Journal of Neurosurgery

The Journal of Neurosurgery (the JNS) is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering all aspects of neurosurgery. It is published by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and the editor-in-chief is James Rutka. It was established in 1944, with Louise Eisenhardt as founding editor. Originally published bimonthly, it switched to a monthly schedule in 1962. All content is freely available online after 12 months, until it is 10 years old. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2022 impact factor of 4.1.^[1]

Journal of Neurosurgery

Discipline	Neurosurgery
Language	English
Edited by	James Rutka
Publication details
History	1944–present
Publisher	American Association of Neurological Surgeons (United States)
Frequency	Monthly
Open access	Delayed, after 12 months
Impact factor	4.1 (2022)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	J. Neurosurg.
Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L
CODEN	JONSAC
ISSN	0022-3085 (print) 1933-0693 (web)
OCLC no.	682133081
Links
Journal homepage

Editors-in-chief

The following persons are or have been editors-in-chief of the journal:

• James Rutka (2013–present)
• John A. Jane (1992–2013)
• Thoralf Sundt, Jr. (1989–1992)
• William Collins Jr. (1985–1989)
• Henry Schwartz (1975–1985)
• Henry Heyl (1965–1975)
• Louise Eisenhardt (1944–1965)

The Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group

The Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group also publishes:^[2]

• Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, established in 1999, it is an independent journal since 2004^[3]
• Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics, established in 2004, it is an independent journal since January 2008^[4]
• Neurosurgical Focus, published monthly since 1996, it is curated by expert guest editors and is free to the public^[5]