Journal profile
Scars Burns Healing
ISSN 2059-5131 · SAGE Publishing · United Kingdom
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Scars Burns Healing: fully open access; APC about USD 1,918; review about 15 weeks (community reports); 10 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Scars Burns Healing is published by SAGE Publishing. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Dermatologic Treatments and Research, Burn Injury Management and Outcomes and Wound Healing and Treatments, together about 71.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Scars, Burns & Healing is a peer reviewed journal, which focuses on scar and burns research, with the breadth of science and medicine related t...
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Kayvan ShokrollahiPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 4%); most named United Kingdom 17, United States 2, Australia 2, Belgium 2, Mainland China 1 (27 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Dermatologic Treatments and ResearchMedicine27.4%
- Burn Injury Management and OutcomesMedicine27.1%
- Wound Healing and TreatmentsMedicine17.2%
- Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesMedicine3%
- Systemic Sclerosis and Related DiseasesMedicine2.7%
- Body Image and Dysmorphia StudiesPsychology2.4%
- Reconstructive Facial Surgery TechniquesMedicine1.8%
- Laser Applications in Dentistry and MedicineMedicine1.5%
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.
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
- h-index
- 28OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 65OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.72OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 156 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 5 | 282 |
| 2025 | 10 | 10 | 351 |
| 2024 | 10 | 10 | 438 |
| 2023 | 10 | 10 | 336 |
| 2022 | 23 | 23 | 327 |
| 2021 | 11 | 11 | 311 |
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)
- about 15 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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 accessLetPub
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 1,918 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 1,500 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted7
- case reportView our topical sections currently accepting submissions View our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Please visit the Sage Journal Author Gat…Length not stated
- case reportsScars, Burns & Healing considers the following kinds of article for publication: Original Article, Reviews, Case Reports and Editorials.Length not stated
- editorialView our topical sections currently accepting submissions View our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Please visit the Sage Journal Author Gat…Length not stated
- editorialsScars, Burns & Healing considers the following kinds of article for publication: Original Article, Reviews, Case Reports and Editorials.Length not stated
- original articleView our topical sections currently accepting submissions View our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Please visit the Sage Journal Author Gat…Length not stated
- reviewView our topical sections currently accepting submissions View our Special Collections currently accepting submissions. Please visit the Sage Journal Author Gat…Length not stated
- reviewsScars, Burns & Healing considers the following kinds of article for publication: Original Article, Reviews, Case Reports and Editorials.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Authorship
Please view our authorship policies, which includes information on criteria for authorship, who should be the corresponding author and more. Please note that AI chatbots, for example ChatGPT, should not be listed as authors. For more information see the policy on Use of ChatGPT and generative AI tools.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
Online-only journal Model summary
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal. Optional open access publishing is available for a fee via the Sage Choice program, and Open Access agreements, where authors can publish open access either discounted or free of charge depending on the agreement with Sage. Find out if your institution is participating by visiting Open Access Agreements at Sage. Open Access agreement …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Double anonymized peer review Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Double-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical trial registration
The journal conforms to the ICMJE requirement that clinical trials are registered in a WHO-approved public trials registry at or before the time of first participant enrollment as a condition of consideration for publication. The trial registry name and URL, and registration number must be included at the end of the abstract.
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.
Before you submit
Five checks before submitting to Scars Burns Healing
- 1ScopeRecent output centres on Dermatologic Treatments and Research, Burn Injury Management and Outcomes.Check scope
- 2Article type and formatReference style: Vancouver; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional.Author guidelines ↗
- 3English languagePolish grammar and academic style before you submit: it lowers the risk of rejection for language and improves your chances of acceptance.
- 4FeesUSD 1,918 (OpenAlex)Fee details
- 5Expected review timeabout 15 weeks · Community averageReview data
The checks are built from this page's data.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- SAGE Publishing
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2059-5131
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Scars Burns Healing
How long does peer review take at Scars Burns Healing?
Authors report an average review time of about 15 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Scars Burns Healing?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Vancouver; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Scars Burns Healing based?
Of the 27 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 4%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (17), United States (2) and Australia (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Is Scars Burns Healing open access, and what is the APC?
Scars Burns Healing is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,918.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .