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Neurospine
ISSN 2586-6583 · eISSN 2586-6591 · KOREAN SPINAL NEUROSURGERY SOC · SOUTH KOREA
Neurospine: CAS Zone 1 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 5.03; fully open access; APC about USD 400; median 57 days to acceptance (54 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 6% (journal website); 111 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Neurospine is published by KOREAN SPINAL NEUROSURGERY SOC and is in Zone 1 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy and Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques, together about 59.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Neurospine provides spine clinicians and researchers with peer-reviewed articles on both basic and clinical investigations of the spine and spinal cord, aimed at enhancing patient management, education, research, and professionalism. The journal welcomes submissions covering the entire spine, from the craniocervical junction to the lumbosacral region, including the following areas: neuroscience and pain research, bone and mineral research, disc and joint research, biomedical and industrial technology, pathophysiology, risk factors, symptomatology, imaging, treatment, and rehabilitation of spine, spinal cord, and peripheral nerve diseases. Specifically, basic science and technology research includes influential studies from all fields of science and technology that advance the knowledge of physicians and researchers practicing spinal neurosurgery worldwide. Therefore, we invite valuable basic and translational research articles that introduce cutting-edge advancements in fundamental sciences and technology relevant to clinical spinal neurosurgery. Clinical and basic research articles, review articles, technical notes, and letters to the editor written in English are accepted. Indexed In Neurospine is indexed, tracked, and covered by the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), PubMed, PubMed Central, Scopus, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), KoreaMed, Crossref, KoMCI, and Google Scholar.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Inbo HanPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 1%); most named South Korea 54, Japan 29, United States 26, Taiwan, China 13, Switzerland 6 (145 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc PathologyMedicine24.5%
- Cervical and Thoracic MyelopathyMedicine17.6%
- Spinal Fractures and Fixation TechniquesMedicine17.5%
- Scoliosis diagnosis and treatmentMedicine12.5%
- Medical Imaging and AnalysisEngineering3.4%
- Spinal Hematomas and ComplicationsMedicine2.6%
- Spinal Cord Injury ResearchMedicine2.5%
- Management of metastatic bone diseaseMedicine2.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Clinical Neurology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Clinical Neurology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Clinical Neurology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PMCPubMedPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, Crossref, EBSCO, KoreaMed, KoMCI, EBSCO host
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
- 5.03LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 8.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 8.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.77LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.03LetPub ·
- h-index
- 54OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 456OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.14OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.68%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 74LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,078 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 75 | 75 | 50 |
| 2025 | 111 | 111 | 358 |
| 2024 | 144 | 144 | 1,289 |
| 2023 | 167 | 167 | 2,171 |
| 2022 | 123 | 123 | 2,102 |
| 2021 | 115 | 115 | 1,671 |
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
57 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 36 days – 80 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 77 days (54 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 143 days
- Sample
- 54 articles with submission and acceptance dates (252 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 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 6%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 23 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 61 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication
- 118 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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 accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 400 | No | CC BY-NC | |
| LetPub | USD 400 | No | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 700 | — | — |
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 prepare10 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- 2–6
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 4,500 words
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Required
- Highlights
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Required
- Cover letter
- Required
- Not considered
- Running head; IRB approval number; signed release form from the patient or family; Response Letter; point-by-point response to the Editor; raw data or analysis data
Article types accepted13, with length limits
- commentaryNeurospine publishes the following categories of manuscripts. Authors should select the category that best reflects the purpose and content of their submission.…Length not stated
- editorialNeurospine publishes the following categories of manuscripts. Authors should select the category that best reflects the purpose and content of their submission.…Length not stated
- letterArticle Type Abstract Max.Keywords Max. Words inMain Text Max. Tables orFigures Max. References Review Article 250 6 5,000 8 100 Original Article 250 6 4,500 8 …Length not stated
- letter to the editorArticle Type Abstract Max.Keywords Max. Words inMain Text Max. Tables orFigures Max. References Review Article 250 6 5,000 8 100 Original Article 250 6 4,500 8 …Length not stated
- meta-analysisNeurospine publishes the following categories of manuscripts. Authors should select the category that best reflects the purpose and content of their submission.…Length not stated
- opinionNeurospine publishes the following categories of manuscripts. Authors should select the category that best reflects the purpose and content of their submission.…Length not stated
- original articleNeurospine publishes the following categories of manuscripts. Authors should select the category that best reflects the purpose and content of their submission.…main text ≤ 5,000 words
- original researchNeurospine publishes the following categories of manuscripts. Authors should select the category that best reflects the purpose and content of their submission.…Length not stated
- perspectiveNeurospine publishes the following categories of manuscripts. Authors should select the category that best reflects the purpose and content of their submission.…main text ≤ 1,000 words
- reply to the letterReply to the Letter None None 600 1 8Length not stated
- review articleNeurospine publishes the following categories of manuscripts. Authors should select the category that best reflects the purpose and content of their submission.…main text ≤ 1,500 words
- systematic reviewNeurospine publishes the following categories of manuscripts. Authors should select the category that best reflects the purpose and content of their submission.…Length not stated
- viewpointNeurospine publishes the following categories of manuscripts. Authors should select the category that best reflects the purpose and content of their submission.…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Authorship 3. Journal Policies on Authorship and Contributorship
1) Authors are required to make their contribution clear to their manuscript in cover letter. To be listed as an author one should have contributed substantially to all three categories established by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE): (1) conception and design, or acquisition, or analysis and interpretation of data; (2) drafting the article or revising it critically f…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest 2. Conflict of Interest
1) The corresponding author of an article is asked to inform the Editor of the authors’ potential conflicts of interest possibly influencing their interpretation of data. A potential conflict of interest should be disclosed in the cover letter even when the authors are confident that their judgments have not been influenced in preparing the manuscript. Such conflicts may be financial support or pr…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability 10. Policies on data sharing and reproducibility
Until 2020, authors will be encouraged to share their data openly, but starting in 2021, they will be mandated to do so. The related regulation follows the open data sharing policy outlined below. 1) Open data sharing policy For clarification on result accuracy and reproducibility of the results, raw data or analysis data will be deposited to a public repository, for example, Harvard Dataverse (ht…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Copyright owned by Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society. Model summary
All published papers become the permanent property of the Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society. Copyrights of all published materials are owned by the Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access, quarterly publication. Model summary
Neurospine, the official journal of ASIA SPINE, the Neurospinal Society of Japan, Taiwan Neurosurgical Spine Society, and the Korean Spinal Neurosurgery Society, is an international peer-reviewed open-access journal which published quarterly (last day of January, April, July, and October from 2026).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review IV. Peer Review Process
Double-blind peer review adopted; authors and reviewers do not know each other. Model summary
All manuscripts are considered confidential. They are peer-reviewed by at least 2 anonymous reviewers selected by the Editor. The corresponding author is notified as soon as possible of the Editor’s decision to accept, reject, or ask for revisions. The average time interval for an initial review process that involves both editorial and peer reviews is approximately 1 month; occasionally, there are…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism 4. Redundant Publication and Plagiarism
1) 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…
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 SPINAL NEUROSURGERY SOC
- Country or region
- SOUTH KOREA
- Language
- English, Korean
- ISSN
- 2586-6583
- Electronic ISSN
- 2586-6591
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 23 (July 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Neurospine
What CAS zone is Neurospine in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Neurospine is in Zone 1 of Medicine, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Surgery / Clinical Neurology; it is a Top journal. 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 Neurospine?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 5.03; CiteScore 8.4, h-index 54.
How long does peer review take at Neurospine?
Based on the dates recorded on 54 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 57 days (interquartile range 36–80 days); authors report an average review time of about 10 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 6%. 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 Neurospine?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: 2–6; Manuscript length: ≤ 4,500 words; Reference style: Vancouver; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Required; Highlights: Required; Graphical abstract: 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 Neurospine based?
Of the 145 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 1%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are South Korea (54), Japan (29) and United States (26). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Neurospine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Neurospine is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists PMC and PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Neurospine open access, and what is the APC?
Neurospine is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 400.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .