Journal profile · Medicine-Surgery
Coluna/ Columna
ISSN 1808-1851 · eISSN 2177-014X · Bevilaqua Publisher · Brazil
Coluna/ Columna: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 55 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Coluna/ Columna is published by Bevilaqua Publisher. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques and Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment, together about 51.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Breve Histórico O periódico COLUNA/COLUMNA (ISSN: 2177-014X) surgiu em 2004, é uma publicação oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Coluna, sua periodicidade sempre foi trimestral com publicação de artigos em português, inglês e espanhol.Até 2018 o periódico COLUNA/COLUMNA era impresso, a partir de 2019 passou a ser totalmente online.Em 2022 o periódico adotou a publicação Trimestral com fluxo contínuo, tornando a publicação do artigo mais rápida.O Corpo Editorial é composto por membros nacionais e internacionais, que trabalham gratuitamente para aprimorar a qualidade do periódico, visando torná-la atraente não só para a pesquisa nacional, mas também para a comunidade científica internacional, para isso o periódico COLUNA/COLUMNA tem parceria com Sociedades afiliadas internacionais: Asociación Mexicana de Cirujanos de Columna - AMCICO;Associação Cazaquistanesa de NeurocirurgiõesAssociação Paraguaia de Cirurgia de ColunaAssociação Russa de Neurocirugiões de Coluna VertebralCapítulo de Columna de la Federación Latinoamericana de Sociedades de Neurocirugía - FLANCCapítulo de Columna de la Sociedad Colombiana de Ortopedia y Traumatología - SCCOTCapítulo de Columna de la Sociedad Ecuatoriana de Ortopedia y Traumatologia - SEOTCapítulo de Columna de la Sociedad Venezolana de Cirugía Ortopédica y Traumatologia - SVCOTCapítulo de Coluna do México- Columna en lineaFederação Mundial de Quiropraxia (WFC)Sociedad Argentina de Patologia de la Columna Vertebral - SAPCVSociedad Chilena de Ortopedia y Traumatologia Chilena - SCHOTSociedad Iberolatinoamericana de Columna Vertebral - SILACOSociedad Latinoamericana de Ortopedia y Traumatología - SLAOTSociedade Brasileira de Neurocirurgia - SBNSociedade Portuguesa de Patologia da Coluna Vertebral - SPPCV Acesso Aberto Este periódico segue o modelo de Acesso Aberto (Open Acess), permitindo o acesso virtual, sem restrição (incluindo restrições financeiras), a todos os textos científicos publicados pelo periódico. Acesso aberto é a condição em que o detentor dos direitos autorais de um trabalho acadêmico concede direitos de uso a terceiros usando uma licença aberta (Creative Commons Attribution, CC-BY), permitindo acesso gratuito imediato ao trabalho e autorizando qualquer usuário a ler, baixar, copiar, distribuir, imprimir, pesquisar ou vincular os textos completos dos artigos, rastreá-los para indexação, passá-los como dados para software ou usá-los para qualquer outra finalidade legal. Conformidade com a Ciência Aberta O periódi
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Surgery
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc PathologyMedicine18.6%
- Spinal Fractures and Fixation TechniquesMedicine17.3%
- Scoliosis diagnosis and treatmentMedicine15.2%
- Cervical and Thoracic MyelopathyMedicine13.1%
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationMedicine7.1%
- Pectus Deformity Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine5.5%
- Bone fractures and treatmentsMedicine3.4%
- Management of metastatic bone diseaseMedicine2.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surgery | Q4 | 549/597 | 8th |
| Neurology (clinical) | Q4 | 381/403 | 5th |
| Orthopedics and Sports Medicine | Q4 | 328/340 | 3rd |
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
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.13LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.15LetPub ·
- h-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 41OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.17OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,153 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 47 | 47 | 142 |
| 2025 | 55 | 55 | 201 |
| 2024 | 51 | 51 | 213 |
| 2023 | 58 | 58 | 262 |
| 2022 | 58 | 58 | 207 |
| 2021 | 62 | 62 | 244 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer review, Open 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 | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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
- Bevilaqua Publisher
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- English, Spanish, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 1808-1851
- Electronic ISSN
- 2177-014X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Coluna/ Columna
How long does peer review take at Coluna/ Columna?
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.
Which databases index Coluna/ Columna?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Coluna/ Columna is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Coluna/ Columna open access, and what is the APC?
Coluna/ Columna 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, DOAJ, Publisher website; 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: .