As an international, peer-reviewed, open access research publication, Spine Research publishes the foremost progress and novel understanding of all aspects of spine science, including basic science, clinical investigations and medical engineering. The aim of the Journal is to foster the worldwide dissemination of research in spine-related physiology, pathology, diseases and treatment, as well as other significant findings related to spine.

Spine Research aspires to become the most prominent publishing venue in the field of spine by bringing together the most important advances in the discipline, enhancing their visibility by means of opinion and news articles, and providing overviews of the state of the art through review articles.