Journal profile · CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE-SURGERY
Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
ISSN 2163-0755 · eISSN 2163-0763 · Lippincott Williams and Wilkins · UNITED STATES
Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.68; JCR Q1 (journal website); hybrid open access; review about 2.7 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: about 62.5%; 349 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery is published by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins 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 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies, Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, Resuscitation and Abdominal Trauma and Injuries, together about 47.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE-SURGERY
Editor-in-chief Raul CoimbraPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesMedicine22.7%
- Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, ResuscitationMedicine15.4%
- Abdominal Trauma and InjuriesMedicine9.5%
- Trauma Management and DiagnosisMedicine6.8%
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular DisturbancesMedicine4.2%
- Sepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine3.9%
- Cardiac Arrest and ResuscitationMedicine3.5%
- Blood transfusion and managementMedicine3.5%
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 | Critical Care Medicine | 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 | Critical Care Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Critical Care Medicine | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE · rank 18/66
- JCR Q1 · SURGERY · rank 34/321
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
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
- 3.68LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.45LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.64LetPub ·
- h-index
- 158LetPub ·
- h-index
- 136OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,476OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.92OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 15.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 8.08%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 276LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 6,508 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 342 | 71 | 92 |
| 2025 | 349 | 84 | 962 |
| 2024 | 299 | 62 | 1,838 |
| 2023 | 389 | 127 | 3,854 |
| 2022 | 359 | 93 | 4,411 |
| 2021 | 467 | 101 | 6,336 |
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 Crossref
Not usableThis publisher's "received" date is mostly when the revised manuscript arrived (26% of articles were "accepted" within 3 days), so it cannot measure review time
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 2.7 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 62.5%LetPub ·
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
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2163-0755
- Electronic ISSN
- 2163-0763
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 101, Issue 3 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
What CAS zone is Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Critical Care Medicine / 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 Trauma and Acute Care Surgery?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.68; CiteScore 5.9, h-index 136.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery?
Authors report an average review time of about 2.7 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 62.5%”. 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.
What JCR quartile is Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q1; by category, CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE Q2 (18/66), SURGERY Q1 (34/321). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 2 of Medicine.
Which databases index Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery 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, 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: .