Chinese Journal of Neurosurgery is published monthly in Chinese by the Chinese Medical Association, and is a peer reviewed medical journal for doctors, medical researchers, and health workers in the field of Neurosurgery. The journal reports the leading scientific research results and clinical diagnosis and treatment experience in the field of neurosurgery, as well as the basic theoretical research closely related to the clinical neurosurgery.

About the journal

Chinese Journal of Neurosurgery was established in February 1985. At the beginning, the Journal had 64 pages and was published quarterly. It was changed to bimonthly in 1993. In 2005, it became a monthly Journal and the page number increased to 80 pages, 96 pages in 2009 and 108 pages in 2011. So far, 362 issues have been published and nearly 10,000 articles have been published. Chinese Journal of Neurosurgery is now indexed by CSCD，CSTPCD, VIP, CNKI, CBM. Wanfang Data, etc. The journal is available both in print and online. According to the 2017 edition of "Chinese Scientific and Technical Journal Citation Report", the total citation frequency of Chinese journal of neurosurgery in that year was 2,230, and the impact factor was 0.975.

Scope of the journal

With neurosurgeons and related professional researchers as the main readers, this publication reports the latest findings in scientific research and clinic practice in the field of neurosurgery, as well as the basic theoretical research closely related to the clinical neurosurgery. It publishes a variety of writing related to neurosurgery, such as, expert review, doctors lectures, clinical article, experimental article, clinic experiences, expert lectures, technical improvement, surgical techniques, reviews, discussions, letters from readers, etc.