Journal profile · Surgery
Journal of Burn Care & Research
ISSN 1559-047X · eISSN 1559-0488 · Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 2006
Journal of Burn Care & Research: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.74; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,698; median 139 days to acceptance (103 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 774 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Burn Care & Research is published by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins 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 Burn Injury Management and Outcomes, Wound Healing and Treatments and Injury Epidemiology and Prevention, together about 63.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Burn Care & Research provides the latest information on advances in burn prevention, research, education, delivery of acute care, and research to all members of the burn care team. As the official publication of the American Burn Association, this is the only U.S. journal devoted exclusively to the treatment and research of patients with burns. Original, peer-reviewed articles present the latest information on surgical procedures, acute care, reconstruction, burn prevention, and research and education. Other topics include physical therapy/occupational therapy, nutrition, current events in the evolving healthcare debate, and reports on the newest computer software for diagnostics and treatment. The Journal serves all burn care specialists, from physicians, nurses, and physical and occupational therapists to psychologists, counselors, and researchers. Official Journal of the American Burn Association Journal metrics Citation metrics Clarivate 2025 Impact Factor 1.9 2025 5 Year Impact Factor 2.0 Surgery (Rank by Impact Factor) 145/321 Dermatology (Rank by Impact Factor) 58/99 Critical Care Medicine (Rank by Impact Factor) 43/66 2025 Cited Half-Life 7.3 years 2025 Immediacy Index 0.3 2025 Eigenfactor Score 0.00297 2025 Article Influence Score 0.369 Scopus 2025 CiteScore 3.3 Emergency Medicine (Rank by CiteScore) 30/111 Surgery (Rank by CiteScore) 172/597 Rehabilitation (Rank by CiteScore) 57/172 2025 Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) 0.841 Readership 2025 Full Text Usage 366,095 Peer Review and Production 2025 Median days from submission to first decision 27 days 2025 Median days from submission to final decision 39 days 2025 Median days from acceptance to publication 6 days About metrics Editorial Staff Contacts Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey W. Shupp, MD, FACS, FABA Washington, DC Editorial Office jbcres.editorialoffice@technicaeditorial.com Society Correspondence ABA Central Office - Chicago 311 South Wacker Drive, Suite 950 Chicago, Illinois 60606 Tel: 312-642-9260 Fax: 312-642-9130 info@ameriburn.org www.ameriburn.org Member Benefit: Go Green Opt for digital only Journal of Burn care & Research to reduce paper waste, access content instantly, and support sustainability. Log in to your member profile, go to the "Account" tab, scroll to "Research Interests", and select "Digital Only".
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Surgery
Editor-in-chief Jeffrey W. ShuppPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Burn Injury Management and OutcomesMedicine35.8%
- Wound Healing and TreatmentsMedicine20.2%
- Injury Epidemiology and PreventionMedicine7.9%
- Disaster Response and ManagementHealth Professions4.4%
- Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesMedicine3.4%
- Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular TechniquesMedicine3%
- Dermatologic Treatments and ResearchMedicine2.9%
- Pressure Ulcer Prevention and ManagementHealth Professions2.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Critical Care Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Dermatology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Critical Care Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Dermatology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Critical Care Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Dermatology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
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
- 1.74LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.49LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.84LetPub ·
- h-index
- 70LetPub ·
- h-index
- 95OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,780OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.58OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 21.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 14.8%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 202LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 366,095Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 7,846 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 742 | 610 | 31 |
| 2025 | 774 | 604 | 347 |
| 2024 | 563 | 413 | 825 |
| 2023 | 484 | 364 | 1,143 |
| 2022 | 559 | 433 | 1,614 |
| 2021 | 571 | 88 | 2,332 |
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 PubMed · to
139 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 96 days – 179 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 3 days (49 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 169 days
- Sample
- 103 articles with submission and acceptance dates (515 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)
- 4–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 27 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to final decision 2025
- 39 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 6 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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 3,698 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- USD 600
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 prepare7 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 2,000 words
- Reference style
- AMA
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Not considered
- anonymous correspondence
Article types accepted9, with length limits
- brief reportOriginal Article Original Articles present original research findings in the burn field. There is no minimum or maximum length for Original Articles. They must …Length not stated
- case reportOriginal Article Original Articles present original research findings in the burn field. There is no minimum or maximum length for Original Articles. They must …main text ≤ 2,000 words · figures and tables ≤ 3 · references ≤ 25
- editorialOriginal Article Original Articles present original research findings in the burn field. There is no minimum or maximum length for Original Articles. They must …Length not stated
