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Manuscript Auditing →01Impact factor
Impact factor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (2026)
The impact factor shown here is the 2-year mean citedness: citations received in a year by the papers Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery published in the two previous years, divided by the number of those papers. That is the same formula as the Journal Impact Factor, applied to the open citation data of OpenAlex. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so it also has an official Journal Impact Factor published by Clarivate, which can differ because it counts citations from Web of Science journals only.
Rank in its subject categories
- Surgeryrank 113 of 337 journals
Ranks here compare journals of the same Web of Science category in our data by 2-year citedness; they are not the official JCR rank.
Quartile of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
A journal's quartile (Q1 to Q4) is its position within a subject category: Q1 is the top quarter. The official quartiles are published by Clarivate in Journal Citation Reports (by Journal Impact Factor, in Web of Science categories) and by Scimago as the SJR quartile (in Scopus categories). Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery is listed in JCR 2024, so its JCR quartile is in Journal Citation Reports. It is indexed in Scopus, so Scimago shows its SJR quartile. ScholarsColab does not show a quartile until it can show the official one; the impact factor and rank above are calculated from open data.
Citations and papers per year
02Review time
Review time of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Each paper took a different time. The green box holds the middle half of the papers and the dark line is the median; the whiskers reach the fastest 10% and the slowest 10%. Plan with the whole spread, not only the median.
Half of the research articles Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery published between Oct 2026 were accepted within 35 days of submission, and the middle half took between 26 and 96 days. This time includes peer review and any revision rounds. Papers that were rejected are not counted, because only published papers carry these dates.
In Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery ranks 10 of 96 journals by review time (1 = fastest). See the fastest-review journals in Surgery →
03Fee waivers
APC waivers and discounts for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery follows the waiver policy of its publisher, Wolters Kluwer (Lippincott): no general country waiver for Lippincott journals; most Medknow journals charge no APC. No country rule: the publisher decides case by case, or has no waiver scheme.
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Retractions and research integrity at Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Most common reasons (a retraction can have several):
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery has 10 retracted papers in the Retraction Watch database, the latest in Dec 2023. A retraction count is not a verdict on a journal: large journals publish more and journals that investigate actively retract more. The trend and the reasons tell you more than the number.
Who funds research published in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Funders named most often
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04Indexing
Indexing of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- ISSN
- 0032-1052
- eISSN
- 1529-4242
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Web of Science categories
- Surgery
From the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab, updated 1 March 2026. Indexing can change: confirm on the Web of Science Master Journal List or the Scopus source list before submitting. Official Journal Impact Factors and JCR quartiles are published by Clarivate; the impact factor and quartile on this page are calculated from OpenAlex open data (see how the impact factor works).
05What it publishes
What Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery publishes: real papers
06Published papers
Papers published in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Papers from the publication records ScholarsColab tracks, with their year and citations. Author names are not shown.
- De novo design of alpha-helical peptide amphiphiles repairing fragmented collagen type I via supramolecular co-assembly20230 citations
07Reviewer comments
Reviewer comments and rejection reasons for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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08Similar journals
Journals similar to Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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No AI or language model is used. Your words are matched against the titles of 156,503 real published journal papers, by our mentors and by other researchers (shown without names); journals are ranked by how many closely matching papers they published. Indexing comes from the SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI, Scopus and JCR 2024 lists, matched by journal name; the impact factor is calculated from OpenAlex open data, not the official Clarivate value, and no quartile is shown until the official JCR or SJR quartile can be; review time comes from the dates publishers deposit in Crossref (not every publisher deposits them). Always check a journal’s scope and current indexing before submitting.
10Questions
Frequently asked questions
How long is the review time of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery?
Based on 12 research articles Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery published from Oct 2026, the median time from submission to acceptance was 35 days, and half of them were accepted between 26 and 96 days. After acceptance, papers appeared online after a median of 170 days. Source: received and accepted dates deposited by the publisher in Crossref, retrieved October 2026. Individual papers can take longer, especially with major revisions.
What is the impact factor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery?
Based on OpenAlex citation data (October 2026), the 2-year impact factor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery is 1.76: papers it published in the two previous years were cited 1.76 times on average in a year. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so Clarivate also publishes an official Journal Impact Factor, which can differ.
What is the h-index of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery?
The h-index of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery is 310 (OpenAlex, October 2026): 310 of its papers have each been cited at least 310 times. Its i10-index is 21,886.
What is the quartile of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery?
A journal's quartile (Q1 to Q4) is its position within a subject category: Q1 is the top quarter. The official quartiles are published by Clarivate in Journal Citation Reports (by Journal Impact Factor, in Web of Science categories) and by Scimago as the SJR quartile (in Scopus categories). Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery is listed in JCR 2024, so its JCR quartile is in Journal Citation Reports. It is indexed in Scopus, so Scimago shows its SJR quartile. ScholarsColab does not show a quartile until it can show the official one; the impact factor and rank above are calculated from open data.
Is Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery indexed in Scopus?
Yes. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery appears in the Scopus list, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery an SCIE journal?
Yes. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery is listed in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in Journal Citation Reports (JCR)?
Yes. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery is listed in JCR 2024, so it has a Journal Impact Factor. For the current impact factor and quartile, check Journal Citation Reports.
How many papers published in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery does ScholarsColab track?
We track 1 paper published in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in 2023, cited 0 times in total, with a median of 0 citations per paper.
Does Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery offer an APC waiver?
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery follows the policy of Wolters Kluwer (Lippincott): no general country waiver for Lippincott journals; most Medknow journals charge no APC. No country rule: the publisher decides case by case, or has no waiver scheme. Rules verified 27 October 2026; confirm on the publisher's page.
Has Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery retracted papers?
Yes. The Retraction Watch database lists 10 retracted papers in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 2 of them in the last 10 years; the most common reasons are lack of approval from third party, error in results and/or conclusions, error in methods. A retraction count alone is not a verdict on a journal; look at the trend and the reasons. Data updated October 2026.
Who funds research published in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery?
0% of 200 recent research articles in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery name a funder in Crossref; the funders named most often are Medical and Health Science Innovation Project of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.
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