Journal profile · ORTHOPEDICS
Arthroscopy Techniques
ISSN 2212-6287 · Elsevier · United States
Arthroscopy Techniques: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; APC about USD 975; median 81 days to acceptance (51 articles, last 24 months); 523 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Arthroscopy Techniques is published by Elsevier 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 Shoulder Injury and Treatment, Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques and Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries, together about 41% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): ORTHOPEDICS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Shoulder Injury and TreatmentMedicine18%
- Knee injuries and reconstruction techniquesMedicine12.7%
- Shoulder and Clavicle InjuriesMedicine10.3%
- Total Knee Arthroplasty OutcomesMedicine9.7%
- Orthopedic Surgery and RehabilitationMedicine6.6%
- Sports injuries and preventionMedicine6%
- Tendon Structure and TreatmentMedicine5%
- Lower Extremity Biomechanics and PathologiesEngineering4.2%
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
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 1.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.55LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.89LetPub ·
- h-index
- 60OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,189OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.17OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 40%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.93%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 723LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,334 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 271 | 271 | 6 |
| 2025 | 523 | 523 | 383 |
| 2024 | 554 | 554 | 1,193 |
| 2023 | 356 | 356 | 1,515 |
| 2022 | 353 | 353 | 2,190 |
| 2021 | 401 | 401 | 2,869 |
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
81 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 51 days – 92 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 147 days (51 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 234 days
- Sample
- 51 articles with submission and acceptance dates (913 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)
- about 29 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 29 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 975 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 975 / EUR 910 / GBP 780 / JPY 120,930 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 975 | 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
- Elsevier
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2212-6287
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Arthroscopy Techniques
What CAS zone is Arthroscopy Techniques in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Arthroscopy Techniques 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.
How long does peer review take at Arthroscopy Techniques?
Based on the dates recorded on 51 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 81 days (interquartile range 51–92 days); authors report an average review time of about 29 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 Arthroscopy Techniques?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Arthroscopy Techniques is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Arthroscopy Techniques open access, and what is the APC?
Arthroscopy Techniques is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 975.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .