''World Neurosurgery'' is a monthly

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that was established in 1973 as ''Surgical Neurology'' before obtaining its current name in 2010. It is published by

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and is the official journal of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies. The

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is Edward C. Benzel (Department of Neurosurgery, Cleveland Clinic).

Editors-in-chief

Editors-in-chief have included: * Paul Bucy (

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) and Robert J. White (

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), 1973-1985 * Eben Alexander Jr ( Bowman Gray School of Medicine), 1986-1993 * James I. Ausman (

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and

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), 1994-2009 * Michael L.J. Apuzzo (Keck School of Medicine of USC), 2010–2015 * Edward C. Benzel (Department of Neurosurgery, Cleveland Clinic, January, 2015–present

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to the '' Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2020

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of 2.104.

References

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