Journal profile · CLINICAL NEUROLOGY-SURGERY
Neurosurgical Focus
ISSN 1092-0684 · American Association of Neurological Surgeons · United States · Irregular · Founded 1996
Neurosurgical Focus: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.13; fully open access; median 82 days to acceptance (102 articles, last 24 months); 183 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Neurosurgical Focus is published by American Association of Neurological Surgeons and is in Zone 2 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques and Meningioma and schwannoma management, together about 26.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery and Neurology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Information not localized
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): CLINICAL NEUROLOGY-SURGERY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc PathologyMedicine10%
- Spinal Fractures and Fixation TechniquesMedicine8.2%
- Meningioma and schwannoma managementMedicine8.1%
- Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and ComplicationsMedicine6.7%
- Glioma Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine6.4%
- Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine5.5%
- Cervical and Thoracic MyelopathyMedicine5.5%
- Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalusNeuroscience5.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Clinical Neurology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Clinical Neurology | Zone 2 |
| 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
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
- 3.13LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.96LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.41LetPub ·
- h-index
- 81LetPub ·
- h-index
- 157OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,313OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.58OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.77%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 159LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,434 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 158 | 158 | 26 |
| 2025 | 183 | 183 | 426 |
| 2024 | 152 | 152 | 818 |
| 2023 | 177 | 177 | 1,650 |
| 2022 | 170 | 170 | 2,167 |
| 2021 | 185 | 185 | 3,624 |
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 PubMed · to
82 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 65 days – 89 days
- Acceptance to online
- —
- Submission to online
- —
- Sample
- 102 articles with submission and acceptance dates (366 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 3 monthsLetPub ·
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).
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Irregular
- Founded
- 1996
- ISSN
- 1092-0684
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Neurosurgical Focus
What CAS zone is Neurosurgical Focus in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Neurosurgical Focus is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Clinical Neurology / Surgery. 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 Neurosurgical Focus?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.13; CiteScore 4.7, h-index 157.
How long does peer review take at Neurosurgical Focus?
Based on the dates recorded on 102 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 82 days (interquartile range 65–89 days); authors report an average review time of about 3 months. 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 Neurosurgical Focus?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Neurosurgical Focus is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Neurosurgical Focus open access, and what is the APC?
Neurosurgical Focus 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; 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: .