Journal profile · Neurosciences
Neurology India
ISSN 0028-3886 · eISSN 1998-4022 · Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications · INDIA · Quarterly · Founded 1964
Neurology India: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.8; JCR Q4 (journal website); fully open access; median 83 days to acceptance (56 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: about 80%; 308 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Neurology India is published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 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 Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications, Meningioma and schwannoma management and Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus, together about 21.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Neurology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Neurosciences
Editor-in-chief Girish MenonPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and ComplicationsMedicine7.6%
- Meningioma and schwannoma managementMedicine7.3%
- Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalusNeuroscience6.6%
- Glioma Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine6.1%
- Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine6%
- Head and Neck Surgical OncologyMedicine5%
- Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular DisturbancesMedicine5%
- Spinal Fractures and Fixation TechniquesMedicine4.5%
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 | Neurosciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Neurosciences | Zone 4 |
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 | Neurosciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q4 · NEUROSCIENCES · rank 313/330
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
- 0.8LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.43LetPub ·
- h-index
- 43LetPub ·
- h-index
- 65OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,508OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.59OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.45%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 140LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 7,289 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 244 | 200 | 29 |
| 2025 | 308 | 308 | 150 |
| 2024 | 402 | 402 | 385 |
| 2023 | 458 | 457 | 688 |
| 2022 | 641 | 273 | 1,813 |
| 2021 | 571 | 116 | 3,814 |
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
83 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 34 days – 121 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 151 days (56 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 230 days
- Sample
- 56 articles with submission and acceptance dates (653 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)
- about 2 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 80%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
Fully open accessLetPub
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 websiteTrial registration / reporting guidelines
- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Trial Registration:
Clinical Trial Registry of India (CTRI/2024/01/061970) on 29.1.2024
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
- Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
- Country or region
- INDIA
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1964
- ISSN
- 0028-3886
- Electronic ISSN
- 1998-4022
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 74, Issue 5 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Neurology India
What CAS zone is Neurology India in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Neurology India is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Neurosciences. 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 Neurology India?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.8; CiteScore 1.4, h-index 65.
How long does peer review take at Neurology India?
Based on the dates recorded on 56 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 83 days (interquartile range 34–121 days); authors report an average review time of about 2 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 80%”. 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 Neurology India in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q4; by category, NEUROSCIENCES Q4 (313/330). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Medicine.
Which databases index Neurology India?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Neurology India is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Neurology India open access, and what is the APC?
Neurology India 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: .