Journal profile · Medicine-Neurology (clinical)
Operative Neurosurgery
ISSN 2332-4252 · eISSN 2332-4260 · Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 2005
Operative Neurosurgery: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.56; JCR Q3 (journal website); hybrid open access; median 96 days to acceptance (99 articles, last 24 months); 409 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Operative Neurosurgery is published by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. 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 Meningioma and schwannoma management, Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications and Head and Neck Surgical Oncology, together about 31.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Operative Neurosurgery is focused on the technical aspects of the discipline featuring operative procedures, anatomy, instrumentation, devices, and technology. Operative Neurosurgery is the practical resource for cutting-edge material that connects the surgeon directly to the operating room.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Neurology (clinical)
Editor-in-chief Douglas KondziolkaPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Meningioma and schwannoma managementMedicine13%
- Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and ComplicationsMedicine10.4%
- Head and Neck Surgical OncologyMedicine8.4%
- Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine7.7%
- Spinal Fractures and Fixation TechniquesMedicine6.7%
- Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalusNeuroscience6.3%
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc PathologyMedicine5.1%
- Cervical and Thoracic MyelopathyMedicine4.3%
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 | Clinical Neurology | 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 | Clinical Neurology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Clinical Neurology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q4 · CLINICAL NEUROLOGY · rank 226/296
- JCR Q3 · SURGERY · rank 176/321
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
- 1.56LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.47LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.76LetPub ·
- h-index
- 16LetPub ·
- h-index
- 104OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,690OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.01OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 7.59%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 176LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,631 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 314 | 33 | 35 |
| 2025 | 409 | 29 | 306 |
| 2024 | 435 | 39 | 831 |
| 2023 | 465 | 36 | 1,455 |
| 2022 | 500 | 41 | 1,807 |
| 2021 | 510 | 46 | 2,569 |
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
96 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 63 days – 133 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 69 days (99 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 174 days
- Sample
- 99 articles with submission and acceptance dates (841 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".
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Publication ethics, Peer review
- Authorship
Endorses the use of EQUATOR Network Reporting Guidelines and requires authors to submit research in accordance with the appropriate statement(s) and checklist(s). Model summary
Neurosurgery Publications endorses the use of EQUATOR Network Reporting Guidelines and requires authors to submit their research in accordance with the appropriate statement(s) and checklist(s).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)
Member of and subscribes to the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Model summary
This journal is a member of and subscribes to the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Endorses the use of EQUATOR Network Reporting Guidelines and requires authors to submit their research in accordance with the appropriate statement(s) and checklist(s). Model summary
Neurosurgery Publications endorses the use of EQUATOR Network Reporting Guidelines and requires authors to submit their research in accordance with the appropriate statement(s) and checklist(s).
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
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 2005
- ISSN
- 2332-4252
- Electronic ISSN
- 2332-4260
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Operative Neurosurgery
What CAS zone is Operative Neurosurgery in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Operative Neurosurgery is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Clinical Neurology / 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 Operative Neurosurgery?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.56; CiteScore 2.2, h-index 104.
How long does peer review take at Operative Neurosurgery?
Based on the dates recorded on 99 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 96 days (interquartile range 63–133 days). 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 Operative Neurosurgery in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q3; by category, CLINICAL NEUROLOGY Q4 (226/296), SURGERY Q3 (176/321). 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 Operative Neurosurgery?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Operative Neurosurgery is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Operative Neurosurgery open access, and what is the APC?
Operative Neurosurgery is a hybrid 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .