Journal profile · SURGERY
Seminars in Plastic Surgery
ISSN 1535-2188 · eISSN 1536-0067 · Thieme Medical Publishers · UNITED STATES
Seminars in Plastic Surgery: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.39; subscription journal; 50 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Seminars in Plastic Surgery is published by Thieme Medical Publishers 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 Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques, Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques and Facial Rejuvenation and Surgery Techniques, together about 36.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Seminars in Plastic Surgery is a quarterly review journal that publishes topic-specific issues covering all areas of aesthetic and reconstructive plastic surgery. The journal's scope includes issues devoted to breast reconstruction, rhinoplasty, lipogenesis and lipoplasty, craniomaxillofacial trauma, and all other major plastic surgery procedures. The journal also covers such emerging areas as free tissue transfer, lasers, endoscopic facial plastic procedures, as well as all the related technologies associated with these techniques.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): SURGERY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular TechniquesMedicine18.7%
- Reconstructive Facial Surgery TechniquesMedicine11.3%
- Facial Rejuvenation and Surgery TechniquesMedicine6.8%
- Breast Implant and ReconstructionMedicine5.6%
- Cleft Lip and Palate ResearchBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.7%
- Facial Trauma and Fracture ManagementMedicine4.2%
- Nasal Surgery and Airway StudiesMedicine4.2%
- Body Contouring and SurgeryMedicine3.6%
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 | Surgery | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 4 |
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 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 1.39LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.52LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.02LetPub ·
- h-index
- 19LetPub ·
- h-index
- 76OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 531OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.7OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 36LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,569 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 54 | 39 | 91 |
| 2025 | 50 | 46 | 29 |
| 2024 | 54 | 50 | 149 |
| 2023 | 38 | 34 | 166 |
| 2022 | 53 | 47 | 337 |
| 2021 | 53 | 48 | 1,985 |
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.
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
- Thieme Medical Publishers
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1535-2188
- Electronic ISSN
- 1536-0067
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Seminars in Plastic Surgery
What CAS zone is Seminars in Plastic Surgery in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Seminars in Plastic Surgery is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Surgery. 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.
What is the impact factor of Seminars in Plastic Surgery?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.39; CiteScore 2.4, h-index 76.
Which databases index Seminars in Plastic Surgery?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Seminars in Plastic Surgery is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Seminars in Plastic Surgery open access, and what is the APC?
Seminars in Plastic Surgery 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: .