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Facial Plastic Surgery

Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. · United States · Est. 1983

ISSN1098-8793

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.569

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.994

Total Worksi

2,851

Total Citationsi

36,181

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.96

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Surgery.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1983

FrequencyFive No. A Year, 2009-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,851

Publisher OrgThieme Medical Publishers (Germany)

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Submission Info

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?

Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1098-8793

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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

106

1.5k

2019

123

1.1k

2020

148

1.2k

2021

110

660

2022

148

676

2023

127

269

2024

106

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.

SurgeryQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Surgery

Scopus Categories

Surgery

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Nasal Surgery and Airway StudiesFacial Rejuvenation and Surgery TechniquesReconstructive Facial Surgery TechniquesDermatologic Treatments and ResearchBody Image and Dysmorphia StudiesFacial Nerve Paralysis Treatment and ResearchReconstructive Surgery and Microvascular TechniquesCleft Lip and Palate ResearchDigital Imaging in MedicineSinusitis and nasal conditions

Frequently asked questions about Facial Plastic Surgery

Is Facial Plastic Surgery a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Facial Plastic Surgery: 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 Facial Plastic Surgery?

Facial Plastic Surgery 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 0.96.

Is Facial Plastic Surgery indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Facial Plastic Surgery is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Facial Plastic Surgery?