Journal profile · Medicine-Surgery
Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery
ISSN 1089-3393 · eISSN 1531-6572 · Wolters Kluwer Health
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Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery: subscription journal; median 115 days to acceptance (26 articles, last 24 months); 42 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery is published by Wolters Kluwer Health. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Foot and Ankle Surgery and Bone fractures and treatments, together about 53.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Surgery
Editor-in-chief Alexander Y. ShinPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Orthopedic Surgery and RehabilitationMedicine30.4%
- Foot and Ankle SurgeryMedicine12.2%
- Bone fractures and treatmentsMedicine10.8%
- Elbow and Forearm Trauma TreatmentMedicine9.7%
- Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular TechniquesMedicine8.2%
- Congenital limb and hand anomaliesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.9%
- Peripheral Nerve DisordersMedicine3.5%
- Nerve Injury and RehabilitationMedicine3.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surgery | Q3 | 385/597 | 35th |
| Orthopedics and Sports Medicine | Q3 | 251/340 | 26th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.32LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.65LetPub ·
- h-index
- 48OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 468OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.34OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,332 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29 | 3 | 613 |
| 2025 | 42 | 3 | 837 |
| 2024 | 35 | 0 | 1,035 |
| 2023 | 44 | 7 | 925 |
| 2022 | 46 | 5 | 958 |
| 2021 | 44 | 4 | 1,328 |
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
115 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 72 days – 164 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 87 days (26 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 197 days
- Sample
- 26 articles with submission and acceptance dates (87 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
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.
Before you submit
Four checks before submitting to Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery
- 1ScopeRecent output centres on Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Foot and Ankle Surgery.Check scope
- 2Article type and formatPrepare text, figures and references as the author guidelines ask.
- 3English languagePolish grammar and academic style before you submit: it lowers the risk of rejection for language and improves your chances of acceptance.
- 4Expected review time115 days · Median, submission to acceptance · 26 articles, last 24 months · PubMedReview data
The checks are built from this page's data.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wolters Kluwer Health
- ISSN
- 1089-3393
- Print ISSN
- 1531-6572
- Electronic ISSN
- 1531-6572
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 30, Issue 3 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery
How long does peer review take at Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery?
Based on the dates recorded on 26 articles published between November 2024 and November 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 115 days (interquartile range 72–164 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 Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery is indexed in Scopus.
Is Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery open access, and what is the APC?
Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .