Journal profile · Multiple
Perioperative Medicine
ISSN 2047-0525 · BioMed Central · ENGLAND · Founded 2012
Perioperative Medicine: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.51; fully open access; APC about USD 3,090; median 164 days to acceptance (99 articles, last 24 months); 202 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Perioperative Medicine is published by BioMed Central and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Enhanced Recovery After Surgery and Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy, together about 40.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Perioperative Medicine is an open access journal that publishes highly topical clinical research relating to the perioperative care of surgical patients. Its essence is the distillation, examination and application of clinical evidence to improve surgical outcome. Modern perioperative medicine is a true multidisciplinary speciality and the journal welcomes research in all areas relevant to perioperative medicine from any healthcare professional. Main areas of interest include but are not limited to: Perioperative outcomes (surgical, anesthetic, medical) Evidence-based care Perioperative guidelines and consensus statements Preoperative evaluation and risk scores Preoperative testing Cardiopulmonary exercise testing Perioperative decision making Perioperative haemodynamic monitoring Surgical optimization and enhanced surgical recovery programs Perioperative fluid management While we welcome high-quality translational science, studies based solely on animal data are outside of the scope of this journal.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Mike GrocottPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 3 in mainland China (about 4%); most named United States 27, United Kingdom 18, Australia 6, Hong Kong, China 4, Mainland China 3 (76 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesMedicine19.7%
- Enhanced Recovery After SurgeryMedicine12.9%
- Hemodynamic Monitoring and TherapyMedicine8.1%
- Anesthesia and Pain ManagementMedicine7.3%
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive DisordersMedicine5.4%
- Nausea and vomiting managementMedicine5.2%
- Trauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, ResuscitationMedicine4.2%
- Anesthesia and Sedative AgentsMedicine4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Anesthesiology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Anesthesiology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Anesthesiology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EmbaseCASPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Semantic Scholar
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 2.51LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.6Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 48OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 269OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.45OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 143LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 589,200Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,028 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 108 | 108 | 17 |
| 2025 | 202 | 202 | 344 |
| 2024 | 121 | 121 | 693 |
| 2023 | 66 | 66 | 678 |
| 2022 | 56 | 56 | 554 |
| 2021 | 121 | 121 | 1,159 |
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
164 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 96 days – 270 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 14 days (99 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 183 days
- Sample
- 99 articles with submission and acceptance dates (285 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 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 23 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single 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 | EUR 2,590 / USD 3,090 / GBP 2,290 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,990 / EUR 2,490 / GBP 2,190 | — | — | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 2,290 / USD 3,090 / EUR 2,590 | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted10
- case studyFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Research Review Consensus article Case study Comment Methodology Perspective Guideline Stud…Length not stated
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Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Data availability Formatting the 'Availability of data and materials' section of your manuscript
Data sharing strongly encouraged or required; deposit in public repositories where appropriate. Model summary
The following format for the 'Availability of data and materials section of your manuscript should be used:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Licensing and copyright
Open access publishing under CC BY-NC-ND or CC BY licences; authors retain copyright. Model summary
Creative Commons licences Open access articles in Springer Nature journals are published under Creative Commons licences. These provide an industry-standard framework to support easy re-use of open access material. Under Creative Commons licences, authors retain copyright of their articles. Perioperative Medicine articles are published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons Attribution …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Benefits of open access
APC waivers/discounts available for low-income country authors; discretionary requests considered case-by-case at submission. Model summary
Publishing open access (OA) offers a number of benefits, including greater reach and readership for your work: Cited more 1.6x more citations of OA articles than non-OA articles across all subjects Downloaded more 4x more downloads of OA articles than non-OA articles Greater impact 2.5x more Altmetric attention. OA articles attracted 1.9x more news mentions and 1.2x more policy mentions Open acces…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Peer review is the process used to evaluate the quality of a manuscript before publication. Independent researchers in the relevant field assess submitted manuscripts to check their validity and robustness. Their feedback guides editors in making publication decisions. Typically, two or more experts evaluate each manuscript based on three main criteria: scientific robustness: is the research metho…
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
- BioMed Central
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Founded
- 2012
- ISSN
- 2047-0525
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Perioperative Medicine
What CAS zone is Perioperative Medicine in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Perioperative Medicine is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Surgery / Anesthesiology. 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 Perioperative Medicine?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.51; h-index 48.
How long does peer review take at Perioperative Medicine?
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 164 days (interquartile range 96–270 days); authors report an average review time of about 10 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Perioperative Medicine based?
Of the 76 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 3 (about 4%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (27), United Kingdom (18) and Australia (6). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Perioperative Medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Perioperative Medicine is indexed in SCIE and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Embase and CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Perioperative Medicine open access, and what is the APC?
Perioperative Medicine is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,090.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .