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Clinical Spine Surgery

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · United States · Est. 2012

ISSN2380-0194

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.701

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.861

Total Worksi

1,979

Total Citationsi

23,481

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.98

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Clinical Neurology; Orthopedics; Surgery; Neurology (clinical); Orthopedics and Sports Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2012

FrequencyTen Issues A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,979

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?

2380-0194

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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

159

2.5k

2019

204

3.1k

2020

171

1.5k

2021

118

883

2022

148

667

2023

188

494

2024

233

180

2025

150

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.

SurgeryQ1

Neurology (clinical)Q2

Orthopedics and Sports MedicineQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Clinical NeurologyOrthopedics

Scopus Categories

Orthopedics and Sports MedicineNeurology (clinical)Surgery

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Spine and Intervertebral Disc PathologyCervical and Thoracic MyelopathySpinal Fractures and Fixation TechniquesScoliosis diagnosis and treatmentMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationAnesthesia and Pain ManagementSpinal Hematomas and ComplicationsManagement of metastatic bone diseaseSpinal Cord Injury ResearchSpondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments

Frequently asked questions about Clinical Spine Surgery

Is Clinical Spine Surgery a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Clinical Spine 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 Clinical Spine Surgery?

Clinical Spine 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 0.98.

Is Clinical Spine Surgery indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Clinical Spine Surgery is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Clinical Spine Surgery?