Journal profile
Neurosurgery Open
ISSN 2633-0873 · Wolters Kluwer · United States
Neurosurgery Open: fully open access; APC about USD 2,000; review about 13 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Neurosurgery Open is published by Wolters Kluwer. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications, Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and Treatment and Neurosurgical Procedures and Complications, together about 33.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Neurology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and ComplicationsMedicine13.2%
- Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine10.7%
- Neurosurgical Procedures and ComplicationsMedicine9.4%
- Anatomy and Medical TechnologyEngineering6.3%
- Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage ResearchMedicine5%
- History of Medical PracticeMedicine5%
- Glioma Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine3.8%
- Acute Ischemic Stroke ManagementMedicine3.8%
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.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 8OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 89 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 66 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| 2022 | 25 | 25 | 59 |
| 2021 | 46 | 46 | 35 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 13 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 13 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 2,000 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,000 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,000 | Yes | — |
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
- Wolters Kluwer
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2633-0873
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Neurosurgery Open
How long does peer review take at Neurosurgery Open?
Authors report an average review time of about 13 weeks. 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.
Which databases index Neurosurgery Open?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Neurosurgery Open is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Neurosurgery Open open access, and what is the APC?
Neurosurgery Open is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,000.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .