Journal profile · SURGERY
Journal of Radiosurgery and SBRT
ISSN 2156-4639 · eISSN 2156-4647 · Old City Publishing
Journal of Radiosurgery and SBRT: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; median 57 days to acceptance (14 articles, last 24 months); 16 articles a year; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): SURGERY
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surgery | Q3 | 348/597 | — |
| Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging | Q3 | 249/361 | — |
| Radiological and Ultrasound Technology | Q3 | 46/64 | — |
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
- 1.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.34LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.48LetPub ·
- h-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 16LetPub ·
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
57 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 35 days – 87 days
- Acceptance to online
- —
- Submission to online
- —
- Sample
- 14 articles with submission and acceptance dates (34 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
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
- Old City Publishing
- ISSN
- 2156-4639
- Electronic ISSN
- 2156-4647
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Radiosurgery and SBRT
What CAS zone is Journal of Radiosurgery and SBRT in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Radiosurgery and SBRT 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.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Radiosurgery and SBRT?
Based on the dates recorded on 14 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 57 days (interquartile range 35–87 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 Radiosurgery and SBRT?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Radiosurgery and SBRT is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Radiosurgery and SBRT open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Radiosurgery and SBRT 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, 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: .