Journal profile
Indian Journal of Burns
ISSN 0971-653X · eISSN 2321-1415 · Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications · India
Indian Journal of Burns: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 99 days to acceptance (22 articles, last 24 months); 14 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Indian Journal of Burns is published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Burn Injury Management and Outcomes, Dermatologic Treatments and Research and Trauma and Emergency Care Studies, together about 63% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Editor-in-chief Sanjay Kumar GiriPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Burn Injury Management and OutcomesMedicine39.8%
- Dermatologic Treatments and ResearchMedicine14.9%
- Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesMedicine8.3%
- Wound Healing and TreatmentsMedicine7.8%
- Injury Epidemiology and PreventionMedicine7.2%
- Reconstructive Facial Surgery TechniquesMedicine4.5%
- Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular TechniquesMedicine4.3%
- Antibiotic Resistance in BacteriaBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.4%
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
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 13OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 25OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.05OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 326 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18 | 18 | 69 |
| 2025 | 14 | 14 | 71 |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | 87 |
| 2023 | 9 | 9 | 83 |
| 2022 | 19 | 19 | 89 |
| 2021 | 24 | 24 | 124 |
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
99 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 67 days – 180 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 153 days (22 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 290 days
- Sample
- 22 articles with submission and acceptance dates (33 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 30 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
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-NC-SA | |
| 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
- Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
- Country or region
- India
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0971-653X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2321-1415
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 34, Issue 1 (June 2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Indian Journal of Burns
How long does peer review take at Indian Journal of Burns?
Based on the dates recorded on 22 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 99 days (interquartile range 67–180 days); authors report an average review time of about 30 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 Indian Journal of Burns?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Indian Journal of Burns is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Indian Journal of Burns open access, and what is the APC?
Indian Journal of Burns 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; 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: .