Journal profile · Medicine-Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Strategies in Trauma and Limb Reconstruction
ISSN 1828-8936 · eISSN 1828-8928 · Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd
Strategies in Trauma and Limb Reconstruction: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; median 34 days to acceptance (29 articles, last 24 months); 20 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus; the journal's website says submissions are paused or closed.
The journal's website says submissions are paused or closed: Strategies in Trauma and Limb Reconstruction is now archived and no longer receiving submissions with this publisher. All articles published in the journal during its time with Springer will remain fully searchable through our websites. Source ↗Publisher website ·
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Strategies in Trauma and Limb Reconstruction is published by Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd 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 Bone fractures and treatments, Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation and Hip and Femur Fractures, together about 40.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Strategies in Trauma and Limb Reconstruction will cease to be published by SpringerOpen as of January 2019. The journal will continue in cooperation with a ...
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Bone fractures and treatmentsMedicine24.6%
- Orthopedic Surgery and RehabilitationMedicine8.8%
- Hip and Femur FracturesMedicine6.8%
- Orthopaedic implants and arthroplastyMedicine6%
- Elbow and Forearm Trauma TreatmentMedicine5.4%
- Total Knee Arthroplasty OutcomesMedicine5.2%
- Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular TechniquesMedicine5%
- Orthopedic Infections and TreatmentsMedicine4.8%
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
- 2.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.02LetPub ·
- h-index
- 46OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 238OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.23OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 20LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 546 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 30 | 30 | 2 |
| 2025 | 20 | 20 | 17 |
| 2024 | 29 | 29 | 78 |
| 2023 | 25 | 25 | 70 |
| 2022 | 41 | 41 | 291 |
| 2021 | 20 | 20 | 161 |
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
34 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 28 days – 56 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 55 days (29 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 103 days
- Sample
- 29 articles with submission and acceptance dates (31 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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
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
- Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd
- ISSN
- 1828-8936
- Electronic ISSN
- 1828-8928
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Strategies in Trauma and Limb Reconstruction
What CAS zone is Strategies in Trauma and Limb Reconstruction in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Strategies in Trauma and Limb Reconstruction 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 Strategies in Trauma and Limb Reconstruction?
Based on the dates recorded on 29 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 34 days (interquartile range 28–56 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 Strategies in Trauma and Limb Reconstruction?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Strategies in Trauma and Limb Reconstruction is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Strategies in Trauma and Limb Reconstruction open access, and what is the APC?
Strategies in Trauma and Limb Reconstruction is a fully open-access 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: .