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North American Spine Society Journal is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 4.1), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Elsevier Inc..
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ISSN 2666-5484Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier Inc.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surgery | 120 / 597 | 79th | Q1 |
| Orthopedics and Sports Medicine | 104 / 340 | 69th | Q2 |
| Neurology (clinical) | 180 / 403 | 55th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2020–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 4.1.
North American Spine Society Journal is Q1 in Surgery (rank 120 of 597), Q2 in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (rank 104 of 340) and Q2 in Neurology (clinical) (rank 180 of 403), by CiteScore 2025.
North American Spine Society Journal 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 4.1, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 79th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.040, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 19.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,950 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.
North American Spine Society Journal is published by Elsevier Inc. Its ISSN is 2666-5484.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
North American Spine Society Journal has an h-index of 22 and a 2-year mean of 0.91 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.1, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #310 of 585 Scopus journals in Surgery.
North American Spine Society Journal published 247 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 251. 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 97 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from United States (55.6%), Switzerland (6.4%) and Canada (4.2%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (1.1 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none 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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