Journal profile · ORTHOPEDICS-SURGERY
Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery
ISSN 1067-2516 · eISSN 1542-2224 · Academic Press Inc. · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 1993
Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.31; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,900; median 97 days to acceptance (106 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 213 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery is published by Academic Press Inc. 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 Foot and Ankle Surgery, Tendon Structure and Treatment and Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, together about 49.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Official Journal of the American College of Foot and Ankle SurgeonsThe Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery is the leading source for original, clinically-focused articles on the surgical and medical management of the foot and ankle. Each bi-monthly, peer-reviewed issue addresses relevant topics to the profession, such as: adult reconstruction of the forefoot; adult reconstruction of the hindfoot and ankle; diabetes; medicine/rheumatology; pediatrics; research; sports medicine; trauma; and tumors.The Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery is indexed through Index Medicus, Excerpta Medica, Biosciences Information Service, and CINAHL.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ORTHOPEDICS-SURGERY
Editor-in-chief Naohiro ShibuyaPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Foot and Ankle SurgeryMedicine22.9%
- Tendon Structure and TreatmentMedicine14.3%
- Orthopedic Surgery and RehabilitationMedicine11.9%
- Lower Extremity Biomechanics and PathologiesEngineering7.4%
- Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and ManagementMedicine7.3%
- Bone fractures and treatmentsMedicine4.4%
- Sports injuries and preventionMedicine4.1%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.8%
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 | Orthopedics | 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 | Orthopedics | 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 | Orthopedics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PubMedPublisher website
Other: Crossref
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
- 1.31LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 3.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.69LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.1LetPub ·
- h-index
- 58LetPub ·
- h-index
- 98OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,512OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.15OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 14.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 8.29%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 146LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,972 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 196 | 36 | 23 |
| 2025 | 213 | 39 | 200 |
| 2024 | 158 | 38 | 430 |
| 2023 | 178 | 47 | 662 |
| 2022 | 199 | 36 | 1,125 |
| 2021 | 337 | 47 | 2,387 |
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
97 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 58 days – 149 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 4 days (106 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 101 days
- Sample
- 106 articles with submission and acceptance dates (446 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)
- 3–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 108 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 9 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 3,900 / EUR 3,650 / GBP 3,120 / JPY 483,720 | — | — |
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 prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 300 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 5
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Suggested reviewers
- Required
- Not considered
- Case Report; Tips, Quips and Pearls
Article types accepted15
- case reportOriginal Research—scientific reports of clinical and laboratory investigations, including randomized controlled trials, cross-over experiments, meta-analyses, p…Length not stated
- case report or seriesCase Report or Series—JFAS will no longer consider publishing a case report.Length not stated
- commentaryOriginal Research—scientific reports of clinical and laboratory investigations, including randomized controlled trials, cross-over experiments, meta-analyses, p…Length not stated
- editorialOriginal Research—scientific reports of clinical and laboratory investigations, including randomized controlled trials, cross-over experiments, meta-analyses, p…Length not stated
- editorial or commentaryEditorial or Commentary—an article expressing an opinion about a topic considered interesting to foot and ankle surgeonsLength not stated
- letterOriginal Research—scientific reports of clinical and laboratory investigations, including randomized controlled trials, cross-over experiments, meta-analyses, p…Length not stated
- letter to the editorLetter to the Editor—a letter from a reader expressing an opinion or raising a question, usually focusing on a particular published article, and usually accompa…Length not stated
- meta-analysisOriginal Research—scientific reports of clinical and laboratory investigations, including randomized controlled trials, cross-over experiments, meta-analyses, p…Length not stated
- narrative reviewOriginal Research—scientific reports of clinical and laboratory investigations, including randomized controlled trials, cross-over experiments, meta-analyses, p…Length not stated
- opinionOriginal Research—scientific reports of clinical and laboratory investigations, including randomized controlled trials, cross-over experiments, meta-analyses, p…Length not stated
- original articleOriginal Research—scientific reports of clinical and laboratory investigations, including randomized controlled trials, cross-over experiments, meta-analyses, p…Length not stated
- original researchOriginal Research—scientific reports of clinical and laboratory investigations, including randomized controlled trials, cross-over experiments, meta-analyses, p…Length not stated
- review articleOriginal Research—scientific reports of clinical and laboratory investigations, including randomized controlled trials, cross-over experiments, meta-analyses, p…Length not stated
- systematic reviewOriginal Research—scientific reports of clinical and laboratory investigations, including randomized controlled trials, cross-over experiments, meta-analyses, p…Length not stated
- tips, quips and pearlsTips, Quips and Pearls— JFAS will no longer consider publishing a Tips, Quips, and Pearls article.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- AI use Declaration of generative AI in scientific writing
Authors must declare the use of generative AI tools in the manuscript preparation process upon submission of the paper.Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies (“AI tools”) have been rapidly adopted in research and scholarly publishing, offering significant benefits while requiring clear standards for responsible and transparent use.Authors preparing a manuscript for this journal may use AI tool…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Changes to authorship
Authors are expected to consider carefully the list and order of authors before submitting their manuscript and provide the definitive list of authors at the time of the original submission. Any addition, deletion or rearrangement of author names in the authorship list should be made only before the manuscript has been accepted and only if approved by the journal Editor. To request such a change, …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Financial disclosure
Every author, including the corresponding author and all co-authors, must upload a signed financial disclosure with their manuscript at the time of submission. In this form, authors must indicate any financial arrangements they have with any company whose product is pertinent to the submitted manuscript, or with a company making a competing product. The information will be held in confidence while…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Upon acceptance of an article, authors will be asked to complete a 'Journal Publishing Agreement' (see more information on this). An e-mail will be sent to the corresponding author confirming receipt of the manuscript together with a 'Journal Publishing Agreement' form or a link to the online version of this agreement.Subscribers may reproduce tables of contents or prepare lists of articles includ…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Please visit our Open Access page for more information about open access publishing in this journal.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double anonymized review Model summary
This journal uses double anonymized review, which means the identities of the authors are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint references
Where a preprint has subsequently become available as a peer-reviewed publication, the formal publication should be used as the reference. If there are preprints that are central to your work or that cover crucial developments in the topic, but are not yet formally published, these may be referenced. Preprints should be clearly marked as such, for example by including the word preprint, or the nam…
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
- Academic Press Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1993
- ISSN
- 1067-2516
- Electronic ISSN
- 1542-2224
- Society / sponsor
- American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery
What CAS zone is Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Orthopedics / 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 Foot & Ankle Surgery?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.31; CiteScore 3.1, h-index 98.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery?
Based on the dates recorded on 106 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 97 days (interquartile range 58–149 days); authors report an average review time of 3–8 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 Foot & Ankle Surgery?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 300 words; Keywords: ≥ 5; Reference style: Vancouver; Suggested reviewers: 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.
Which databases index Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,900.
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: .