Journal profile · Medicine-Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
African Journal of Paediatric Surgery
ISSN 0189-6725 · eISSN 0974-5998 · Wolters Kluwer Health · India
African Journal of Paediatric Surgery: fully open access; APC about USD 250; review about 21 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
The latest issue on the journal's website is from December 2024 (Volume 21, Issue 4): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
African Journal of Paediatric Surgery is published by Wolters Kluwer Health. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Urological Disorders and Treatments, Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery and Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments, together about 35% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Editor-in-chief Okechukwu Hyginus EkwunifePublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Urological Disorders and TreatmentsMedicine12.8%
- Congenital Anomalies and Fetal SurgeryMedicine12.3%
- Gastrointestinal disorders and treatmentsMedicine9.9%
- Intestinal Malrotation and Obstruction DisordersMedicine8.1%
- Pediatric Urology and Nephrology StudiesMedicine7.4%
- Congenital gastrointestinal and neural anomaliesMedicine5.5%
- Testicular diseases and treatmentsMedicine4%
- Esophageal and GI PathologyMedicine3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surgery | Q3 | 314/597 | 47th |
| Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health | Q3 | 191/351 | 45th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.24LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.39LetPub ·
- h-index
- 32OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 305OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.35OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,403 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 368 | 368 | 543 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 758 |
| 2024 | 50 | 50 | 738 |
| 2023 | 89 | 89 | 777 |
| 2022 | 71 | 71 | 786 |
| 2021 | 68 | 68 | 729 |
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 PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 6 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
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)
- about 21 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 31 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 250 | No | CC BY-NC-SA | |
| OpenAlex | USD 150 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 150 | Yes | — |
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
- Wolters Kluwer Health
- Country or region
- India
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0189-6725
- Electronic ISSN
- 0974-5998
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 21, Issue 4 (December 2024)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about African Journal of Paediatric Surgery
How long does peer review take at African Journal of Paediatric Surgery?
Authors report an average review time of about 21 weeks. 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.
Which databases index African Journal of Paediatric Surgery?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, African Journal of Paediatric Surgery is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is African Journal of Paediatric Surgery open access, and what is the APC?
African Journal of Paediatric Surgery is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 250.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .