Journal profile · Neuroimaging
Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
ISSN 1011-6125 · eISSN 1423-0372 · S. Karger AG · SWITZERLAND · Bimonthly · Founded 1989
Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.12; hybrid open access; median 97 days to acceptance (99 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: about 95%; 72 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery is published by S. Karger AG 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 Neurological disorders and treatments, Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies and Human auditory perception and evaluation, together about 31.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Neurology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery is the single and comprehensive source of developments in the most rapidly advancing subspecialty within neurosurgery. Technological advances in computer-assisted surgery, robotics, imaging, and neurophysiology are being applied to clinical problems with ever-increasing rapidity in stereotaxis more than any other field, providing opportunities for new approaches to surgical and radiotherapeutic management of diseases of the brain, spinal cord, and spine. The journal publishes advances in the use of deep-brain stimulation, imaging-guided techniques in stereotactic biopsy and craniotomy, stereotactic radiosurgery, and stereotactically implanted and stereotactically guided radiotherapeutics and biologicals in the treatment of functional and movement disorders, brain tumors, and other diseases of the brain. Background information from basic science laboratories related to such clinical advances are also welcome as it provides the readers with an overall perspective of this field. Proceedings and abstracts from many of the key international meetings furnish an overview of this specialty available nowhere else. Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery meets the information needs of both investigators and clinicians in this rapidly advancing field.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Neuroimaging
Editor-in-chief Andres M. LozanoPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Neurological disorders and treatmentsMedicine17.1%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.3%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering7.1%
- Glioma Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine6.7%
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation StudiesNeuroscience6.5%
- Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and TreatmentsMedicine5.2%
- Meningioma and schwannoma managementMedicine4.8%
- Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological DisordersMedicine4.4%
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 | Neuroimaging | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Neurosciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Neurosciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Neuroimaging | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Neuroimaging | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Neurosciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
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
- 2.12LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.62LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.88LetPub ·
- h-index
- 58LetPub ·
- h-index
- 98OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,758OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.76OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 17.01%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 60LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,212 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 51 | 28 | 16 |
| 2025 | 72 | 30 | 104 |
| 2024 | 58 | 23 | 199 |
| 2023 | 64 | 27 | 372 |
| 2022 | 54 | 28 | 330 |
| 2021 | 78 | 32 | 513 |
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
97 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 56 days – 140 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 20 days (99 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 123 days
- Sample
- 99 articles with submission and acceptance dates (138 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 3 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 95%LetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 19 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to final decision
- 35 daysPublisher website ·
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- S. Karger AG
- Country or region
- SWITZERLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1989
- ISSN
- 1011-6125
- Electronic ISSN
- 1423-0372
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 104, Issue 4 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
What CAS zone is Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Neuroimaging / Neurosciences / Surgery. 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 Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.12; CiteScore 4, h-index 98.
How long does peer review take at Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery?
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 97 days (interquartile range 56–140 days); authors report an average review time of about 3 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 95%”. 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 Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery open access, and what is the APC?
Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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: .