Journal profile · ORTHOPEDICS
Techniques in Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
ISSN 1523-9896 · eISSN 1539-591X · Wolters Kluwer Health
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Techniques in Shoulder and Elbow Surgery: subscription journal; 0 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus; flagged on an early-warning list or for an indexing change: check before submitting.
The latest issue on the journal's website is from December 2020 (Volume 21, Issue 4): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Techniques in Shoulder and Elbow Surgery is published by Wolters Kluwer Health. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Shoulder Injury and Treatment, Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation and Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries, together about 56.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): ORTHOPEDICS
Editor-in-chief Edward V. CraigPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Shoulder Injury and TreatmentMedicine30.3%
- Orthopedic Surgery and RehabilitationMedicine16.2%
- Shoulder and Clavicle InjuriesMedicine10.2%
- Elbow and Forearm Trauma TreatmentMedicine9.8%
- Bone fractures and treatmentsMedicine7.2%
- Orthopaedic implants and arthroplastyMedicine6.8%
- Tendon Structure and TreatmentMedicine5.8%
- Foot and Ankle SurgeryMedicine2.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
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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 | Q4 | 365/469 | 22nd |
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
Early warning / risk: Marked as ceased in ESCI on 16 March 2026. CAS Early Warning Journal List: not listed in any of 6 editions.LetPub
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.17LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.18LetPub ·
- h-index
- 32OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 123OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 3.7%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 608 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 126 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 125 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 171 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 205 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 231 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 279 |
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
- Wolters Kluwer Health
- ISSN
- 1523-9896
- Electronic ISSN
- 1539-591X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 21, Issue 4 (December 2020)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Techniques in Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
Which databases index Techniques in Shoulder and Elbow Surgery?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Techniques in Shoulder and Elbow Surgery is indexed in Scopus.
Is Techniques in Shoulder and Elbow Surgery open access, and what is the APC?
Techniques in Shoulder and Elbow 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: .