Journal profile · Medicine-Surgery
Chinese Neurosurgical Journal
ISSN 2057-4967 · Springer Nature · United Kingdom
Chinese Neurosurgical Journal: impact factor 1.7 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 148 days to acceptance (67 articles, last 24 months); 33 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Chinese Neurosurgical Journal is published by Springer Nature. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications, Meningioma and schwannoma management and Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and Treatment, together about 30.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Neurology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Chinese Neurosurgical Journal is an open access, peer review journal publishing work in all areas of neurosurgery, including new trends in neurology and neuroscience, with a focus on clinical practice and techniques.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Surgery
Editor-in-chief Jizong ZhaoPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 99 in mainland China (about 60%); most named Mainland China 99, United States 38, Japan 4, Germany 4, Italy 3 (164 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and ComplicationsMedicine13.9%
- Meningioma and schwannoma managementMedicine8.4%
- Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine8.3%
- Glioma Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine8.2%
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular DisturbancesMedicine6.9%
- Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalusNeuroscience6.8%
- Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery DiseasesMedicine5.5%
- Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage ResearchMedicine4.8%
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.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EmbaseCASPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Semantic Scholar
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
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.56LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.78LetPub ·
- h-index
- 24OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 91OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.84OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.95%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 31LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 367,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 440 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 31 | 31 | 5 |
| 2025 | 33 | 33 | 57 |
| 2024 | 34 | 34 | 118 |
| 2023 | 37 | 37 | 227 |
| 2022 | 45 | 45 | 318 |
| 2021 | 50 | 50 | 458 |
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
148 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 100 days – 203 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 24 days (67 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 173 days
- Sample
- 67 articles with submission and acceptance dates (72 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 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 14 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single 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, CC0 | |
| OpenAlex | USD 0 | — | — | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted8
- book reviewBook review Case report Comment Correspondence Guideline Study protocol Research ReviewLength not stated
- case reportBook review Case report Comment Correspondence Guideline Study protocol Research ReviewLength not stated
- commentBook review Case report Comment Correspondence Guideline Study protocol Research ReviewLength not stated
- correspondenceBook review Case report Comment Correspondence Guideline Study protocol Research ReviewLength not stated
- guidelineBook review Case report Comment Correspondence Guideline Study protocol Research ReviewLength not stated
- researchBook review Case report Comment Correspondence Guideline Study protocol Research ReviewLength not stated
- reviewBook review Case report Comment Correspondence Guideline Study protocol Research ReviewLength not stated
- study protocolBook review Case report Comment Correspondence Guideline Study protocol Research ReviewLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Data availability Formatting the 'Availability of data and materials' section of your manuscript
CC0 data policy Model summary
The following format for the 'Availability of data and materials section of your manuscript should be used:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Licensing and copyright
CC BY licence Model summary
Creative Commons licences Open access articles in Springer Nature journals are published under Creative Commons licences. These provide an industry-standard framework to support easy re-use of open access material. Under Creative Commons licences, authors retain copyright of their articles. Chinese Neurosurgical Journal articles are published open access under a CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Benefits of open access
Publishing open access (OA) offers a number of benefits, including greater reach and readership for your work: Cited more 1.6x more citations of OA articles than non-OA articles across all subjects Downloaded more 4x more downloads of OA articles than non-OA articles Greater impact 2.5x more Altmetric attention. OA articles attracted 1.9x more news mentions and 1.2x more policy mentions Open acces…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Peer review is the process used to evaluate the quality of a manuscript before publication. Independent researchers in the relevant field assess submitted manuscripts to check their validity and robustness. Their feedback guides editors in making publication decisions. Typically, two or more experts evaluate each manuscript based on three main criteria: scientific robustness: is the research metho…
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
- Springer Nature
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2057-4967
- Society / sponsor
- Chinese Neurosurgical Society
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- 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
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Chinese Neurosurgical Journal
What is the impact factor of Chinese Neurosurgical Journal?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.7 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 3.2, h-index 24.
How long does peer review take at Chinese Neurosurgical Journal?
Based on the dates recorded on 67 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 148 days (interquartile range 100–203 days); authors report an average review time of about 10 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 Chinese Neurosurgical Journal based?
Of the 164 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 99 (about 60%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (99), United States (38) and Japan (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Chinese Neurosurgical Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Chinese Neurosurgical Journal is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Embase and CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Chinese Neurosurgical Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Chinese Neurosurgical Journal 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, OpenAlex, Publisher website, 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: .