Journal profile · Surgery
Phlebologie
ISSN 0939-978X · eISSN 2567-5826 · Schattauer GmbH · GERMANY · Bimonthly · Founded 1991
Phlebologie: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 91 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Phlebologie is published by Schattauer GmbH 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 Diagnosis and Treatment of Venous Diseases, Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management and Vascular anomalies and interventions, together about 63.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Als Forum für die europäische phlebologische Wissenschaft widmet sich die CME-zertifizierte Zeitschrift allen relevanten phlebologischen Themen in Forschung und Praxis: Neue diagnostische Verfahren, präventivmedizinische Fragen sowie therapeutische Maßnahmen werden in Original- und Übersichtsarbeiten diskutiert.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Surgery
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Diagnosis and Treatment of Venous DiseasesMedicine27.1%
- Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and ManagementMedicine21.7%
- Vascular anomalies and interventionsMedicine14.4%
- Lymphatic System and DiseasesMedicine5.6%
- Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis MechanismsMedicine4.6%
- Peripheral Artery Disease ManagementMedicine4%
- Lymphatic Disorders and TreatmentsMedicine2.1%
- Wound Healing and TreatmentsMedicine2.1%
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 | Peripheral Vascular Disease | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Peripheral Vascular Disease | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine | Q4 | 397/409 | 2nd |
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
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.15LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- h-index
- 22LetPub ·
- h-index
- 28OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 132OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.08OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 33.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 16LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,818 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 67 | 3 | 144 |
| 2025 | 91 | 1 | 238 |
| 2024 | 97 | 0 | 290 |
| 2023 | 93 | 1 | 260 |
| 2022 | 97 | 47 | 329 |
| 2021 | 104 | 94 | 269 |
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Schattauer GmbH
- Country or region
- GERMANY
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1991
- ISSN
- 0939-978X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2567-5826
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Phlebologie
What CAS zone is Phlebologie in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Phlebologie is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Peripheral Vascular Disease. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Phlebologie?
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.
Which databases index Phlebologie?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Phlebologie is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Phlebologie open access, and what is the APC?
Phlebologie 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .