Journal profile · Dermatology
Burns & Trauma
ISSN 2321-3868 · eISSN 2321-3876 · Oxford Academic · China · Continuous publication · Founded 2013
Burns & Trauma: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 10.91; fully open access; APC about USD 2,700; median 172 days to acceptance (108 articles, last 24 months); 82 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Burns & Trauma is published by Oxford Academic and is in Zone 2 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Wound Healing and Treatments, Burn Injury Management and Outcomes and Dermatologic Treatments and Research, together about 49.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Burns & Trauma is an open access, peer-reviewed journal publishing the latest developments in basic, clinical, and translational research related to burns and traumatic injuries, with a special focus on various aspects of biomaterials, tissue engineering, stem cells, critical care, immunobiology, skin transplantation, prevention, and regeneration of burns and trauma injury.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Dermatology
Editor-in-chief Jun WuPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 24 in mainland China (about 41%); most named Mainland China 24, United States 10, Australia 5, Japan 3, India 2 (58 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Wound Healing and TreatmentsMedicine28.2%
- Burn Injury Management and OutcomesMedicine14.8%
- Dermatologic Treatments and ResearchMedicine6.6%
- Extracellular vesicles in diseaseBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.9%
- Mesenchymal stem cell researchMedicine3.5%
- Injury Epidemiology and PreventionMedicine3.4%
- Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical ApplicationsMaterials Science3.1%
- Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular TechniquesMedicine2.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Dermatology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Emergency Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Emergency Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Dermatology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Dermatology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Emergency Medicine | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PMCPublisher 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
- 10.91LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 15.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 11.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 15.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 15.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.12LetPub ·
- h-index
- 72OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 468OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 12.62OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 90LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 697 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 65 | 65 | 56 |
| 2025 | 82 | 82 | 943 |
| 2024 | 92 | 92 | 2,016 |
| 2023 | 63 | 63 | 1,966 |
| 2022 | 52 | 52 | 2,675 |
| 2021 | 54 | 54 | 2,107 |
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
172 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 137 days – 212 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 5 days (108 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 185 days
- Sample
- 108 articles with submission and acceptance dates (181 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 6 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 40 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 123 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 35 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,700 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,400 | Yes | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Page charges
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
- Submission fee
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
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 accepted5, with length limits
- commentaryThe table below indicates requirements for the different article types published in Burns & Trauma. Subsequent sections describe in more detail the requirements…Length not stated
- editorialThe table below indicates requirements for the different article types published in Burns & Trauma. Subsequent sections describe in more detail the requirements…Length not stated
- letter to the editorThe table below indicates requirements for the different article types published in Burns & Trauma. Subsequent sections describe in more detail the requirements…Length not stated
- rapid communicationThe table below indicates requirements for the different article types published in Burns & Trauma. Subsequent sections describe in more detail the requirements…main text ≤ 1,500 words
- reviewThe table below indicates requirements for the different article types published in Burns & Trauma. Subsequent sections describe in more detail the requirements…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, Data availability, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Conflicts of interest Conflict of interest
All financial and non-financial conflicts of interest must be declared in this section. Please use the authors initials to refer to each authors' conflicts of interest in this section. If you do not have any conflicts of interest, please state "The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest" in this section.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Availability of Data and Materials
Where ethically feasible, Burns & Trauma strongly encourages authors to make all data and software code on which the conclusions of the paper rely available to readers. We suggest that data be presented in the main manuscript or additional supporting files, or deposited in a public repository whenever possible. For information on general repositories for all data types, and a list of recommended r…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Charges
Burns & Trauma is a fully open access journal, and all articles are published in the journal under an open access licence immediately upon publication. Manuscripts will be charged an OA fee once accepted. Details of the open access licences and open access charges. Journal (required) Please select Academic MedicineActa CytologicaActa HaematologicaAdaptationAesthetic Surgery JournalAesthetic Surger…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review
All submissions to the journal are initially reviewed by one of the Editors. At this stage manuscripts may be rejected without peer review if it is felt that they are not of high enough priority or not relevant to the journal. This fast rejection process means that authors are given a quick decision and do not need to wait for the review process. Manuscripts that are not instantly rejected are sen…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
Manuscripts submitted to Burns & Trauma may be screened with iThenticate anti-plagiarism software in an attempt to detect and prevent plagiarism. Any manuscript may be screened, especially if there is reason to suppose part or all of the text has been previously published. Prior to final acceptance any manuscript that has not already been screened may be put through iThenticate. More information a…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint policy
Authors retain the right to make an Author’s Original Version (preprint) available through various channels, and this does not prevent submission to the journal. For further information see our Online Licensing, Copyright and Permissions policies. If accepted, the authors are required to update the status of any preprint, including your published paper’s DOI, as described on our Author Self-Archiv…
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
- Oxford Academic
- Country or region
- China
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Continuous publication
- Founded
- 2013
- ISSN
- 2321-3868
- Electronic ISSN
- 2321-3876
- Society / sponsor
- Chinese Burn Association
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Burns & Trauma
What CAS zone is Burns & Trauma in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Burns & Trauma is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Dermatology / Emergency Medicine / Surgery. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Burns & Trauma?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 10.91; CiteScore 15.7, h-index 72.
How long does peer review take at Burns & Trauma?
Based on the dates recorded on 108 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 172 days (interquartile range 137–212 days); authors report an average review time of about 6 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Burns & Trauma based?
Of the 58 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 24 (about 41%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (24), United States (10) and Australia (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Burns & Trauma?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Burns & Trauma is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists PMC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Burns & Trauma open access, and what is the APC?
Burns & Trauma is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,700.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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: .