Journal profile · Medicine-Otorhinolaryngology
Archives of Craniofacial Surgery
ISSN 2287-1152 · eISSN 2287-5603 · The Korean Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association
Archives of Craniofacial Surgery: fully open access; median 118 days to acceptance (83 articles, last 24 months); 44 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Archives of Craniofacial Surgery is published by The Korean Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques, Facial Trauma and Fracture Management and Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques, together about 36.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Otorhinolaryngology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Reconstructive Facial Surgery TechniquesMedicine17.7%
- Facial Trauma and Fracture ManagementMedicine12.8%
- Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular TechniquesMedicine6.4%
- Nasal Surgery and Airway StudiesMedicine5.8%
- Cleft Lip and Palate ResearchBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.6%
- Craniofacial Disorders and TreatmentsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.5%
- Head and Neck Surgical OncologyMedicine4.3%
- Bone fractures and treatmentsMedicine4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surgery | Q2 | 254/597 | — |
| Otorhinolaryngology | Q2 | 58/123 | — |
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
ScopusLetPub
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
- 2.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.61LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.49LetPub ·
- h-index
- 29OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 207OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.22OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 790 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 39 | 39 | 823 |
| 2025 | 44 | 44 | 970 |
| 2024 | 51 | 51 | 887 |
| 2023 | 51 | 51 | 826 |
| 2022 | 50 | 50 | 741 |
| 2021 | 61 | 61 | 681 |
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
118 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 82 days – 164 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 11 days (83 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 132 days
- Sample
- 83 articles with submission and acceptance dates (94 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".
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 accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- The Korean Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association
- ISSN
- 2287-1152
- Electronic ISSN
- 2287-5603
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Archives of Craniofacial Surgery
How long does peer review take at Archives of Craniofacial Surgery?
Based on the dates recorded on 83 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 118 days (interquartile range 82–164 days). 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 Archives of Craniofacial Surgery?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Archives of Craniofacial Surgery is indexed in Scopus.
Is Archives of Craniofacial Surgery open access, and what is the APC?
Archives of Craniofacial Surgery is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .