journal, research topics

[MD2b]

What is more impressive for the top NSG residency?

Can you rank the following please in order? 

first-author Journal of Neurosurgery (clinical study)
first-author JAMA Neurology (clinical study not relevant to neurosurgery field)
first-author Journal of Neuroscience (basic science not relevant to neurosurgery field)

[Guest]

Basic science in high impact factor journal then first-author in red or white journal

[Guest]

What even is this question

[Guest]

How is operative neurosurgery viewed compared to the red journal? It seems like the red journal transfers all technical papers to operative neurosurgery regardless of quality.

[Guest]

Honestly, neurosurgery journals are not even real research- all low quality, easy-to-publish data.

Top neurosurgery research goes to broader journals.

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(05-14-2020, 02:30 AM)Guest Wrote: Honestly, neurosurgery journals are not even real research- all low quality, easy-to-publish data.

Top neurosurgery research goes to broader journals.

That being said, JAMA neuro > JNeurosci > Any Neurosurgery specialty journals. 
(but this is coming from a MD-PhD)

[Guest]

JAMA Neuro and JNeurosci are completely different journals.

Sadly, red and white journal have equal pull to both during rank meetings. The majority of faculty will know a handful of non-neurosurgery journals, if any at all.

[Guest]

(05-14-2020, 03:43 PM)Guest Wrote: JAMA Neuro and JNeurosci are completely different journals.

Sadly, red and white journal have equal pull to both during rank meetings. The majority of faculty will know a handful of non-neurosurgery journals, if any at all.

Whats red and white journals?

[Glioma]

Let's answer the question and explain something here:
-Red Journal is Neurosurgery (CNS) and White Journal is JNS (AANS)
-From pure science standpoint, the higher the impact factor the higher quality
-The vast majority of neurosurgeons are unaware of most journals outside neurosurgery journals (which is expected like any speciality)
-If the question is which will help you more and although it's hard to give hard-cut answers because many other variables involved:
1) Having 10-15 publications in low tier journals...etc will help you to match (not necessary where)
2) One publication (preferably first author) in high tier journal (IF > 10 or so...some would claim even IF > 20) will help you to match in top 5 science-based research programs
-All programs love to hear "I am interested in research" but when it comes to ranking, programs with low academic ranking/productivity won't consider research/publications that high, if at all...

[Guest]

(05-14-2020, 06:35 PM)Glioma Wrote: Let's answer the question and explain something here:
-Red Journal is Neurosurgery (CNS) and White Journal is JNS (AANS)
-From pure science standpoint, the higher the impact factor the higher quality
-The vast majority of neurosurgeons are unaware of most journals outside neurosurgery journals (which is expected like any speciality)
-If the question is which will help you more and although it's hard to give hard-cut answers because many other variables involved:
1) Having 10-15 publications in low tier journals...etc will help you to match (not necessary where)
2) One publication (preferably first author) in high tier journal (IF > 10 or so...some would claim even IF > 20) will help you to match in top 5 science-based research programs
-All programs love to hear "I am interested in research" but when it comes to ranking, programs with low academic ranking/productivity won't consider research/publications that high, if at all...

While IF is important, I think the type of research also plays a role. A first author retrospective clinical study in the Red/White journal doesn't carry the same weight as a basic science paper in the Red/White journal.

[Guest]

Is JNS spine considered the same tier as JNS?