Top 20 cited Spine Journal articles, 1990-2009

Table 1 Top 20 cited papers in the spine journal, 1990-2009

Rank	Ref.	Title	Number of citations
1	Ware et al[23]	SF-36 health survey update	491
2	Bigos et al[24]	A prospective study of work perceptions and psychological factors affecting the report of back injury	460
3	Deyo et al[25]	Outcome measures for low back pain research - A proposal for standardized use	432
4	Hodges et al[28]	Inefficient muscular stabilization of the lumbar spine associated with low back pain - A motor control evaluation of transversus abdominis	388
5	Banwart et al[29]	Iliac crest bone-graft harvest donor site morbidity- A statistical evaluation	384
6	Zdeblick et al[30]	A prospective, randomized study of lumbar fusion – preliminary results	376
7	Beaton et al[31]	Guidelines for the process of cross-cultural adaptation of self-report measures	364
8	Buckwalter et al[32]	Spine update- Aging and degeneration of the human intervertebral disc	358
9	Spitzer et al[33]	Scientific monograph of the Quebec task-force on whiplash-associated disorders-Redefining whiplash and its management	348
10	Garfin et al[34]	New technologies in spine - Kyphoplasty and vertebrosplasty for the treatment of painful osteoporotic compression fractures	335
11	Lieberman et al[35]	Initial outcome and efficacy of “kyphoplasty” in the treatment of painful osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures	330
12	Barr et al[36]	Percutaneous vertebroplasty for pain relief and spinal stabilization	328
13	Patrick et al[37]	Assessing health-related quality-of-life in patients with sciatica	311
14	O'Sullivan et al[38]	Evaluation of specific stabilizing exercise in the treatment of chronic low back pain with radiologic diagnosis of spondylolysis or spondylolisthesis	299
15	Marras et al[39]	The role of dynamic 3-dimensial trunk motion in occupationally-related low back disorders- The effects of workplace factors, trunk position, and trunk motion characteristics on risk of injury	289
16	Klenerman et al[27]	The prediction of chronicity in patients with an acute attack of low-back pain in a general-practice setting	287
17	Olmarker et al[40]	Autologous nucleus pulposus induces neurophysiologic and histologic changes in porcine cauda-equina nerve roots	282
18	Fritzell et al[41]	2001 Volvo Award winner in clinical studies: Lumbar fusion versus nonsurgical treatment for chronic low back pain - A multicenter randomized controlled trial from the Swedish Lumbar Spine Study Group	268
18	Thompson et al[42]	Preliminary evaluation of a scheme for grading the gross morphology of the human intervertebral disk	268
20	Bovim et al[43]	Neck pain in the general population	267

Table 2 Study characteristics of the top 20 cited papers in the spine journal, 1990-2009

Rank	Ref.	Type	Subtype/level of evidence	Subject
1	Ware et al[23]	Clinical	Review/level 4	General health
2	Bigos et al[24]	Clinical	Prospective cohort/level 1	Back injury
3	Deyo et al[25]	Clinical	Review/level 3	Low back pain
4	Hodges et al[28]	Clinical	Prospective cohort/level 3	Low back pain
5	Banwart et al[29]	Clinical	Case series/level 4	Iliac crest bone graft harvest
6	Zdeblick et al[30]	Clinical	Randomized control trial/level 2	Lumbar/lumbosacral fusion
7	Beaton et al[31]	Clinical	Review/level 4	General health
8	Buckwalter et al[32]	Basic Science	Review	Intervertebral disk
9	Spitzer et al[33]	Clinical	Review/level 4	Whiplash disorders
10	Garfin et al[34]	Clinical	Review/level 2	Osteoporotic compression fractures
11	Lieberman et al[35]	Clinical	Case series/level 4	Osteoporotic compression fractures
12	Barr et al[36]	Clinical	Case series/level 4	Osteoporotic compression fractures/spinal tumor
13	Patrick et al[37]	Clinical	Prospective cohort/level 1	Low back pain
14	O'Sullivan et al[38]	Clinical	Randomized control trial/level 1	Spondylolysis/spondylolisthesis.
15	Marras et al[39]	Clinical	Cross-sectional	Occupationally-related low back pain
16	Klenerman et al[27]	Clinical	Cross-sectional	Chronicity of low back pain
17	Olmarker et al[40]	Basic Science	Animal study	Nucleus pulposus induced histological/morphological changes
18	Fritzell et al[41]	Clinical	Randomized control trial/level 1	Lumbar fusion
18	Thompson et al[42]	Basic Science	Biomechanics	Intervertebral disk morphology
20	Bovim et al[43]	Clinical	Cross-sectional	Neck pain

Table 3 The top-cited 20 authors in the spine journal, 1990-2009

Rank	Author	Current institution	Articlespublished	Totalcitations	Leadauthorships	Lead author citations	Ratio
1	Lenke LG	Washington University; United States	135	2833	8	205	354.1
2	Bridwell KH	Washington University; United States	117	2553	13	371	196.4
3	Vaccaro AR	Thomas Jefferson University; United States	88	1701	20	517	85.1
4	Takahashi K	Chiba University; Japan	72	1021	9	132	113.4
5	An HS	Rush University; United States	67	1506	9	252	167.3
6	Panjabi MM	Yale University; United States	64	3034	22	989	137.9
7	Weinstein JN	Dartmouth University; United States	64	2315	6	142	385.8
8	Deyo RA	University of Washington; United States	63	4152	8	1047	519
9	Albert TJ	Thomas Jefferson University; United States	61	1307	6	191	217.8
10	Ebraheim NA	University of Toledo; United States	57	1053	27	539	39
11	Kikuchi S	Fukushima Medical University; Japan	56	1212	4	64	303
12	Moriya H	Chiba University; Japan	52	907	0	0	n/a
13	McAfee PC	St. Joseph Medical Center; United States	48	1762	10	377	176.2
14	Newton PO	Rady Children's Hospital; United States	45	468	13	251	36
15	Andersson GBJ	Rush University; United States	45	1448	2	42	724
16	Luk KDK	University of Hong Kong; China	44	568	10	137	56.8
17	Boden SD	Emory University; United States	43	2215	14	1349	158.2
18	Olmarker K	University of Gothenburg; Sweden	43	1512	12	767	126
19	Kim YJ	Columbia University; United States	41	751	17	466	44.2
20	Garfin SR	University of California, San Diego; United States	41	1239	5	448	247.8
21	Bradford DS	University of California, San Francisco; United States	41	1288	3	102	429.3