Journal profile · Medicine-Surgery
Korean Journal of Neurotrauma
ISSN 2234-8999 · eISSN 2288-2243 · Korean Neurotraumatology Society
Korean Journal of Neurotrauma: fully open access; APC about USD 600; median 56 days to acceptance (67 articles, last 24 months); 37 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Korean Journal of Neurotrauma is published by Korean Neurotraumatology Society. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances, Neurosurgical Procedures and Complications and Traumatic Brain Injury Research, together about 44.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Neurology and Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Korean Journal of Neurotrauma (Korean J Neurotrauma, KJNT) is the official journal of the Korean Neurotraumatology Society and the Korean Spinal Cord Society, published quarterly on 31st January, 30th April, 31st July and 31st October. KJNT publishes important papers covering the whole field of neurosurgery, including basic or clinical studies in central and peripheral neural injuries. In addition, studies that might be useful to the field of neurotraumatology including rare cases and technical notes on special instruments or equipment are also acceptable. Accepted papers will include original work (clinical and laboratory research), case reports, technical notes, review articles, letters to the editor, special article, etc. Review articles can be only published upon a specific request by the editorial committee of the KJNT. In addition, with the approval from the editorial board an author can publish special drafts. Case reports should be brief and avoid an extensive review of the literature. KJNT is indexed in web sites of PubMed, PubMed Central, KoreaMed, Synapse, SCOPUS, Web of Science (ESCI), MedRIC, MEDLIS, KCI and Google Scholar.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Surgery
Editor-in-chief Suk-Hyung KangPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named South Korea 32, Japan 2, Indonesia 2, Taiwan, China 1, United States 1 (43 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular DisturbancesMedicine21.5%
- Neurosurgical Procedures and ComplicationsMedicine13.7%
- Traumatic Brain Injury ResearchMedicine8.9%
- Spinal Fractures and Fixation TechniquesMedicine8.3%
- Spinal Hematomas and ComplicationsMedicine7.9%
- Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesMedicine5.1%
- Cervical and Thoracic MyelopathyMedicine4.9%
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc PathologyMedicine3.7%
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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 | Q2 | 261/597 | — |
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceMEDLINEPMCPubMedPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, Crossref, KOFST
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.49LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.73LetPub ·
- h-index
- 29OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 141OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.49OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 15.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 30LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 641 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 51 | 51 | 586 |
| 2025 | 37 | 37 | 668 |
| 2024 | 45 | 45 | 607 |
| 2023 | 63 | 63 | 540 |
| 2022 | 65 | 65 | 529 |
| 2021 | 36 | 36 | 451 |
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 · to
56 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 21 days – 85 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 24 days (67 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 92 days
- Sample
- 67 articles with submission and acceptance dates (69 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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | USD 600 | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
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)
What to prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 6
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Cover letter
- Required
- Not considered
- preprint
Article types accepted3, with length limits
- case reportnces, Tables, Figures, and Legends. The case report and idea innovation should not exceed 20,000 words and 20 References. The Abstract should be unstructured an…main text ≤ 20,000 words
- original articleferences, Tables, Figures, and Legends. Original articles should not exceed 40,000 words. 4. Case reports/ideas and innovations deal with clinical cmain text ≤ 40,000 words
- review articleferences, Tables, Figures, and Legends. Review articles should not exceed 60,000 words. 3. Original articles are papers reporting the results of cmain text ≤ 60,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, License & copyright, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Authorship
The KJNT follows the recommendations for authorship by the ICMJE, 2019 (http://www.icmje.org/icmje-recommendations.pdf) and Good Publication Practice Guidelines for Medical Journals 3rd Edition (KAMJE, 2019, https://www.kamje.or.kr/board/view?b_name=bo_publication&bo_id=13&per_page=). Authorship credit should be based on: 1) Substantial contributions to conception and design, acquisition of data, …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Article 13 (Disclosure of Conflict of Interest)
Authors must disclose any matters related to research funding in the Acknowledgements section. They must also disclose all matters that could influence their research. Article 14 (Follow-up Measures for Honor Restoration) If an investigation confirms that no research misconduct occurred, the committee will make efforts to restore the honor of the investigated person and may take appropriate follow…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability (2) Data Sharing Policy
KJNT accepts the ICMJE Recommendations for data sharing statement policy (https://icmje.org/icmje-recommendations.pdf). All manuscripts reporting clinical trial results should submit a data sharing statement following the ICMJE guidelines from 1 July 2018. KJNT follows the data sharing policy described in “Data Sharing Statements for Clinical Trials: A Requirement of the International Committee of…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright and Licensing
(1) Copyright Policy Upon publication of the articles, all the copyrights are transferred to the Korean Neurotraumatolgy Society. Articles are accepted on the understanding that no substantial part other than the abstract has been or will be published elsewhere. A copyright transfer form should be submitted to the editorial office by faxing a copy to +82-2-523-6812, by regular mail, or by emailing…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review POLICY FOR PEER REVIEW PROCESS AND PUBLICATION
Peer review process and publication policy. Model summary
The KJNT reviews all manuscripts received. A manuscript is first reviewed for its format and then sent to the 2 most relevant investigators available for review of the contents. The editor selects peer referees from the Board's specialist database. Authors' names and affiliations are removed during peer review. Acceptance of the manuscript is decided based on the critiques and recommended decision…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Redundant Publication and Plagiarism
Redundant publication is defined as "reporting (publishing or attempting to publish) substantially the same work more than once, without attribution of the original source(s)". Characteristics of reports that are substantially similar include the following: (a) "at least one of the authors must be common to all reports (if there are no common authors, it is more likely plagiarism than redundant pu…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint Policy
A preprint is a full draft research paper that is shared publicly before it has been peer-reviewed. KJNT allows authors to submit the preprint to the journal. It is not treated as duplicate submission or duplicate publication. A DOI to that document must be provided so that reviewers and editors can evaluate the preprinted information and compare it with the submitted manuscript. The manuscript is…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Reporting Guidelines for Specific Study Designs
For specific study designs, such as randomized control studies, studies of diagnostic accuracy, meta-analyses, observational studies, and non-randomized studies, it is recommended that the authors follow the reporting guidelines listed in the following table. Initiative Type of Study Sources CONSORT Randomized controlled trials http://consort-statement.org/ STARD Studies of diagnostic accuracy htt…
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
- Korean Neurotraumatology Society
- ISSN
- 2234-8999
- Electronic ISSN
- 2288-2243
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 22, Issue 3 (July 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Korean Journal of Neurotrauma
How long does peer review take at Korean Journal of Neurotrauma?
Based on the dates recorded on 67 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 56 days (interquartile range 21–85 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Korean Journal of Neurotrauma?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: ≤ 6; Reference style: Vancouver; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Korean Journal of Neurotrauma based?
Of the 43 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are South Korea (32), Japan (2) and Indonesia (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Korean Journal of Neurotrauma?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Korean Journal of Neurotrauma is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, MEDLINE, PMC and PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Korean Journal of Neurotrauma open access, and what is the APC?
Korean Journal of Neurotrauma is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 600.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .