Journal profile · Surgery
Ostomy Wound Management
ISSN 0889-5899 · HMP Communications · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 1980
Ostomy Wound Management: subscription journal; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 0 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Ostomy Wound Management is published by HMP Communications. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Wound Healing and Treatments, Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management and Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management, together about 48% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Surgery
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Wound Healing and TreatmentsMedicine20.1%
- Pressure Ulcer Prevention and ManagementHealth Professions17.4%
- Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and ManagementMedicine10.5%
- Stoma care and complicationsMedicine10%
- Surgical site infection preventionMedicine6.7%
- Nursing Diagnosis and DocumentationNursing3.3%
- Burn Injury Management and OutcomesMedicine2.9%
- Nosocomial Infections in ICUMedicine2.9%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Nursing | Q2 | 45/110 | 59th |
| Internal Medicine | Q2 | 81/120 | 32nd |
| Gastroenterology | Q2 | 85/131 | 35th |
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
Indexed in: no record yet.
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.99LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.56LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.91LetPub ·
- h-index
- 47LetPub ·
- h-index
- 26OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 76OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.43OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 278 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 302 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 382 |
| 2024 | 35 | 2 | 374 |
| 2023 | 22 | 1 | 396 |
| 2022 | 44 | 2 | 355 |
| 2021 | 35 | 4 | 274 |
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)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
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.
Before you submit
Four checks before submitting to Ostomy Wound Management
- 1ScopeRecent output centres on Wound Healing and Treatments, Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management.Check scope
- 2Article type and formatPrepare text, figures and references as the author guidelines ask.
- 3English languagePolish grammar and academic style before you submit: it lowers the risk of rejection for language and improves your chances of acceptance.
- 4Expected review timeover 12 weeks · Community averageReview data
The checks are built from this page's data.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- HMP Communications
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1980
- ISSN
- 0889-5899
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Ostomy Wound Management
How long does peer review take at Ostomy Wound Management?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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.
Is Ostomy Wound Management open access, and what is the APC?
Ostomy Wound Management is a subscription 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: .