Journal profile · DERMATOLOGY-NURSING
Advances in Skin & Wound Care
ISSN 1527-7941 · eISSN 1538-8654 · Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · UNITED STATES · Founded 2000
Advances in Skin & Wound Care: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.54; JCR Q3 (journal website); hybrid open access; median 173 days to acceptance (47 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 143 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Advances in Skin & Wound Care is published by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management, Wound Healing and Treatments and Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management, together about 53% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): DERMATOLOGY-NURSING
Editor-in-chief Elizabeth A. AyelloPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Pressure Ulcer Prevention and ManagementHealth Professions22.1%
- Wound Healing and TreatmentsMedicine20.8%
- Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and ManagementMedicine10.1%
- Diagnosis and Treatment of Venous DiseasesMedicine8.5%
- Surgical site infection preventionMedicine6.4%
- Stoma care and complicationsMedicine3.2%
- Surgical Sutures and AdhesivesMedicine3.1%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Dermatology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Nursing | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Dermatology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Nursing | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Dermatology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Nursing | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q3 · DERMATOLOGY · rank 67/99
- JCR Q3 · NURSING · rank 118/194
- JCR Q3 · SURGERY · rank 189/321
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 1.54LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.41LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.66LetPub ·
- h-index
- 54LetPub ·
- h-index
- 81OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 815OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.42OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 16.17%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 95LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,532 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 145 | 21 | 20 |
| 2025 | 143 | 33 | 166 |
| 2024 | 153 | 21 | 441 |
| 2023 | 162 | 28 | 615 |
| 2022 | 157 | 21 | 880 |
| 2021 | 166 | 18 | 1,527 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
173 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 113 days – 290 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 213 days (47 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 391 days
- Sample
- 47 articles with submission and acceptance dates (320 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Founded
- 2000
- ISSN
- 1527-7941
- Electronic ISSN
- 1538-8654
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 39, Issue 8 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Advances in Skin & Wound Care
What CAS zone is Advances in Skin & Wound Care in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Advances in Skin & Wound Care is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Dermatology / Nursing / Surgery. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Advances in Skin & Wound Care?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.54; CiteScore 2.2, h-index 81.
How long does peer review take at Advances in Skin & Wound Care?
Based on the dates recorded on 47 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 173 days (interquartile range 113–290 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What JCR quartile is Advances in Skin & Wound Care in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q3; by category, DERMATOLOGY Q3 (67/99), NURSING Q3 (118/194), SURGERY Q3 (189/321). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Medicine.
Which databases index Advances in Skin & Wound Care?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Advances in Skin & Wound Care is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is Advances in Skin & Wound Care open access, and what is the APC?
Advances in Skin & Wound Care is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .