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Hand surgery : an international journal devoted to hand and upper limb surgery and related research : journal of the Asia-Pacific Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand

Hand surgery : an international journal devoted to hand and upper limb surgery and related research : journal of the Asia-Pacific Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd.

ISSN 0218-8104Verify ISSN ↗1793-6535Verify ISSN ↗

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd

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Web of ScienceClarivate (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI/ESCI)
Not listed in Web of Science.
ABDCAustralian Business Deans Council 2025
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DOAJDirectory of Open Access Journals (live)
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Open accessNot registered as fully open access
FT50Financial Times research list
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UT DallasUTD top-100 business research
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ONOS · APC coveredOne Nation One Subscription (Govt of India)
Not in the ONOS APC-supported list.
Publishing in this journal is not centrally APC-funded under One Nation One Subscription.

Is Hand surgery : an international journal devoted to hand and upper limb surgery and related research : journal of the Asia-Pacific Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand indexed in Scopus? No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2000–2015).

What is the impact factor of Hand surgery : an international journal devoted to hand and upper limb surgery and related research : journal of the Asia-Pacific Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand? Hand surgery : an international journal devoted to hand and upper limb surgery and related research : journal of the Asia-Pacific Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for Web of Science SCIE and SSCI titles — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.

Is Hand surgery : an international journal devoted to hand and upper limb surgery and related research : journal of the Asia-Pacific Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand in Web of Science? No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).

Is Hand surgery : an international journal devoted to hand and upper limb surgery and related research : journal of the Asia-Pacific Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand open access? No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.

Impact & reach — open metrics via OpenAlex

40
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
384
i10-index
1,205
works indexed
11,323
total citations
Papers published per year
0501002007: 39 papers3920072008: 39 papers3920082009: 37 papers3720092010: 54 papers5420102011: 86 papers8620112012: 92 papers9220122013: 90 papers9020132014: 98 papers9820142015: 90 papers9020152020: 90 papers902020Scopus coverage ends 2015

Hand surgery : an international journal devoted to hand and upper limb surgery and related research : journal of the Asia-Pacific Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand published 90 papers in 2020; its busiest recent year was 2014 with 98. 2026* is the year so far.

Main topics
Orthopedic Surgery and RehabilitationElbow and Forearm Trauma TreatmentPeripheral Nerve DisordersBone fractures and treatments

h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-09-24.

Integrity signals — indicators, not proof of misconduct

  • Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2015
  • Retracted papers None recorded

Retractions and authorship from OpenAlex; Scopus status from the Scopus source list. A signal marks something to look at more closely; it is not a finding against the journal.

Official sources & links

Scopus source ↗ ISSN Portal · 0218-8104 ↗ISSN Portal · 1793-6535 ↗

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