Global Spine Journal
Journal Highlights
- Impact Factor: 2.6*
- Indexed In: Emerging Science Citation Index (ESCI), PubMed Central (PMC), SCOPUS, and the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
- Publication is subject to payment of an article processing charge (APC)
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Global Spine Journal (GSJ) is an open access, peer-reviewed journal which focuses on the study and treatment of spinal disorders, including diagnosis, operative and non-operative treatment options, surgical techniques, and emerging research and clinical developments. Please see the Aims and Scope tab for further information.
This journal is published on behalf of AO Spine.
This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Submission Information
Submit your manuscript at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/gsjournal.
Please see the Submission Guidelines tab for more information on how to submit your article to the journal.
Open access article processing charge (APC) information
Publication in the journal is subject to payment of an article processing charge (APC). The APC serves to support the journal and ensures that articles are freely accessible online in perpetuity under a Creative Commons license.
The current APC of the journal is $2,800. The APC for AO Spine members is $0.
The article processing charge (APC) is payable when a manuscript is accepted after peer review, before it is published. The APC is subject to taxes where applicable. Please see further details here.
Contact
Please direct any queries to florian.klett@aofoundation.org.
Why Publish Open Access with GSJ
- Visibility and Impact: Anyone anywhere in the world can read, use and cite your research
- Rigorous Standards: Double-blind peer review policy
- Flexibility: No page limits or page charges, no limits on the amount of authors listed on a manuscript and authors can publish full data sets, figures and tables with no limits
- Copyright: Authors retain copyright under a Creative Commons License
- GSJ is a global journal with a global reach. GSJ targets an international audience and has authors, reviewers, and deputy editors from different countries all around the world
- GSJ waives the Article Processing Fee (APC) for all manuscripts where at least one author is an AO Spine member. If no authors are AO Spine members, then they are given the option to join AO Spine instead of paying the APC fee. (The yearly fee for AO Spine membership is significantly less expensive)
- GSJ targets both Orthopaedic and Neurosurgeons that specialize in spine.
- GSJ is one of the only Open Access journals that still circulate a print version.
- All AO Spine members also receive a free copy of each issue of the journal
Useful Links
- Please refer to the Submission Guidelines tab for more information before submitting your manuscript.
- Contact the Editor: globalspinejournal@aospine.org
Global Spine Journal (GSJ) is the official scientific publication of AO Spine. A peer-reviewed journal, GSJ is devoted to the study and treatment of spinal disorders, including diagnosis, operative and non-operative treatment options, surgical techniques, and emerging research and clinical developments. An open access journal that is published eight times a year, the journal is essential reading for all researchers and clinicians specializing in the spine. GSJ is indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), SCOPUS and PubMed Central.
With a multi-disciplinary scope, GSJ features original research, reviews, commentaries, editorials, and technical reports in all spine fields. The journal promotes communication among spine surgeons, orthopedic surgeons, and neurosurgeons across the globe by providing an integrated and balanced view of the clinical and basic science studies of spinal disorders.
Global Spine Journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Audience
Orthopaedic Spine Surgeons
Neuro Spine Surgeons
Epidemiologists
Basic Science Researchers
Types of Papers
Original Research
Reviews: Systematic, Narrative, Literature
Commentaries
Technical Reports
Topics of Interest
- Basic Science
- Clinical Studies
- Cervical Spine
- Lumbar Spine
- Thoracic Spine
- Thoracolumbar Spine
- Bone Morphogenic Protein
- Operative Treatment
- Non-Operative Treatment
- Spondyliosthesis
- New Surgical Techniques
- Randomized Control Trials
- Retrospective Studies
- Prospective Studies
- Scoliosis
- Geriatric Spine
- Pediatric Spine
- Spinal Fusion
- Spinal Trauma
- Spinal Tumors
- Spinal Oncology
- Spinal Fractures
- Spinal Sports Injuries
- Neurological Spinal Disorders
- Minimally Invasive
- Arthroplasty
- Robotics/Augmented Reality
- Radiology
- Spinopelvic
- Outcomes
- Deformity
- Degenerative Spine
Manuscript Submission
- Submit your manuscript at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/gsjournal
- Please refer to the Submission Guidelines tab for more information before submitting your manuscript.
