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World Neurosurgery: X is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.9), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Elsevier Inc..
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ISSN 2590-1397Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier Inc.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surgery | 219 / 597 | 63rd | Q2 |
| Neurology (clinical) | 241 / 403 | 40th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.9.
World Neurosurgery: X is Q2 in Surgery (rank 219 of 597) and Q3 in Neurology (clinical) (rank 241 of 403), by CiteScore 2025.
World Neurosurgery: X 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 2.9, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 63rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.746, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 21.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,387 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.
World Neurosurgery: X is published by Elsevier Inc. Its ISSN is 2590-1397.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
World Neurosurgery: X has an h-index of 27 and a 2-year mean of 2.48 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.9, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #77 of 585 Scopus journals in Surgery.
World Neurosurgery: X published 135 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2024 with 152. 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 93 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from China (17.2%), United States (14.7%) and India (8.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 7 retracted papers are recorded (12.1 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.
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