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Trauma Case Reports

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2003

ISSN2352-6440

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

/ 100

Established

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ PubMed/MEDLINE56

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total68

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Scorei

0.2

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.377

Total Worksi

1,279

Total Citationsi

3,116

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.44

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine; Emergency Medicine; Orthopedics and Sports Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2003

Annual Volume~ 172 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,279

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2014

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~26 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Koninklijke BibliotheekPorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/12 · 83%

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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?

2352-6440

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Portico, CLOCKSS

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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

Citations received

104

525

2019

115

367

2020

197

551

2021

139

310

2022

215

265

2023

136

118

2024

164

2025

109

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.

Critical Care and Intensive Care MedicineQ3

Emergency MedicineQ3

Orthopedics and Sports MedicineQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Orthopedics and Sports MedicineCritical Care and Intensive Care MedicineEmergency Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Trauma Management and DiagnosisBone fractures and treatmentsOrthopedic Surgery and RehabilitationPelvic and Acetabular InjuriesElbow and Forearm Trauma TreatmentHip and Femur FracturesShoulder Injury and TreatmentAbdominal Trauma and InjuriesOrthopaedic implants and arthroplastyTraumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries

Frequently asked questions about Trauma Case Reports

Is Trauma Case Reports a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Trauma Case Reports: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 68/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Trauma Case Reports?

Trauma Case Reports is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.2.

Is Trauma Case Reports indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Trauma Case Reports is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Trauma Case Reports?