Journal profile · Surgery
Microsurgery
ISSN 0738-1085 · eISSN 1098-2752 · Wiley-Liss Inc. · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 1983
Microsurgery: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.5; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,780; median 164 days to acceptance (96 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 175 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Microsurgery is published by Wiley-Liss Inc. 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, Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques and Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation, together about 45.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Microsurgery is an international and interdisciplinary publication of original contributions concerning surgery under microscopic magnification. Microsurgery publishes clinical studies, research papers, invited articles, relevant reviews, and other scholarly works from all related fields including orthopaedic surgery, otolaryngology, pediatric surgery, plastic surgery, urology, and vascular surgery.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Surgery
Editor-in-chief Feng ZhangPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 8 in mainland China (about 9%); most named United States 30, Mainland China 8, Germany 8, Italy 8, Japan 7 (88 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular TechniquesMedicine29.5%
- Reconstructive Facial Surgery TechniquesMedicine9.6%
- Nerve Injury and RehabilitationMedicine6.2%
- Nerve injury and regenerationNeuroscience4.5%
- History of Medical PracticeMedicine4.5%
- Organ and Tissue Transplantation ResearchMedicine4.1%
- Bone fractures and treatmentsMedicine4.1%
- Orthopedic Surgery and RehabilitationMedicine3.8%
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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceMEDLINEPubMedEmbaseCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest
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
- 1.5LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.69LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.02LetPub ·
- h-index
- 56LetPub ·
- h-index
- 98OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,371OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.31OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 13.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 20.35%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 126LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 158Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 150,597Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,674 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 138 | 74 | 35 |
| 2025 | 175 | 81 | 235 |
| 2024 | 145 | 61 | 329 |
| 2023 | 145 | 79 | 558 |
| 2022 | 141 | 28 | 875 |
| 2021 | 157 | 22 | 1,166 |
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
164 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 113 days – 224 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 11 days (96 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 177 days
- Sample
- 96 articles with submission and acceptance dates (329 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)
- 4–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 34%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 34%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 24 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 24 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 163 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 10 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single-anonymous peer reviewPublisher website · model-extracted
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.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,780 / EUR 3,150 / GBP 2,540 | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 300 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 7
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 4,000 words
- Reference style
- Author–date
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted9, with length limits
- case reportts of current research in basic science Case Report Word limit: 2000 word maximum including abstract and references References: no limain text ≤ 2,000 words
- commentaryClinical ArticleWord limit: 4,000 words maximum including abstract and referencesAbstract: 300 words maximum and must include subheadingsReferences: No limitFig…main text ≤ 1,000 words
- editorialClinical ArticleWord limit: 4,000 words maximum including abstract and referencesAbstract: 300 words maximum and must include subheadingsReferences: No limitFig…main text ≤ 1,000 words
- letterClinical ArticleWord limit: 4,000 words maximum including abstract and referencesAbstract: 300 words maximum and must include subheadingsReferences: No limitFig…Length not stated
- literature reviewClinical ArticleWord limit: 4,000 words maximum including abstract and referencesAbstract: 300 words maximum and must include subheadingsReferences: No limitFig…Length not stated
- perspectiveClinical ArticleWord limit: 4,000 words maximum including abstract and referencesAbstract: 300 words maximum and must include subheadingsReferences: No limitFig…Length not stated
- research articlech in either basic or clinical science. Research Article Word limit: 4,000 words maximum including abstract and references Abstract: 300 wormain text ≤ 4,000 words
- reviewClinical ArticleWord limit: 4,000 words maximum including abstract and referencesAbstract: 300 words maximum and must include subheadingsReferences: No limitFig…main text ≤ 4,000 words
- review articleand follow-up of an individual patient. Review Article Word limit: 4,000 words maximum including abstract and references Abstract: 300 wormain text ≤ 4,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Peer review
- Authorship Authorship Change Process
Authorship change process Model summary
In accordance with Wiley’s Best Practice Guidelines on Research Integrity and Publishing Ethics and the Committee on Publication Ethics’ guidance, Microsurgery will allow authors to correct authorship on a submitted, accepted, or published article if a valid reason exists to do so. All authors – including those to be added or removed – must agree to any proposed change. To request a change to the …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Disclosure Statement
All authors must disclose any affiliations that they consider to be relevant and important with any organization that to any author’s knowledge has a direct interest, particularly a financial interest, in the subject matter or materials discussed. Such affiliations include, but are not limited to, employment by an industrial concern, ownership of stock, membership on a standing advisory council or…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Refer & Transfer program Model summary
This journal participates in Wiley’s Refer & Transfer program.
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
- Wiley-Liss Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1983
- ISSN
- 0738-1085
- Electronic ISSN
- 1098-2752
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 46, Issue 6 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Microsurgery
What CAS zone is Microsurgery in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Microsurgery is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Surgery. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Microsurgery?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.5; CiteScore 2.9, h-index 98.
How long does peer review take at Microsurgery?
Based on the dates recorded on 96 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 164 days (interquartile range 113–224 days); authors report an average review time of 4–8 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 34% (2025). 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 Microsurgery?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 300 words; Keywords: ≤ 7; Manuscript length: ≤ 4,000 words; Reference style: Author–date; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; 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 Microsurgery based?
Of the 88 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 8 (about 9%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (30), Mainland China (8) and Germany (8). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Microsurgery?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Microsurgery is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, MEDLINE, PubMed, Embase and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Microsurgery open access, and what is the APC?
Microsurgery is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,780.
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: .