Seven explicitly named neurosurgery journals have a first recorded JIF in the retained JCR 2026 history. Chinese Neurosurgical Journal leads this group at 1.7.
See the complete analysis of 2,454 journals with a first recorded JIF- Journals
- 7
- Mean exact JIF
- 0.90
- Median exact JIF
- 0.80
- Highest JIF
- 1.7
Numerical summaries use 7 exact values. There are no threshold records in this cohort; any <0.1 record would be excluded from the mean and median.
Neurosurgery first recorded JIF ranking
Values come from the current JCR 2026 record. Hover or tap for each journal's displayed JIF and quartile.
All qualifying neurosurgery journals
| Rank | Journal | JIF | Quartile | JCR categories | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chinese Neurosurgical Journal | 1.7 | Q3 | CLINICAL NEUROLOGY; SURGERY | 478 |
| 2 | Journal of Neurological Surgery Part A-Central European Neurosurgery | 0.9 | Q4 | CLINICAL NEUROLOGY; SURGERY | 984 |
| 3 | BRITISH JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY | 0.8 | Q4 | CLINICAL NEUROLOGY; SURGERY | 3,542 |
| 4 | Turkish Neurosurgery | 0.8 | Q4 | CLINICAL NEUROLOGY; SURGERY | 1,827 |
| 5 | Egyptian Journal of Neurosurgery | 0.7 | Q4 | CLINICAL NEUROLOGY; SURGERY | 255 |
| 6 | Journal of Neurosurgery-Case Lessons | 0.7 | Q4 | CLINICAL NEUROLOGY; SURGERY | 901 |
| 7 | NEUROCIRUGIA | 0.7 | Q4 | NEUROSCIENCES; SURGERY | 401 |
What the 2026 data shows
Six of the seven journals are Q4 and one is Q3, so this is an early-stage cohort rather than a list of established field leaders.
The median opening JIF is 0.8, close to the mean of 0.9, which indicates that one journal does not dominate the group.
Related spine-surgery journals
These titles are related to neurosurgical practice but are excluded from the seven-journal statistics, chart, mean, and median above.
What “first recorded JIF” means
Neurosurgery is not a standalone JCR category here, so the primary cohort uses a narrow title rule. Two related spine-surgery journals are shown separately.
A current value appears in the JCR 2026 edition, while no earlier metric entry of any qualifier appears in the retained Journal Metrics history. This does not prove a title is newly launched or newly indexed, nor does the retained dataset represent complete Clarivate history.
Frequently asked questions
Which neurosurgery journal has the highest first recorded JIF in 2026?
Chinese Neurosurgical Journal leads the seven-journal cohort with a JIF of 1.7.
Are spine surgery journals included in the neurosurgery average?
No. Two related spine-surgery titles are listed separately and do not affect the seven-journal neurosurgery statistics.
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Written by Dr. Meng Zhao
Physician-Scientist · Founder, LabCat AI
MD · Former Neurosurgeon · Medical AI Researcher
Dr. Meng Zhao is a former neurosurgeon turned medical-AI researcher. After years in the operating room, he moved into applied AI for clinical workflows and now leads LabCat AI, a medical-AI company working on decision support and research tooling for clinicians. He built Journal Metrics as a free resource for researchers who need reliable journal metrics without paid database subscriptions.
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