Journal profile · ORTHOPEDICS
Shoulder & Elbow
ISSN 1758-5732 · eISSN 1758-5740 · SAGE
Shoulder & Elbow: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,900; median 141 days to acceptance (100 articles, last 24 months); 118 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Shoulder & Elbow is published by SAGE 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 Shoulder Injury and Treatment, Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries and Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation, together about 58.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): ORTHOPEDICS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Shoulder Injury and TreatmentMedicine31.8%
- Shoulder and Clavicle InjuriesMedicine16.6%
- Nerve Injury and RehabilitationMedicine10%
- Elbow and Forearm Trauma TreatmentMedicine9%
- Orthopedic Surgery and RehabilitationMedicine5.6%
- Total Knee Arthroplasty OutcomesMedicine4.4%
- Tendon Structure and TreatmentMedicine3.3%
- Anesthesia and Pain ManagementMedicine3.2%
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 | Orthopedics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Orthopedics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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
- 2.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.65LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.94LetPub ·
- h-index
- 48OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 360OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.14OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 13.51%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 110LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,425 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 134 | 129 | 14 |
| 2025 | 118 | 113 | 162 |
| 2024 | 89 | 88 | 214 |
| 2023 | 95 | 94 | 316 |
| 2022 | 108 | 108 | 566 |
| 2021 | 117 | 116 | 706 |
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 PubMed · to
141 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 101 days – 187 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 24 days (100 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 167 days
- Sample
- 100 articles with submission and acceptance dates (330 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".
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,900 / GBP 2,859 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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
- SAGE
- ISSN
- 1758-5732
- Electronic ISSN
- 1758-5740
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Shoulder & Elbow
What CAS zone is Shoulder & Elbow in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Shoulder & Elbow is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Orthopedics. 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 Shoulder & Elbow?
Based on the dates recorded on 100 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 141 days (interquartile range 101–187 days). 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 Shoulder & Elbow?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Shoulder & Elbow is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Shoulder & Elbow open access, and what is the APC?
Shoulder & Elbow is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,900.
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: .