Journal profile · Clinical Neurology
Journal of neurosurgery
ISSN 0022-3085 · eISSN 1933-0693 · American Association of Neurological Surgeons · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 1944
Journal of neurosurgery: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.74; subscription journal; median 142 days to acceptance (129 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 343 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of neurosurgery is published by American Association of Neurological Surgeons and is in Zone 2 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications, Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances and Meningioma and schwannoma management, together about 29.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Neurology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Neurosurgery, Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics, and Neurosurgical Focus are devoted to the publication of original works relating primarily to neurosurgery, including studies in clinical neurophysiology, organic neurology, ophthalmology, radiology, pathology, and molecular biology. The Editors and Editorial Boards encourage submission of clinical and laboratory studies. Other manuscripts accepted for review include technical notes on instruments or equipment that are innovative or useful to clinicians and researchers in the field of neuroscience; papers describing unusual cases; manuscripts on historical persons or events related to neurosurgery; and in Neurosurgical Focus, occasional reviews. Letters to the Editor commenting on articles recently published in the Journal of Neurosurgery, Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, and Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics are welcome.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Clinical Neurology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and ComplicationsMedicine11%
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular DisturbancesMedicine9.1%
- Meningioma and schwannoma managementMedicine9.1%
- Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalusNeuroscience8%
- Glioma Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine7%
- Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine6.8%
- Head and Neck Surgical OncologyMedicine4.8%
- Neurosurgical Procedures and ComplicationsMedicine4.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Clinical Neurology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Clinical Neurology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Clinical Neurology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview 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
- 3.74LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.4LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.76LetPub ·
- h-index
- 189LetPub ·
- h-index
- 361OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 18,604OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.13OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0.38%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 314LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 25,981 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 273 | 28 | 60 |
| 2025 | 343 | 53 | 817 |
| 2024 | 391 | 61 | 2,274 |
| 2023 | 378 | 86 | 3,711 |
| 2022 | 458 | 218 | 6,174 |
| 2021 | 413 | 216 | 6,156 |
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
142 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 112 days – 185 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 157 days (129 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 301 days
- Sample
- 129 articles with submission and acceptance dates (826 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)
- 2–4 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1944
- ISSN
- 0022-3085
- Electronic ISSN
- 1933-0693
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of neurosurgery
What CAS zone is Journal of neurosurgery in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of neurosurgery is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Clinical Neurology / Surgery. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of neurosurgery?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.74; CiteScore 6.7, h-index 361.
How long does peer review take at Journal of neurosurgery?
Based on the dates recorded on 129 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 142 days (interquartile range 112–185 days); authors report an average review time of 2–4 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly 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.
Which databases index Journal of neurosurgery?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of neurosurgery is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Journal of neurosurgery open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of neurosurgery is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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: .