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Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Open

BMJ Publishing Group · United Kingdom · Est. 1977

ISSN2397-5776eISSN2397-5776

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

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q266

✓ Corroboration (4 more)+22

Total88

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Average · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 · Scopus CiteScore 3.3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.64

H-Indexi

CiteScorei

3.3

SNIPi

1.114

Total Worksi

1,225

Total Citationsi

11,014

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.10

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open is AAST's open access journal dedicated to publishing the latest research in emergency medicine, critical care, and trauma care. It provides an interdisciplinary forum for global issues in trauma and acute care surgery and is dedicated to covering epidemiological, educational, and socioeconomic facets of trauma management and injury prevention.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1977

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,225

Publisher OrgBMJ

OA Since2015

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~12 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

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

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?

BMJ Publishing Group

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2397-5776 / 2397-5776

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-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?

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

Citations received

100

1.9k

2019

118

1.8k

2020

133

1.7k

2021

683

2022

106

563

2023

240

966

2024

232

386

2025

110

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 MedicineQ2

SurgeryQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Critical Care MedicineSurgery

Scopus Categories

SurgeryCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesTrauma, Hemostasis, Coagulopathy, ResuscitationAbdominal Trauma and InjuriesTrauma Management and DiagnosisTraumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular DisturbancesInjury Epidemiology and PreventionCardiac Arrest and ResuscitationPelvic and Acetabular InjuriesSepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentGun Ownership and Violence Research

Frequently asked questions about Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Open

Is Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Open a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Open: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 88/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Open?

Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Open 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. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 3.3.

Is Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Open indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Open is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.