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Journal of Neurosurgery-Case Lessons
ISSN 2694-1902 · American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Journal of Neurosurgery-Case Lessons: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2026 Xinrui edition); hybrid open access; median 54 days to acceptance (126 articles, last 24 months); 469 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Neurosurgery-Case Lessons is published by American Association of Neurological Surgeons and is classed under Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications, Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and Treatment and Meningioma and schwannoma management, together about 23.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and ComplicationsMedicine8.4%
- Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine7.8%
- Meningioma and schwannoma managementMedicine7.2%
- Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalusNeuroscience6.3%
- Glioma Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine5.8%
- Head and Neck Surgical OncologyMedicine5.7%
- Spinal Fractures and Fixation TechniquesMedicine5.3%
- Spinal Dysraphism and MalformationsMedicine5.3%
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)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Clinical Neurology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.28LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.54LetPub ·
- h-index
- 14OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 35OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.57OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 14.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 43.05%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 395LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,147 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 433 | 433 | 20 |
| 2025 | 469 | 469 | 235 |
| 2024 | 356 | 356 | 457 |
| 2023 | 329 | 329 | 865 |
| 2022 | 284 | 284 | 937 |
| 2021 | 276 | 276 | 1,070 |
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
54 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 37 days – 80 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 52 days (126 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 117 days
- Sample
- 126 articles with submission and acceptance dates (1,042 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".
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons
- ISSN
- 2694-1902
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Neurosurgery-Case Lessons
What CAS zone is Journal of Neurosurgery-Case Lessons in?
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.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Neurosurgery-Case Lessons?
Based on the dates recorded on 126 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 54 days (interquartile range 37–80 days). 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-Case Lessons?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Neurosurgery-Case Lessons is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Neurosurgery-Case Lessons open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Neurosurgery-Case Lessons is a hybrid 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: .