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Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.5), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Elsevier Inc..
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ISSN 2213-5766Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier Inc.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health | 279 / 351 | 20th | Q4 |
| Surgery | 484 / 597 | 18th | Q4 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2013–present, best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.5.
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports is Q4 in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (rank 279 of 351) and Q4 in Surgery (rank 484 of 597), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 0.5, which places it in quartile Q4 at the 20th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.161, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 16.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,130 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports is published by Elsevier Inc. Its ISSN is 2213-5766.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports has an h-index of 19 and a 2-year mean of 0.22 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.5, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #282 of 344 Scopus journals in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports published 196 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 401. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 91 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (29.1%), Ethiopia (6.6%) and Tunisia (6.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 17 retracted papers are recorded (5.2 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags 1 of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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