Home›Search›Hand Surgery and Rehabilitation

Hand Surgery and Rehabilitation

Elsevier Masson s.r.l. · France · Est. 1971

ISSN2468-1229eISSN2468-1210

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

0.512

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.764

Total Worksi

3,416

Total Citationsi

7,612

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.66

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Orthopedics; Surgery; Rehabilitation; Orthopedics and Sports Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionFrance

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1971

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,416

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

Visit Journal Website

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

5/11 · 45%

✅

Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Masson s.r.l.

✅

Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

2468-1229 / 2468-1210

✅

Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

❌

Peer review process documented?

N/A

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

❌

Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

❌

Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

❌

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

❌

Primary language documented?

N/A

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

282

920

2019

134

1.1k

2020

510

1.3k

2021

348

510

2022

340

446

2023

391

504

2024

371

231

2025

136

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.

RehabilitationQ2

SurgeryQ2

Orthopedics and Sports MedicineQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

OrthopedicsSurgery

Scopus Categories

RehabilitationOrthopedics and Sports MedicineSurgery

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Orthopedic Surgery and RehabilitationElbow and Forearm Trauma TreatmentPeripheral Nerve DisordersNerve Injury and RehabilitationShoulder Injury and TreatmentShoulder and Clavicle InjuriesReconstructive Surgery and Microvascular TechniquesBone fractures and treatmentsMusculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatmentsCongenital limb and hand anomalies

Frequently asked questions about Hand Surgery and Rehabilitation

Is Hand Surgery and Rehabilitation a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Hand Surgery and Rehabilitation: 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 Hand Surgery and Rehabilitation?

Hand Surgery and Rehabilitation 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 0.66.

Is Hand Surgery and Rehabilitation indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Hand Surgery and Rehabilitation is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Hand Surgery and Rehabilitation?