)
M. Szpalski, Brussels, Belgium (Supplements)
H.-J. Wilke Ulm, Germany (Basic Science)
The European Spine Journal is the official organ of the Spine Society of Europe. The memberfee includes also a subscription to this journal, which are 12 issues a year.
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"European Spine Journal" is a publication founded in response to the increasing trend toward specialization in spinal surgery. The Journal is devoted to spine surgery and all related disciplines, including functional and surgical anatomy of the spine, biomechanics and pathophysiology, diagnostic procedures, and neurology. The aim of "European Spine Journal" is to support the further development of highly innovative European spine surgery and to provide an integrated and balanced view of diagnostic, research and treatment procedures that will enhance effective collaboration among specialists worldwide.
European Spine Journal is the official publication of the EuroSpine, the Spine Society of Europe.
Affiliated societies:
Austrian Spine Society
Brazilian Spine Society
Czech Spine Surgery Society
Deutsche Wirbelsäulengesellschaft
Dutch Spine Society
European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society
GEER (Grupo de Estudio de Enfermedades del Raquis)
G.I.S. (Italian Spine Society)
SILACO (Sociedad IberoLatinoamericana de Columna)
South African Spine Society
Turkish Spine Society
The Bone and Joint Decade 2000 - 2010
Impact factor: 2.396 (2009)
Section "Orthopedics": Rank 8 of 49
Section "Clinical neurology": Rank 72 of 146
European Spine Journal is the official publication of the EuroSpine, the Spine Society of Europe.
Affiliated societies:
Austrian Spine Society
Brazilian Spine Society
Czech Spine Surgery Society
Deutsche Wirbelsäulengesellschaft
Dutch Spine Society
European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society
GEER (Grupo de Estudio de Enfermedades del Raquis)
G.I.S. (Italian Spine Society)
SILACO (Sociedad IberoLatinoamericana de Columna)
South African Spine Society
Turkish Spine Society
The Bone and Joint Decade 2000 - 2010
Impact factor: 2.396 (2009)
Section "Orthopedics": Rank 8 of 49
Section "Clinical neurology": Rank 72 of 146
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