Journal profile · Medicine-Surgery
Indian Spine Journal
ISSN 2589-5079 · eISSN 2589-5087 · Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications · India
Indian Spine Journal: impact factor 0.2 (journal website); JCR Q4 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 123 days to acceptance (68 articles, last 24 months); 41 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Indian Spine Journal is published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications. 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 50.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Surgery
Editor-in-chief S RajasekaranPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc PathologyMedicine22.4%
- Spinal Fractures and Fixation TechniquesMedicine18.6%
- Scoliosis diagnosis and treatmentMedicine9.4%
- Cervical and Thoracic MyelopathyMedicine8.8%
- Pelvic and Acetabular InjuriesMedicine4.8%
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationMedicine3.7%
- Management of metastatic bone diseaseMedicine3.4%
- Spinal Hematomas and ComplicationsMedicine3.4%
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.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q4 · ORTHOPEDICS · rank 144/147
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
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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 (publisher)
- 0.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.14LetPub ·
- h-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.34OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 37LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 321 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 49 | 49 | 7 |
| 2025 | 41 | 41 | 11 |
| 2024 | 35 | 35 | 24 |
| 2023 | 31 | 31 | 36 |
| 2022 | 33 | 33 | 28 |
| 2021 | 42 | 42 | 43 |
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
123 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 95 days – 181 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 164 days (68 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 298 days
- Sample
- 68 articles with submission and acceptance dates (91 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 25 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 35 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
- 2589-5079
- Electronic ISSN
- 2589-5087
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 9, Issue 3 (December 2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Indian Spine Journal
What is the impact factor of Indian Spine Journal?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.2; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.3, h-index 7.
How long does peer review take at Indian Spine Journal?
Based on the dates recorded on 68 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 123 days (interquartile range 95–181 days); authors report an average review time of about 25 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.
What JCR quartile is Indian Spine Journal in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q4; by category, ORTHOPEDICS Q4 (144/147). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones.
Which databases index Indian Spine Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Indian Spine Journal is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Indian Spine Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Indian Spine 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: .