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The Hand

The Hand is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by W.B. Saunders Ltd.

ISSN 0072-968XVerify ISSN ↗

Publisher: W.B. Saunders Ltd

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Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher

Web of ScienceClarivate (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI/ESCI)
Not listed in Web of Science.
ABDCAustralian Business Deans Council 2025
Not listed in ABDC.
DOAJDirectory of Open Access Journals (live)
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Open accessNot registered as fully open access
FT50Financial Times research list
Not listed in FT50.
UT DallasUTD top-100 business research
Not listed in UT Dallas.
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 The Hand indexed in Scopus? No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (1969–1983).

What is the impact factor of The Hand? 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 The Hand in Web of Science? No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).

Is The Hand open access? No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.

Impact & reach — open metrics via OpenAlex

56
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
439
i10-index
958
works indexed
16,180
total citations
Papers published per year
0501001974: 74 papers7419741975: 81 papers8119751976: 72 papers7219761977: 71 papers7119771978: 62 papers6219781979: 64 papers6419791980: 64 papers6419801981: 68 papers6819811982: 74 papers7419821983: 51 papers511983

The Hand published 51 papers in 1983; its busiest recent year was 1975 with 81. 2026* is the year so far.

Main topics
Orthopedic Surgery and RehabilitationCongenital limb and hand anomaliesPeripheral Nerve DisordersReconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques

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 1983
  • 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 · 0072-968X ↗

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