Hirurgia Pozvonochnika

Aims & Scope

The mission of the journal Hirurgia Pozvonocnika (Spine Surgery) is to develop the potential of Russian science, combine efforts of various categories of researchers, create and maintain a unified space of scientific communication in the field of spinal surgery and related disciplines.

The journal's policy is based on the principles of openness, accessibility, and interdisciplinary approach, which enable the scientific community to present the results of research in fundamental and applied science, which are united by one goal - solving urgent problems of vertebrology.

The journal is the only regular scientific information resource in Russia and the CIS countries devoted exclusively to the problems of spine surgery.

The pages of the journal publish original articles on fundamental, applied and experimental research devoted to the urgent problems of spine surgery.

Modern trends in high-tech surgical treatment of spinal diseases and injuries, new methods for diagnosing and surgical correction of the spine and spinal cord, modern theoretical substantiation of research on new approaches to intervention in various parts of the spinal column are widely represented in the journal.

The journal contributes to the development of the spine surgery as a branch of medicine, to professional consolidation of leading specialists in this field, to strengthening and development of professional links and humanitarian contacts between Russian and foreign spine surgeons.

The target audience of the journal is orthopedic traumatologists, neurosurgeons, diagnostics and rehabilitation specialists, clinicians and researchers.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Medicine, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal does not charge a mandatory Article Processing Charge (APC). However, optional open access publication may incur fees based on the publisher’s policies.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Infectious Lesions of the Spine: Draft National Clinical Guidelines

  Citation: 24

  Authors: A. Yu., A. A., E. O., A. Yu., I. V.

• Russian Version of the Oswestry Disability Index: Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validity

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Evgeny

• COMPARATIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF MATERIALS FOR BONE GRAFTING: COMPOSITION AND PROPERTIES

  Citation: 14

  Authors: Irina, Mikhail, Valentina

• COMPUTER 3D-MODELING OF PATIENT-SPECIFIC NAVIGATIONAL TEMPLATE FOR CERVICAL SCREW INSERTION

  Citation: 14

  Authors: A. V., O. M., S. O., A. V.

• SEGMENTAL SPINAL INSTABILITY: UNSOLVED PROBLEMS

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Aleksandr, Evgeny, Nikolay, Anton

• Congenital Spine Deformities in Children: Epidemiological Prognosis and Management

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Eduard, Aleksandr, Aleksandr

• SURGICAL TREATMENT OF CHILDREN WITH CONGENITAL DEFORMITY OF THE LUMBAR AND LUMBOSACRAL SPINE

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Sergey, Dmitry, Kirill, Andrey

• RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF SCREW MALPOSITION FOLLOWING INSTRUMENTED CORRECTION OF THORACIC AND LUMBAR SPINE DEFORMITIES

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Aleksandr, Sergey, Aleksandr

• Rehabilitation of patients in late period after spinal cord injury: a meta-analysis of literature data

  Citation: 9

  Authors: O. G., A. A., S. O.

• Pathogenetic aspects and risk factors for recurrent lumbar disc herniation: literature review

  Citation: 9

  Authors: O. N., A. V., V. A., A. V., A. A., A. V.