Journal profile · ORTHOPEDICS-SURGERY
Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery
ISSN 2000-656X · eISSN 2000-6764 · Informa Healthcare · SWEDEN · Founded 2010
Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.37; fully open access; median 107 days to acceptance (69 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 37 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
The latest issue on the journal's website is from 2023 (Volume 57, Issue 1-6): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery is published by Informa Healthcare 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 Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques, Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation and Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques, together about 38.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Published by Medical Journals Sweden from 2023. The purpose of the Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery is to serve as an international forum for plastic surgery, hand surgery and related research. Interest is focused on original articles on basic research and clinical evaluation. The scope of the journal comprises: • Articles concerning operative methods and follow-up studies • Research articles on subjects related to plastic and hand surgery • Articles on cranio-maxillofacial surgery, including cleft lip and palate surgery. Extended issues are published occasionally, dealing with special topics such as microvascular surgery, craniofacial surgery, or burns. Supplements, usually doctoral theses, may also be published. The journal is published for the Acta Chirurgica Scandinavica society and sponsored by the Key Foundation, Sweden. The journal was previously published as Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery. Sorry, there are currently no metrics available for this journal.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ORTHOPEDICS-SURGERY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular TechniquesMedicine18.4%
- Orthopedic Surgery and RehabilitationMedicine11.6%
- Reconstructive Facial Surgery TechniquesMedicine8.3%
- Breast Implant and ReconstructionMedicine7.5%
- Cleft Lip and Palate ResearchBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.4%
- Body Contouring and SurgeryMedicine4.5%
- Craniofacial Disorders and TreatmentsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.1%
- Wound Healing and TreatmentsMedicine3.9%
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
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEPMCPubMedEmbaseCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Index Medicus
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
- 1.37LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.57LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.93LetPub ·
- h-index
- 42LetPub ·
- h-index
- 46OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 458OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.26OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 36LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,133 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 37 | 37 | 2 |
| 2025 | 37 | 37 | 65 |
| 2024 | 24 | 24 | 56 |
| 2023 | 36 | 36 | 166 |
| 2022 | 65 | 65 | 304 |
| 2021 | 84 | 84 | 588 |
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
107 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 70 days – 140 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 48 days (69 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 170 days
- Sample
- 69 articles with submission and acceptance dates (76 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)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open access
Overview Open journals Open Select Dove Medical Press F1000Research
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
- Informa Healthcare
- Country or region
- SWEDEN
- Language
- English
- Founded
- 2010
- ISSN
- 2000-656X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2000-6764
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 57, Issue 1-6 (2023)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery
What CAS zone is Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand 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 Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.37; CiteScore 2.7, h-index 46.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery?
Based on the dates recorded on 69 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 107 days (interquartile range 70–140 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 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.
Which databases index Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, PMC, PubMed, Embase and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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: .