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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

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Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS ESCI+10

✓ Scopus Q2+18

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total53

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.588

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.878

Total Works

2,850

Total Citations

22,397

2yr Mean Citedness

1.13

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal focuses on reconstructive surgery, including microsurgery, supermicrosurgery, and various flap techniques for conditions like trauma, congenital deformities, cancer resection, and aesthetic improvements. Specific areas covered include head and neck reconstruction, nasal reconstruction, hand and forearm injuries, breast reconstruction, and lower extremity reconstruction, with an emphasis on advanced techniques and patient outcomes.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Fast · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

General Information

Country / RegionSouth Korea

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1974

Annual Volume~ 92 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,850

Publisher OrgThieme Medical Publishers (Germany)

OA Since2011

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer review

Review Time~10 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

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

9/12 · 75%

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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?

Scopus, DOAJ

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

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2021

2022

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2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

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