| Jeffrey C. Wang, MD | USC Spine Center, USA |
| Jens R. Chapman, MD | Swedish Medical Center, USA |
| Karsten Wiechert, MD | Michel Spine Center, Germany |
| Danielle B. Lieberman | AO Spine International/Seattle Science Foundation, USA |
| R. Kiran Alluri, MD | USC Spine Center, USA |
| Evan Davies, MD | University of Southampton/Southampton Children's Hospital, UK |
| John G. DeVine, MD FAOA | Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, USA |
| Robert Dunn, MD | University of Cape Town, South Africa |
| Mohammad El-Sharkawi, MD | Assiut University Medical School, Egypt |
| Juan Emmerich, MD | National University of La Plata, Argentina |
| Michael G. Fehlings, MD | Toronto Western Hospital, Canada |
| John C France, MD | West Virginia University, USA |
| Raymond J. Hah, M.D. | USC Spine Center, USA |
| Yong Hai, MD. PhD | Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, China |
| Roger Härtl, MD | Weill Cornell Center for Comprehensive Spine Care, USA |
| Serena S. Hu, MD | Stanford University, USA |
| Basem Ishak, M.D. | Head of Spine Division, Professor of Neurosurgery, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany |
| Keita Ito, MD, ScD | Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands |
| Yoshiharu Kawaguchi, MD, PhD | University of Toyama, Japan |
| Jin-Sung L. Kim, PhD | Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea |
| John C. Liu, MD | Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, USA |
| Elizabeth L. Lord, MD | UCLA Comprehensive Spine Center, USA |
| Robert McGuire, MD | University of Mississippi Medical Center, USA |
| K. V. Menon, MD | Khoula Hospital, Oman |
| Thomas E. Mroz, MD | Cleveland Clinic Center for Spine Health, USA |
| S. Rajasekaran, PhD | Ganga Hospital, India |
| K. Daniel Riew, MD | Columbia University Medical Center/New York-Presbyterian Hospital, USA |
| Dino Samartzis, DsC | Rush University Medical Center, USA |
| Koji Tamai, MD | Osaka Metropolitan University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan |
| Luiz Roberto Vialle, MD | Universidade Católica do Paraná, Brazil |
| Emre Yilmaz, MD | BG University Hospital, Bergmannsheil Bochum, Germany |
| Michael Mayer, MD, PhD | Schoen-Klinik München-Harlaching, Germany |
| Mohamed Abdel-Wanis, MD, PhD | Sohag University, Egypt |
| Abdulaziz Al-Mutair, MD | Alrazi Hospital, Ministry of Health, Kuwait |
| Zayed Saleh Al-Zayed, MD | King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Saudi Arabia |
| Abdulrazzaq Alobaid, MD | Alrazi Orthopedics Hospital, Kuwait |
| Khalid Alsaleh, MD | King Khalid University Hospital, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia |
| Paul Arnold, MD | University of Kansas School of Medicine, USA |
| Bryan Ashman, MD | Australia National University Medical School, Australia |
| Muhammed Assous, MD | Razi Spine Clinic, Jordan |
| Firas Atallah, MD | Risk and Rosary Hospital, Lebanon |
| Amer Aziz, MD | Ghurki Trust Teaching Hospital, Pakistan |
| Massimo Balsano, MD | Ospedale Civile Santorsa Vicenza, Italy |
| Guiseppe Barbagallo, MD | Policlinico "G. Rodolico" University Hospital, Italy |
| Giovanni Barbanti Brodano, MD | Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli, Italy |
| Teresa Bas, MD | Hospital Universitatio La Fe, Spain |
| Lorin M. Benneker, MD | Inselspital, University of Bern, Switzerland |
| Pedro Berjano, MD | IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Italy |
| Darrel S. Brodke, MD | University of Utah, USA |
| Chris Cain, MD | University of Colorado, Denver, USA |
| Roberto Chapa, MD | Hospital Christus Muguerza Alta Especialida, Mexico |
| Norman Chutkan, MD | The CORE Institute, USA |
| Marinus de Kleuver | Radboud University Medical Center, The Netherlands |
| John Devine, MD | Augusta University, USA |
| Asdrubal Falavigna, MD | Caxias do Sul University, Brazil |
| Daniel Gelb, MD | University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA |
| Michael Grevitt, MD | Queen's Medical Centre, United Kingdom |
| Marcelo Gruenberg, MD | Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Ali Haghnegahdar, MD | Chamran Hospital, Iran |
| Yong Hai, MD | Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Beijing Chao-yang Hospital, Capital Medical University, China |
| James Harrop, MD | Jefferson Medical College, USA |
| Manabu Ito, MD | National Hospital Organization Hokkaido Medical Center, Japan |
| Michael E. Janssen, DO | Center for Spine and Orthopedics, USA |
| Jose María M. Jimenez, MD | Instituto Mexicano Del Seguro Social, Mexico |
| Zdenek Klezl, MD | Royal Derby Hospital, Trauma and Orthopaedics, Spinal Unit, UK |
| Claudio Lamartina | I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Ortopedico Galeazz, Italy |
| Yu Liang, MD | Rui Jin Hospital, School of Medicine, Jiaotong University, China |
| Teija Lund, MD | Helsinki University Hospital, Finland |
| Marco Medina, MD | Clinica San Felipe, Peru |
| Osmar Moraes, MD | São Paulo, Brazil |
| Jong-Beom Park, MD | The Catholic University of Korea, South Korea |
| Roberto Postigo, MD | Clinica Las Condes, Chile |
| Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar, MD | Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran |
| Andres Rodriguez-Munera, MD | Fundación Santafe de Bogotá, Colombia |
| Satish Rudrappa, MD | Sakra World Hospital, India |
| Klaus Schnake, MD | Schön Klinik Nürnberg Fürth, Germany |
| Jaime Segura, MD | Unidad Medica Cecimin, Colombia |
| Lali Sekhon, MD | Nevada Neurosurgery, USA |
| Ghassan Skaf, MD | American University of Beirut, Lebanon |
| Maarten Spruit, MD | St. Maartenskliniek. The Netherlands |
| Nestor Taboada, MD | UNIMEC, Colombia |
| Paul Thng, MD | MT Elizabeth Novena Hospital Specialist Center, Singapore |
| Claudius Thomé, MD | Medical University Innsbruck, Austria |
| Tomoaki Toyone, MD | Showa University, Japan |
| Patrick Tropiano, MD | Hopital TIMONE, France |
| Atiq Uz Zaman, MD | Ghurki Trust Teaching Hospital, Pakistan |
| Alexander Vaccaro, MD | Delaware Valley Spinal Cord Injury Center, USA |
| Marcelo Valacco, MD | Hospital Chirrucavisca, Argentina |
| Emiliano Vialle, MD | Cajuru Hospital, Brazil |
| Richard Williams, MD | University of Queensland, Australia |
| Chung Chek Wong, MD | Sarawak General Hospital, Malaysia |
| Jack Zigler, MD | Texas Back Institute, USA |
| Lindsay Tetreault, MD, PhD | University College Cork, Ireland |