Journal profile · Nursing-Medical and Surgical Nursing
Journal of Perioperative Practice
ISSN 1750-4589 · eISSN 2515-7949 · Association for Perioperative Practice
Journal of Perioperative Practice: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,900; 97 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Perioperative Practice is published by Association for Perioperative Practice 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 Patient Safety and Medication Errors, Anesthesia and Pain Management and Medical History and Innovations, together about 23.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Nursing-Medical and Surgical Nursing
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Patient Safety and Medication ErrorsHealth Professions8.3%
- Anesthesia and Pain ManagementMedicine8.2%
- Medical History and InnovationsArts and Humanities6.8%
- Anesthesia and Sedative AgentsMedicine6.3%
- Nursing education and managementNursing5.9%
- Nursing Roles and PracticesHealth Professions5.1%
- Enhanced Recovery After SurgeryMedicine4.8%
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesMedicine4.6%
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 | 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 | Surgery | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medical and Surgical Nursing | Q2 | 10/28 | 66th |
| Surgery | Q3 | 334/597 | 44th |
| Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine | Q3 | 85/147 | 42nd |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
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
- 1.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.25LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.49LetPub ·
- h-index
- 29OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 225OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.6OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 13.76%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 82LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,063 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 77 | 18 | 345 |
| 2025 | 97 | 19 | 673 |
| 2024 | 98 | 26 | 754 |
| 2023 | 55 | 14 | 727 |
| 2022 | 71 | 12 | 687 |
| 2021 | 109 | 27 | 677 |
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.
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 / GBP 2,859 | — | — |
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
- Association for Perioperative Practice
- ISSN
- 1750-4589
- Electronic ISSN
- 2515-7949
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Perioperative Practice
What CAS zone is Journal of Perioperative Practice in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Perioperative Practice is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category 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.
Which databases index Journal of Perioperative Practice?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Perioperative Practice is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Perioperative Practice open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Perioperative Practice is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,900.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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: .