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Archives of Plastic Surgery

Georg Thieme Verlag · South Korea · Est. 1974

ISSN2234-6163eISSN2234-6171

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.541

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.878

Total Worksi

2,850

Total Citationsi

22,397

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.13

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Surgery.

General Information

Country / RegionSouth Korea

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1974

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,850

Publisher OrgThieme Medical Publishers (Germany)

OA Since2011

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer review

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Georg Thieme Verlag

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2234-6163 / 2234-6171

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Peer review

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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?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

119

1.3k

2019

120

1.4k

2020

140

2021

161

925

2022

130

514

2023

207

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.

SurgeryQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Surgery

Scopus Categories

Surgery

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular TechniquesReconstructive Facial Surgery TechniquesBreast Implant and ReconstructionFacial Rejuvenation and Surgery TechniquesWound Healing and TreatmentsCleft Lip and Palate ResearchFacial Trauma and Fracture ManagementNasal Surgery and Airway StudiesOrthopedic Surgery and RehabilitationFacial Nerve Paralysis Treatment and Research

Frequently asked questions about Archives of Plastic Surgery

Is Archives of Plastic Surgery a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Archives of Plastic Surgery: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Archives of Plastic Surgery?

Archives of 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 1.13.

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

Archives of Plastic Surgery is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Archives of Plastic Surgery?