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British Journal of Neurosurgery

Informa Healthcare · United Kingdom

ISSN0268-8697eISSN1360-046X

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.372

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.668

Total Worksi

6,100

Total Citationsi

93,797

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.79

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Clinical Neurology; Surgery; Medicine (miscellaneous); Neurology (clinical).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyBimonthly, 1989-

StatusActive

Total Publications6,100

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Informa Healthcare

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0268-8697 / 1360-046X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

233

1.8k

2019

352

2.6k

2020

357

2.1k

2021

155

732

2022

223

2023

160

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

Neurology (clinical)Q3

SurgeryQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Clinical NeurologySurgery

Scopus Categories

Neurology (clinical)SurgeryMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular DisturbancesCerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalusMeningioma and schwannoma managementNeurosurgical Procedures and ComplicationsIntracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications

Frequently asked questions about British Journal of Neurosurgery

Is British Journal of Neurosurgery a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for British Journal of Neurosurgery: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of British Journal of Neurosurgery?

British Journal of Neurosurgery is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.79.

Is British Journal of Neurosurgery indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

British Journal of Neurosurgery is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of British Journal of Neurosurgery?