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Advances in Skin and Wound Care

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · United States · Est. 1990

ISSN1538-8654

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · SSCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.405

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.784

Total Worksi

3,464

Total Citationsi

36,051

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.12

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Dermatology; Nursing; Surgery; Advanced and Specialized Nursing.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1990

FrequencyNine No. A Year, 2004-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,464

Publisher OrgLippincott Williams & Wilkins

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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?

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1538-8654

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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

134

1.7k

2019

162

1.9k

2020

166

1.5k

2021

157

865

2022

162

589

2023

153

421

2024

143

153

2025

123

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.

Advanced and Specialized NursingQ2

DermatologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

DermatologyNursingSurgery

Scopus Categories

Advanced and Specialized NursingDermatology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Pressure Ulcer Prevention and ManagementWound Healing and TreatmentsDiabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and ManagementDiagnosis and Treatment of Venous DiseasesSurgical site infection preventionStoma care and complicationsDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesSurgical Sutures and AdhesivesHuman auditory perception and evaluationHealthcare Policy and Management

Frequently asked questions about Advances in Skin and Wound Care

Is Advances in Skin and Wound Care a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Advances in Skin and Wound Care: 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 Advances in Skin and Wound Care?

Advances in Skin and Wound Care 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 1.12.

Is Advances in Skin and Wound Care indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Advances in Skin and Wound Care is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Advances in Skin and Wound Care?