Journal profile · Medicine-Surgery
Orthoplastic Surgery
ISSN 2666-769X · Elsevier · United Kingdom
Orthoplastic Surgery: fully open access; APC about USD 1,700; median 94 days to acceptance (15 articles, last 24 months); 8 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Orthoplastic Surgery is published by Elsevier. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques, Bone fractures and treatments and Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, together about 54.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Surgery
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular TechniquesMedicine23.9%
- Bone fractures and treatmentsMedicine17.7%
- Orthopedic Surgery and RehabilitationMedicine13.1%
- Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesMedicine5.6%
- Reconstructive Facial Surgery TechniquesMedicine4.3%
- Foot and Ankle SurgeryMedicine3.9%
- Orthopedic Infections and TreatmentsMedicine3%
- Vascular Procedures and ComplicationsMedicine2.6%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surgery | Q3 | 330/597 | 44th |
| Orthopedics and Sports Medicine | Q3 | 224/340 | 34th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.77LetPub ·
- h-index
- 8OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.12OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 141 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 8 | 78 |
| 2025 | 8 | 8 | 99 |
| 2024 | 18 | 18 | 94 |
| 2023 | 25 | 25 | 41 |
| 2022 | 46 | 46 | 19 |
| 2021 | 26 | 26 | 6 |
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
94 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 75 days – 154 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 37 days (15 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 149 days
- Sample
- 15 articles with submission and acceptance dates (20 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 9 weeksLetPub ·
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).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 1,700 / EUR 1,590 / GBP 1,360 / JPY 210,850 | — | — |
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
- Elsevier
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2666-769X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Orthoplastic Surgery
How long does peer review take at Orthoplastic Surgery?
Based on the dates recorded on 15 articles published between November 2024 and November 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 94 days (interquartile range 75–154 days); authors report an average review time of about 9 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 Orthoplastic Surgery?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Orthoplastic Surgery is indexed in Scopus.
Is Orthoplastic Surgery open access, and what is the APC?
Orthoplastic Surgery is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,700.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .