OBJECTIVE Africa contributes significantly to the global neurosurgical disease burden but
has only 1% of the neurosurgery workforce. This study appraises the neurosurgical …

Background Research output on global neurosurgery (GNS) has exponentially increased in
recent years. As research efforts increase, we must first analyze how the current body of …

Background Here, we evaluate the evolution and growth of global neurosurgery publications
over time, further focusing on the contributions and impact of authors in low-and middle …

Objective We aim at recognising the reasons that discourage female medical students to
consider neurosurgery as a career, from an Indian perspective. Methodology An online …

Background The College of Surgeons of East, Central, and Southern Africa (COSECSA) is a
regional accrediting body for general and specialty surgical training programs that has …

Objective Expanded access to training opportunities is necessary to address 5 million
essential neurosurgical cases not performed annually, nearly all in low-and middle-income …

OBJECTIVE The recognition that neurosurgeons harbor great potential to advocate for the
care of individuals with neural tube defects (NTDs) globally has sounded as a clear call to …

Social network analysis of bibliometric data evaluates the relationships between the articles,
authors, and themes of a research niche. The network can be visualized as maps composed …

Objective Low-and middle-income countries continue to suffer from a lack of access to basic
neurosurgical care. The 2015 Lancet Commission on Global Surgery estimated essential …

Background To the best of our knowledge, no previous study has assessed the
neurosurgical publications from Africa. A bibliometric analysis was performed in the present …