Journal profile · ORTHOPEDICS
Archives of Trauma Research
ISSN 2251-953X · eISSN 2251-9599 · Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications · India
Archives of Trauma Research: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.3 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 136 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); acceptance rate 26% (journal website); 30 articles a year; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Archives of Trauma Research is published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 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 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies, Injury Epidemiology and Prevention and Traffic and Road Safety, together about 36.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Archives of Trauma Research (eISSN: 2251-9599) publishes high-quality technical, clinical, and translational research related to trauma and injury, encompassing: Trauma surgery (acute care, critical trauma management), Emergency medicine (prehospital care, resuscitation, trauma systems), Orthopedic trauma (fractures, musculoskeletal injuries), Disaster medicine (mass casualty incidents, battlefield trauma), Rehabilitation & long-term outcomes (post-trauma recovery, disability prevention), Epidemiology of injuries (global burden, risk factors, prevention strategies), Ethical, social, and health policy issues in trauma care. Archives of Trauma Research is an authentic clinical journal, which is devoted to the particular compilation of the latest worldwide and interdisciplinary approach and findings, including original manuscripts, meta-analyses and reviews, health economic papers, debates, and consensus statements of clinical relevant to the trauma or injury field.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ORTHOPEDICS
Editor-in-chief Mohammad Reza FazelPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Iran 18, United States 5, Italy 1, Australia 1, Netherlands 1 (29 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesMedicine15.1%
- Injury Epidemiology and PreventionMedicine11.5%
- Traffic and Road SafetyEngineering9.7%
- Emergency and Acute Care StudiesMedicine5.3%
- Bone fractures and treatmentsMedicine5%
- Trauma Management and DiagnosisMedicine4.5%
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular DisturbancesMedicine4%
- Abdominal Trauma and InjuriesMedicine4%
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 | Orthopedics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Orthopedics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
UDIPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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 (publisher) 2025
- 0.3Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 35OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 140OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 33.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 11.11%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 30LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 454 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10 | 10 | 5 |
| 2022 | 20 | 20 | 31 |
| 2021 | 40 | 40 | 90 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
136 dayssubmission to acceptance · community reports about 25 weeks
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 25 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 26%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 1 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 38 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 136 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 17 daysPublisher website ·
- 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC | |
| LetPub | USD 200 | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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)
What to prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 250–300 words
- Keywords
- 3–5
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 3,000 words
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Cover letter
- Required
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access
- License & copyright
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License Model summary
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access Model summary
Archives of Trauma Research (eISSN: 2251-9599) is an international, peer-reviewed, quarterly (4 issues per year), open access journal
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
- Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
- Country or region
- India
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2251-953X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2251-9599
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 15, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Archives of Trauma Research
What CAS zone is Archives of Trauma Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Archives of Trauma Research is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Orthopedics. 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 Archives of Trauma Research?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.3 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; h-index 35.
How long does peer review take at Archives of Trauma Research?
The publisher reports about 136 days (submission to acceptance); authors report an average review time of about 25 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 26%. 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 are the manuscript requirements of Archives of Trauma Research?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 250–300 words; Keywords: 3–5; Manuscript length: ≤ 3,000 words; Reference style: Vancouver; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Archives of Trauma Research based?
Of the 29 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Iran (18), United States (5) and Italy (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Archives of Trauma Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Archives of Trauma Research is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ.
Is Archives of Trauma Research open access, and what is the APC?
Archives of Trauma Research is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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: .