Journal profile · Anesthesiology
Current Opinion in Anesthesiology
ISSN 0952-7907 · eISSN 1473-6500 · Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · USA · Bimonthly
Current Opinion in Anesthesiology: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.77; JCR Q2 (journal website); hybrid open access; review about 12 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: about 25%; 150 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Current Opinion in Anesthesiology is published by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Anesthesia and Pain Management and Anesthesia and Sedative Agents, together about 38.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery and Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Published bimonthly and offering a unique and wide ranging perspective on the key developments in the field, each issue of Current Opinion in Anesthesiology features hand-picked review articles from our team of expert editors. With fifteen disciplines published across the year – including cardiovascular anesthesiology, neuroanesthesia and pain medicine – every issue also contains annotated references detailing the merits of the most important papers.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Anesthesiology
Editor-in-chief Kai ZacharowskiPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesMedicine15.2%
- Anesthesia and Pain ManagementMedicine12.3%
- Anesthesia and Sedative AgentsMedicine11.1%
- Airway Management and Intubation TechniquesMedicine6.4%
- Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity ResearchNeuroscience5.7%
- Nausea and vomiting managementMedicine4.1%
- Hemodynamic Monitoring and TherapyMedicine3.9%
- Enhanced Recovery After SurgeryMedicine3.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Anesthesiology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Anesthesiology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Anesthesiology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · ANESTHESIOLOGY · rank 25/72
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 2.77LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.72LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.19LetPub ·
- h-index
- 61LetPub ·
- h-index
- 107OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,960OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.32OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 11.41%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 123LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,867 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 94 | 12 | 43 |
| 2025 | 150 | 21 | 399 |
| 2024 | 111 | 17 | 737 |
| 2023 | 99 | 21 | 874 |
| 2022 | 133 | 20 | 1,384 |
| 2021 | 134 | 16 | 1,937 |
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
Too few articlesOnly 2 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
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 12 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 25%LetPub ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd.
- Country or region
- USA
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- ISSN
- 0952-7907
- Electronic ISSN
- 1473-6500
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 39, Issue 5 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Current Opinion in Anesthesiology
What CAS zone is Current Opinion in Anesthesiology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Current Opinion in Anesthesiology is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Anesthesiology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Current Opinion in Anesthesiology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.77; CiteScore 4.4, h-index 107.
How long does peer review take at Current Opinion in Anesthesiology?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 25%”. 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 JCR quartile is Current Opinion in Anesthesiology in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2; by category, ANESTHESIOLOGY Q2 (25/72). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 3 of Medicine.
Which databases index Current Opinion in Anesthesiology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Current Opinion in Anesthesiology is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Current Opinion in Anesthesiology open access, and what is the APC?
Current Opinion in Anesthesiology is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .