Burns

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom

ISSN0305-4179eISSN1879-1409

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.725

H-Indexi

147

SNIPi

1.29

Total Worksi

11,827

Total Citationsi

225,406

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.54

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Burns aims to foster the exchange of information among all engaged in preventing and treating the effects of burns. The journal focuses on clinical, scientific and social aspects of these injuries and covers the prevention of the injury, the epidemiology of such injuries and all aspects of burn injury research. It also aims to foster the development of research in Burn injury, Emergency medicine, Total body surface area, Surgery and Internal medicine, including Rehabilitation and Physical aspects.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyEight No. A Year

StatusActive

Total Publications11,827

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0305-4179 / 1879-1409

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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

317

5.8k

2019

333

4.7k

2020

293

3.4k

2021

248

2.8k

2022

202

1.3k

2023

311

1.2k

2024

378

596

2025

274

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.

Emergency MedicineQ1

SurgeryQ1

Critical Care and Intensive Care MedicineQ2

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Critical Care MedicineDermatologySurgery

Scopus Categories

SurgeryCritical Care and Intensive Care MedicineMedicine (miscellaneous)Emergency Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Burn Injury Management and OutcomesWound Healing and TreatmentsInjury Epidemiology and PreventionDisaster Response and ManagementReconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques

Frequently asked questions about Burns

Is Burns a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Burns: 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 Burns?

Burns 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 1.54.

Is Burns indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Burns is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.