Journal profile · Surgery
International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery
ISSN 1478-5951 · eISSN 1478-596X · John Wiley and Sons Ltd · ENGLAND · Quarterly · Founded 2004
International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.41; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,430; median 177 days to acceptance (97 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 105 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery is published by John Wiley and Sons 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 Soft Robotics and Applications, Surgical Simulation and Training and Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques, together about 47.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery provides a cross-disciplinary platform for presenting the latest developments in robotics and computer assisted technologies for medical applications. The journal publishes cutting-edge papers and expert reviews, complemented by commentaries, correspondence and conference highlights that stimulate discussion and exchange of ideas. Areas of interest include robotic surgery aids and systems, operative planning tools, medical imaging and visualisation, simulation and navigation, virtual reality, intuitive command and control systems, haptics and sensor technologies. In addition to research and surgical planning studies, the journal welcomes papers detailing clinical trials and applications of computer-assisted workflows and robotic systems in neurosurgery, urology, paediatric, orthopaedic, craniofacial, cardiovascular, thoraco-abdominal, musculoskeletal and visceral surgery. Articles providing critical analysis of clinical trials, assessment of the benefits and risks of the application of these technologies, commenting on ease of use, or addressing surgical education and training issues are also encouraged. The journal aims to foster a community that encompasses medical practitioners, researchers, and engineers and computer scientists developing robotic systems and computational tools in academic and commercial environments, with the intention of promoting and developing these exciting areas of medical technology.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Surgery
Editor-in-chief Hao XuPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 29 in mainland China (about 23%); most named Mainland China 29, Italy 20, United States 19, Germany 6, United Kingdom 5 (127 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Soft Robotics and ApplicationsEngineering21.8%
- Surgical Simulation and TrainingMedicine16.4%
- Minimally Invasive Surgical TechniquesMedicine9.4%
- Augmented Reality ApplicationsComputer Science4.9%
- Teleoperation and Haptic SystemsEngineering4.3%
- Total Knee Arthroplasty OutcomesMedicine3.9%
- Colorectal Cancer Surgical TreatmentsMedicine3.3%
- Orthopaedic implants and arthroplastyMedicine3.2%
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 | Surgery | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Surgery | 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 | Surgery | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexWeb of ScienceMEDLINEPubMedINSPECEmbaseCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 2.41LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 5.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 5.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.51LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.94LetPub ·
- h-index
- 44LetPub ·
- h-index
- 80OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,060OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.09OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 27.4%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 92LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 92Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 168,456Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,099 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 106 | 46 | 26 |
| 2025 | 105 | 51 | 173 |
| 2024 | 93 | 52 | 436 |
| 2023 | 128 | 79 | 830 |
| 2022 | 140 | 36 | 1,484 |
| 2021 | 149 | 33 | 2,021 |
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
177 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 102 days – 230 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 12 days (98 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 192 days
- Sample
- 97 articles with submission and acceptance dates (236 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)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 27%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 27%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 25 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 25 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 193 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 12 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double-anonymous peer reviewPublisher website · model-extracted
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.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,430 / EUR 3,750 / GBP 2,950 | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Author–date
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted6
- original articleThe categories of article accepted for publication are Original Articles, Reviews, and Technical Notes, all of which are submitted to peer review. An article is…Length not stated
- original articlesThe categories of article accepted for publication are Original Articles, Reviews, and Technical Notes, all of which are submitted to peer review.Length not stated
- reviewThe categories of article accepted for publication are Original Articles, Reviews, and Technical Notes, all of which are submitted to peer review. An article is…Length not stated
- reviewsThe categories of article accepted for publication are Original Articles, Reviews, and Technical Notes, all of which are submitted to peer review.Length not stated
- technical noteThe categories of article accepted for publication are Original Articles, Reviews, and Technical Notes, all of which are submitted to peer review. An article is…Length not stated
- technical notesThe categories of article accepted for publication are Original Articles, Reviews, and Technical Notes, all of which are submitted to peer review.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
The first named author is responsible for ensuring that all authors have read and approved the contents of the manuscript, and this should be confirmed in the covering letter. IJMRCAS accepts the criteria for authorship proposed in the COPE guidelines on good publication practice (www.publicationethics.org/resources/guidelines). If a paper has more than six authors the inclusion of each name must …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflicts of Interest
Authors are responsible for disclosing all financial and personal relationships that could be viewed as presenting a potential conflict of interest. State all relevant financial (such as patent or stock ownership, consultancies, speaker's fees), personal, political, intellectual or religious interests. A conflict of interest should not prevent someone from being listed as an author if they qualify…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Availability
Data sharing expected Model summary
This journal expects data sharing. Review Wiley’s Data Sharing policy where you will be able to see and select the data availability statement that is right for your submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
If your paper is accepted, the author identified as the formal corresponding author for the paper will receive an email prompting them to login into Author Services; where via the Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS) they will be able to complete the license agreement on behalf of all authors on the paper.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access For authors choosing Open Access
If the Open Access option is selected the corresponding author will have a choice of the following Creative Commons License Open Access Agreements (OAA):
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer-review process
Upon submission to our online submission system, a paper is assigned to either the Technical Editor or the Clinical Editor (whomever is best qualified to handle that paper). The manuscript is checked by the Editor for completeness of submission, adequate match to our remit, and fitness for review. An adequate number of reviewer invitations are sent out to ensure that all manuscripts are reviewed b…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint Policy
Preprint policy: preprints considered; posting allowed Model summary
IJMRCS will consider for review articles previously available as preprints. Authors may also post the submitted version of a manuscript to a preprint server at any time. Authors are requested to update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 2004
- ISSN
- 1478-5951
- Electronic ISSN
- 1478-596X
- Society / sponsor
- Clinical Robotic Surgery Association
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 22, Issue 5 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery
What CAS zone is International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Surgery. 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 International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.41; CiteScore 5.1, h-index 80.
How long does peer review take at International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery?
Based on the dates recorded on 97 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 177 days (interquartile range 102–230 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 27% (2025). 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 are the manuscript requirements of International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Author–date; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery based?
Of the 127 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 29 (about 23%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (29), Italy (20) and United States (19). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, Web of Science, MEDLINE, PubMed, INSPEC, Embase and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,430.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .