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Seminars in Plastic Surgery

Abbreviation (ISO):SEMIN PLAST SURG
Country: United States•WoS SCIE Quartile: Q3•Scopus SJR: 0.517•SCImago Rank: #11,521•Identifier (ISSN):1535-2188(Print)/1536-0067(Online)•Articles / Year: 41•Estimated Publication Fee (APC): $3,168 USD
Clarivate IF (2026)Q3
1.4
↑ +0.2

Leading citation impact metric from Clarivate Journal Citation Reports

JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17
H-Index (2021)
19

19 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: SCIE / JCRTop Tier
Self-Citation Rate0%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessSubscription
41articles/year
0% Gold OA•97.37% Original Research

State Council for Professorship (HĐGSNN) Scoring

Quyết định số 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN ngày 11/7/2025 (Mục quốc tế)

1.50pts
Latest Max Score
Estimated (Dec 26)
Scoring Basis: WoS Q3(IF: 1.4)

HĐGSNN Score History

By article publication year
YearMax ScoreEvaluation DetailsSource
20261.50đ
WoS Q3(IF: 1.4)
🔵 Computed
20251.50đ
WoS Q3(IF: 1.2)
🔵 Computed
20241.50đ
WoS Q3(IF: 2.3)
🔵 Computed
20231.50đ
WoS Q3(IF: 2)
🔵 Computed
20221.50đ
WoS Q3(IF: 2.195)
🔵 Computed
20211.50đ
WoS Q3(IF: 2.314)
🔵 Computed
20201.50đ
WoS Q3(IF: 1.3)
🔵 Computed
20191.50đ
WoS Q3(IF: 0.561)
🔵 Computed
20181.50đ
WoS Q3(IF: 0.8)
🔵 Computed

Note: Domestic journal scores are officially collected from annual HĐGSNN decisions across councils. International journal scores are dynamically computed according to Decision 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN based on quartile and citation metrics in the publication year.

Aims & Scope

Seminars in Plastic Surgery is a quarterly review journal that publishes topic-specific issues covering all areas of aesthetic and reconstructive plastic surgery. The journal's scope includes issues devoted to breast reconstruction, rhinoplasty, lipogenesis and lipoplasty, craniomaxillofacial trauma, and all other major plastic surgery procedures. The journal also covers such emerging areas as free tissue transfer, lasers, endoscopic facial plastic procedures, as well as all the related technologies associated with these techniques.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
Medicine99.9%Surgery58.5%Biology50.3%Anatomy26.7%Genetics24.6%Pathology23.4%Internal medicine23.3%Radiology22.8%
Primary Research Areas

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact

Rank #11,521Scopus Q2SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:2004-2005, 2010-2026
Scopus Broad Areas:Medicine
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q2
0.517

Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.

Tứ phân vị: Scopus Q2
Scopus H-Index (2025)
50

Measures cumulative publication volume and citation impact.

Scopus Database Indexed (2025)
Citations / Doc (2 years)
1.62

Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$3,168 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Chi phí ước tính / bài báo

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations229
3-Year Documents131
Citable Documents107

Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)0

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate36.6%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.

Scopus Subject Categories

SurgeryQ2

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
4区 (Zone 4)Medicine
Minor Category (Specific Field):
4区SURGERY
CAS Early Warning List History:
Updated annually: 2020 – 2024
2020
Not warned
2021
Not warned
2022
Not warned
2023
Not warned
2024
Not warned

Publishing & Editorial Information

Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications

Publisher Review Speed
Updating
Average time to first editorial decision
Online Publication Speed
Updating
Time from acceptance to online publication
Official Acceptance Rate
Updating
Manuscript acceptance rate confirmed by the publisher
Open Access Model
Subscription
OA publishing option or traditional subscription
Publisher
Thieme Medical Publishers
Publication Language
English
Frequency
Periodic
Editorial Address
333 SEVENTH AVE, NEW YORK, USA, NY, 10001
Indexing & Databases
SCIEScopusPubMed

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
CategoryIndexRankQuartile
SURGERY
JCRSCIE
202/321Q3
SURGERY
JCISCIE
177/321Q3

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

Track annual publication volume, total citations, and Impact Factor evolution

12 year
YearImpact FactorArticles / YearTotal Citations
2026—5491
20251.25028
20242.354148
2023238166
20222.19553337
20212.314531,972
20201.358928
20190.561511,237
20180.8441,224
2017—421,206
2016—36618
2015—441,186
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Impact Factor Trend (2018–2024)

Clarivate IF trend for Seminars in Plastic Surgery

WoS Q3
0123201820192020202120222023202420251.20
Annual Impact Factor Metric
2025:1.2

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: 0%

Citations per Document

Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years

Cites / Doc (4 years)Cites / Doc (3 years)Cites / Doc (2 years)

Similar Journals in Discipline

Journals in the same research field with comparable impact metrics

Record UUID: 04c2d0c5-3d7c-4e8c-b8fe-e18a650b2d20
Database Updated: 2026-09-28