Journal profile
Albanian Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
ISSN 2521-8778 · eISSN 2616-4922 · Albanian Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery · Albania
Albanian Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery: fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 56 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Albanian Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery is published by Albanian Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Trauma and Emergency Care Studies, Trauma Management and Diagnosis and Abdominal Trauma and Injuries, together about 34% of its articles. Its main subfields are Emergency Medicine and Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Albanian Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery (AJTES) which comes out two times a year, is a peer-reviewed and open-access international journal. The Journal is the official scientific publication of is the official publication of the Albanian Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery (ASTES) in Tirana, Albania. The language of the journal is English.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Agron DOGJANIPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesMedicine18.9%
- Trauma Management and DiagnosisMedicine9.5%
- Abdominal Trauma and InjuriesMedicine5.6%
- Cardiac and Coronary Surgery TechniquesMedicine4.9%
- Emergency Medicine Education and ResearchMedicine3.8%
- Anesthesia and Sedative AgentsMedicine3.6%
- Emergency and Acute Care StudiesMedicine3.6%
- Disaster Response and ManagementHealth Professions3.6%
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
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.2OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 422 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 58 | 58 | 25 |
| 2025 | 56 | 56 | 30 |
| 2024 | 49 | 49 | 43 |
| 2023 | 47 | 47 | 43 |
| 2022 | 40 | 40 | 29 |
| 2021 | 41 | 41 | 19 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 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 | EUR 200 | No | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | EUR 100 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 100 | No | — | |
| Publisher website | EUR 200 / EUR 150 | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted11, with length limits
- case reportssion, Acknowledgments, and References. Case reports must not exceed 1500 words (excluding references, tables, and figure legends). Case remain text ≤ 1,500 words
- commentaries articlesare usually by invitation only, are short, narrowly focused articles that are usually ordered by the journal. These articles are generally not reviewed.Length not stated
- commentary, Discussion, Conclusion, and Keywords. Commentary articles must be maximum of 2000 words and have a maximum of 40 references. Typically, do not contmain text ≤ 2,000 words
- editorialINSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS AJTES is based on independent and unbiased double-blind and peer-reviewing principles. Only unpublished papers that are not under revie…Length not stated
- letter to the editorLetter to the EditorLength not stated
- opinionings to international controversy. Most opinion articles are about 1500 words long, with a professional tone. If you want to try your hanmain text ≤ 1,500 words
- original articleOriginal ArticleLength not stated
- perspective articlePerspective ArticleLength not stated
- review articlergo peer-reviewing prior to acceptance. Review articles must not exceed 5000 words for the main text (excluding references, tables, and figuremain text ≤ 5,000 words
- review of articleA review article is an article that summarizes the current state of understanding of a particular topic. A review article surveys and summarizes previously publ…Length not stated
- short communication0 words. Short Report: Short reports or short communications are short versions of research, applications, or work in progress limited to 1500 words. These arti…main text ≤ 1,500 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Conflicts of interest Conflict of interest policy
The AJTES’s editorial review process is in accordance with the Good Editorial Practice set by international editorial organizations (WAME, COPE). WAME indicates that “conflict of interest exists when an author, reviewer, or editor in the publication process (submission of manuscripts, peer review, editorial decisions and communication between authors, reviewers, and editors) has a competing intere…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Editorial and Ethical Standards
Original, unpublished work only Model summary
AJTES follows the recommendations of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) and complies with international standards for editorial independence, peer review integrity, publication ethics, and open-access transparency.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Open access under CC BY license Model summary
All articles published by the Albanian Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery are made freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication, without subscription charges or registration barriers.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review The Review Process
Double-blind peer review Model summary
AJTES uses an established scheme for the evaluation process aiming at fair, quality-based, and rapid article processing (Please refer to the "Instructions to Authors" page for more information).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism Detection
AJTES does not allow any form of plagiarism. In accordance with our journal policy, submitted manuscripts are screened with plagiarism software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text at least two times (during the evaluation process and after acceptance).
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Albanian Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery
- Country or region
- Albania
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2521-8778
- Electronic ISSN
- 2616-4922
- Society / sponsor
- Albanian Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 10, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Albanian Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
How long does peer review take at Albanian Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery?
Authors report an average review time of about 8 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 Albanian Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Albanian Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Albanian Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery open access, and what is the APC?
Albanian Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .