Abstract:
BACKGROUND:Scientific research can offer the joy of discovery. For many graduating neurosurgeons, often, a seminar, class, or instructional module is their first and only formal exposure to the world of conducting research responsibly, to write down and report the results of such research. The pressure to publish scientific research is high, but any young neurosurgeon who is unaware of how predatory publishers operate can get duped by it and can lose their valuable and hard-fought research. Hence, we have attempted to provide an overview of all potentially predatory neurosurgery publications and provide some "red flags" to recognize them. METHODS:A suspected list of predatory publications was collected via a thorough review of the Neurosurgery journals listed in 4 major so-called blacklists, i.e., Beall's list, Manca's list, Cabell's blacklist, and Strinzel blacklist and then cross-referenced with UGC CARE whitelist to remove any potential legitimate journals. All journals with a scope of the Neurosurgery publication were searched using terms in the search bar: "Neurosurgery", "Neuroanatomy", "Neuropathology", and "Neurological disorder/disease". Since all predatory journals claim to be open access, all possible types of open access journals on Scimago were also searched, and thus a comparison was possible in terms of publication cost and number of legitimate open access journals when compared with predatory ones. In addition, methodologies by which these journals penetrate legitimate indexes like PubMed was investigated. RESULTS:A total of 46 predatory journals were found and were enlisted along with their publishers and web addresses. Sixty of the 360 Neurosurgery journals listed on Scimago were open access and the fee for the predatory journals was substantially lower (< $150) when compared with legitimate journals ($900-$3000). Six types of open access types exist while a total of 26 red flags in 7 stages of publication can be found in predatory journals. These journals have penetrated indexes by having similar names to legitimate journals and by publishing articles with external funding which mandate their indexing. CONCLUSION:These 46 journals were defined as predatory by 4 major blacklists, and none of them was found in the UGC Care white list. They also fulfill the 26 red-flags that define a predatory journal. The blacklist detailed here may become redundant; hence "whenever in doubt" regarding a journal with "red-flags", the authors are advised to refer to whitelists to be on the safer side. Publishing in predatory journals leads to not only loss of valuable research but also discredits a researcher among his peers and can be hindrance in career progression. Some journals are even indexed on PubMed, and they have sophisticated webpages and high-quality online presentations.
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Acta Neurochir (Wien)journal_title
Acta neurochirurgicaauthors
Deora H,Tripathi M,Chaurasia B,Grotenhuis JAdoi
10.1007/s00701-020-04546-9subject
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2021-01-01 00:00:00pages
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10.1007/s00701-020-04546-9journal_volume
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杂志文章,评审abstract::Three hundred and sixty-four patients who suffered a subarachnoid haemorrhage from an aneurysm at either the anterior (ACA) or posterior (PCA) communicating artery location and who were not surgically treated have been followed for up to 21 years in order to study the late morbidity and mortality. For the 213 patients...
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abstract:BACKGROUND:Modern magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) diagnosis of Tolosa-Hunt syndrome rests upon demonstration of cavernous sinus abnormalities. We present a case of Tolosa-Hunt syndrome who has no abnormal mass lesion in the cavernous sinuses on MRI but with a diagnostic lesion on magnetic resonance angiography (MRA). ...
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更新日期:2012-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Mild hypothermia provides cerebral protection against ischaemic insults in various animal models. We compared systemic and cerebral oxygenation between mild hypothermic and normothermic management in 60 patients with acute subarachnoid haemorrhage who underwent clipping of cerebral aneurysms. METHOD:The tem...
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doi:10.1007/s007010070056
更新日期:2000-01-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1007/s00701-005-0530-6
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF02307412
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF01411122
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00701-020-04242-8
更新日期:2020-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Hair-sparing techniques in cranial neurosurgery have gained traction in recent years and previous studies have shown no difference in infection rates, yet limited data exists evaluating the specific closure techniques utilized during hair-sparing craniotomies. Therefore, it was the intention of this study to...
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00701-020-04239-3
更新日期:2020-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::The superficial middle cerebral veins (SMCVs) are large veins to drain the brain and therefore anatomical knowledge of them is important for neurosurgeons and neuroradiologists. In a patient with a ruptured blister aneurysm, we incidentally found during angiography an aberrant drainage of the SMCVs, which penetrated t...