- letterOriginal Article Original Articles present original research findings in the burn field. There is no minimum or maximum length for Original Articles. They must …Length not stated
- letter to the editorOriginal Article Original Articles present original research findings in the burn field. There is no minimum or maximum length for Original Articles. They must …main text ≤ 300 words · references ≤ 6
- original articleOriginal Article Original Articles present original research findings in the burn field. There is no minimum or maximum length for Original Articles. They must …Length not stated
- original researchOriginal Article Original Articles present original research findings in the burn field. There is no minimum or maximum length for Original Articles. They must …Length not stated
- short communicationOriginal Article Original Articles present original research findings in the burn field. There is no minimum or maximum length for Original Articles. They must …main text ≤ 1,500 words · abstract ≤ 500 words
- summary articleCritical, timely and balanced evaluations of material that has already been publishedLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Preprints, Self-archiving
- Authorship Authorship
Authorship is limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the design and execution of the work described. Any contributors whose participation does not meet the criteria for authorship should be acknowledged but not listed as an author. The Journal will contact all listed authors at the point of submission to confirm their role. For a detailed definition of authorship, please see …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Disclosure of potential conflicts of interest
Authors The Journal requires all authors to disclose any potential conflict of interest at the point of submission. It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to ensure that conflicts of interest of all authors are declared to the Journal. A conflict of interest exists when the position, activities, or relationships of an individual, whether direct or indirect, financial or non-financial…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Availability of data and materials
Data availability encouraged Model summary
Where ethically feasible, the Journal strongly encourages authors to make all data and software code on which the conclusions of the paper rely available to readers. Whenever possible, data should be presented in the main manuscript or additional supporting files or deposited in a public repository. Visit our Research data page for information on general repositories for all data types, and resour…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Screening for misconduct
iThenticate screening Model summary
Manuscripts will be screened using iThenticate to help detect publication misconduct including plagiarism and redundant publication. Manuscripts may also be screened, including with services provided by third parties, to help detect integrity issues such as inappropriate image alteration and papermill activity.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access charges
Please see the details of open access licenses and charges. If you select an open access license, you must pay the open access charge or request to use an institutional agreement to pay the open access charge through our licensing and payment portal, SciPris. Please note that prices are subject to change. All stated charges are exclusive of any applicable value added tax, goods and services tax an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review process
Double-anonymized peer review Model summary
The Journal conducts double-anonymized peer review, meaning that the identities of the authors are hidden from reviewers, and the reviewers’ identities are hidden from the authors. The editors know the identity of both the reviewers and the authors. Once a submitted manuscript passes initial assessment by the Journal’s Editor-in-Chief, it will then be passed to a handling editor, who will oversee …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
As an author, you retain the right to make an Author’s Original Version (preprint) available through various channels and this does not prevent submission to the Journal. If accepted, you are required to update the status of any preprint, including adding your published paper’s DOI. For full details on allowed channels and updating your preprint, please see our Author self-archiving policy.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Self-archiving
Preprints allowed Model summary
Self-archiving refers to posting a copy of your work on a publicly accessible website or repository. Under certain circumstances, you may self-archive versions of your work on your own webpages, on institutional webpages, and in other repositories. For information about the Journal's policy, and to learn which version(s) of your paper are acceptable for self-archiving, please see our Author self-a…
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
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 2006
- ISSN
- 1559-047X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1559-0488
- Society / sponsor
- American Burn Association
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 47, Issue 5 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Burn Care & Research
What CAS zone is Journal of Burn Care & Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Burn Care & Research is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Critical Care Medicine / Dermatology / Surgery. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Burn Care & Research?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.74; CiteScore 3.3, h-index 95.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Burn Care & Research?
Based on the dates recorded on 103 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 139 days (interquartile range 96–179 days); authors report an average review time of 4–8 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 Journal of Burn Care & Research?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: ≥ 3; Manuscript length: ≤ 2,000 words; Reference style: AMA; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Graphical abstract: Optional. 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.
Which databases index Journal of Burn Care & Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Burn Care & Research is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Journal of Burn Care & Research open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Burn Care & Research is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,698.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .