Indian Journal of Neurotrauma

Indian Journal of Neurotrauma is published by Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances, Neurosurgical Procedures and Complications and Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques, together about 42.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Editor in Chief: Dr Vivek TandonThe Indian Journal of Neurotrauma (IJNT) is the official journal of the Neurotrauma Society of India (NTSI) which was started as the Neurotraumatology Committee under the aegis of the Neurological Society of India with its first meeting at Hyderabad on 15th August 1992 organized by Dr. I. Dinakar. Click here for more information about the society. IJNT is a peer-reviewed publication for all those involved in neurotrauma care. It reports on the latest advances in traumatic brain and spinal cord injury and encompasses clinical and preclinical research. The journal focuses on clinical trials targeted at improving both the early management and long-term care and recovery of traumatically injured patients. IJNT publishes cutting-edge basic and translational research in traumatically injured human and animal studies from the Indian sub-continent, with emphasis on prevention and management of neurotrauma within this region.The Indian Journal of Neurotrauma’s coverage includes:
· Traumatic brain injury
· Spinal cord injury
· Psychological and behavioural abnormalities
· Electrophysiological change
· Stem cell biology and transplantation
· Neurorehabilitation
· Biomedical devices and implantsIJNT welcomes original articles, review articles, case studies, short communications, editorials, technical notes, pictorial assays, and commentaries etc on the above-mentioned topics.The Indian Journal of Neurotrauma is led by Prof. Vivek Tandon, MBBS, MS, MCh (Neurosurgery), Editor-in-Chief, from the Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. View the entire editorial board here. Audience: Neurosurgeons, neuroscientists, neuroimaging specialists, neurologists, neurobiologists, neuropathologists, neuropsychologists, neuroradiologists, bioengineers, and rehabilitation specialists, among others.This journal is published under the Creative Commons license CC BY (Attribution) since December 2022. The copyright of the content remains with the author(s).Frequency and Publishing Month – 2 (Jan-July)Abstracting and indexing: Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Indmed, EBSCO, ProQuest

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Research area (LetPub): NEUROSCIENCES

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Impact

Impact factor (publisher)

0.6Publisher website · 2026-09-29

h-index

19OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

67OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

0.46OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

0%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

98.21%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

37LetPub · 2026-09-13

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Average review time (community reports)

about 7 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Submission to publication (journal-reported)

about 7 weeksDOAJ · 2026-10-25

Peer review

Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ

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Publisher

Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.

Country or region

India

Language

English

ISSN

0973-0508

Electronic ISSN

2213-3739

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