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2019-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF01428496
更新日期:1995-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Microvascular decompression (MVD) is a documented effective treatment of trigeminal neuralgia (TN). Lately, reports on endoscopy-assisted microvascular decompression (eaMVD) with better outcome and less risk have emerged. This study was undertaken to verify under which circumstances the endoscope proved esse...
journal_title:Acta neurochirurgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00701-014-2171-0
更新日期:2014-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:This study aimed to clarify the characteristics of the basilar arteries of rabbits two and seven days after subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) and to investigate the influence of hypoxia on vascular responses to acetylcholine and endothelin-1. METHODS:Thirty four New Zealand white rabbits were divided into 3 gr...
journal_title:Acta neurochirurgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00701-003-0024-3
更新日期:2003-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Intracranial meningiomas are characteristically benign tumours with a tendency to recur following surgical resection. Our group is investigating the pathogenesis of meningioma recurrence. In our initial studies we identified two cases of dural "tails" associated with intracranial meningiomas. Gadolinium-enhanced magne...
journal_title:Acta neurochirurgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF01401115
更新日期:1992-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECT:The object of surgical treatment for hemifacial spasm (HFS) is the exclusion of pulsatile neurovascular compression of the root exit zone (REZ). However, spasm persists transiently or permanently in some cases even after complete decompression. In particular, we mainly experience these results when the vertebral...
journal_title:Acta neurochirurgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00701-011-1247-3
更新日期:2012-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Oculomotor cistern extension (OMCE) of pituitary adenoma through the oculomotor triangle may be one of the major characteristics of multi-lobulated adenoma. The OMCE may be hard to remove only through the endonasal approach. METHOD:We applied the simultaneous combined supra-infrasellar approach to remove pi...
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00701-019-03869-6
更新日期:2019-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Meningoencephalitis may sometimes cause medically refractory intracranial hypertension and brain herniation. In such patients death is common. There are a limited number of reports on the use of decompressive craniectomy as a life saving measure in these circumstances with some good results. The aim of the s...
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00701-008-0019-1
更新日期:2008-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Acta neurochirurgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00701-007-1061-5
更新日期:2007-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The introduction of transcranial Doppler ultrasonography (TCD) has made it possible to examine blood flow characteristics in carotid-cavernous sinus fistulae (CCSF) in a noninvasive, relatively simple, and reliable way. This study investigated the usefulness of TCD in the diagnosis and follow-up of various CCSF subtyp...
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
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更新日期:2001-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00701-018-3566-0
更新日期:2018-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Acta neurochirurgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF02001461
更新日期:1993-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Acta neurochirurgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF01417688
更新日期:1995-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:To determine cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) dynamics and morphology in Chiari I malformation (CMI) and assess the response to surgery of the posterior cranial fossa, we examined midsagittal imaging along with anterior cervical 2-3 (AC2-3), posterior cervical 2-3 (PC2-3), and aqueduct CSF flow hydrodynamics in axi...
journal_title:Acta neurochirurgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00701-013-1958-8
更新日期:2014-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECT:In the past, the accuracy of surface matching has been shown to be disappointing. We aimed to determine whether this had improved over the years by assessing application accuracy of current navigation systems, using either surface matching or point-pair matching. METHODS:Eleven patients, scheduled for intracran...
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00701-019-03867-8
更新日期:2019-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Intraoperative facial nerve monitoring (IFNM) is a suitable technique for intraoperative facial nerve identification and dissection, especially in large vestibular schwannomas (VS) (acoustic neuroma). To evaluate its feasibility for estimating functional nerve outcome after VS resection 60 patients underwent surgery u...
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s007010050090
更新日期:1998-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an effective treatment for essential tremor (ET). Currently the ventrolateral thalamus is the target of choice, but the posterior subthalamic area (PSA), including the caudal zona incerta (cZi), has demonstrated promising results, and the subthalamic nucleus (STN) has been sug...
journal_title:Acta neurochirurgica
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00701-011-1157-4
更新日期:2011-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The microsurgical unilateral laminotomy (MUL) technique for bilateral decompression of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is a less destabilizing alternative to laminectomy and leads to good short-term outcomes. However, little is known about the long-term results including predictive factors. METHODS:Medical rec...
journal_title:Acta neurochirurgica
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00701-016-2804-6
更新日期:2016-06-01 00:00:00