The aim of Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery is to serve as an international forum for hand and plastic surgeons from all over the world, with special reference to enable Nordic researchers.
The scope of the journal:
Extended issues are published occasionally, dealing with special topics such as microvascular surgery, craniofacial surgery, cleft lip and palate surgery, breast reconstruction, gender-confirming surgery, burns and postbariatric surgery. Supplements, usually doctoral theses, may also be published.
From 2023 all content will be published Open Access, ensuring that the valuable and clinically relevant content published by Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery is accessible to all.
Full title: Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery (2010 - current)
ISSN: 2000-6764 (online)
Owner: Acta Chirurgica Scandinavica Society
Publisher: Medical Journals Sweden AB
2022 Impact Factor: 1.2
License: Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0
Readership: Plastic and hand surgeons worldwide
Formerly known as:
Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery (1990 - 2009)
Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (1967 - 1989)
Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery is indexed in the following:
Biological Abstracts
Current Advances in Cell and Developmental Biology
Current Contents - Clinical Medicine (Clarivate Analytics)
EMBASE (Elsevier)
Index Medicus
Life Sciences Collection
Medical Documentation Service
Medline (NLM)
PEDro
PubMed (NLM)
PubMed Central Selective Deposit Medicine & Health (NLM)
Research Alert
Science Citation Index Expanded (Clarivate Analytics)
Scopus (Elsevier)
Upon submission, all manuscripts are reviewed by one of the journal Editors. Some papers may be rejected at this stage as they do not meet basic scientific principles or deal with topics beyond the scope of Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery. All other manuscripts will be entered into our peer review system and are sent to at least two reviewers with special expertise in the relevant subject field. Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery applies a single-blind peer review policy, meaning authors are not informed about the identity of the reviewers.
Based on the feedback from the reviewers, the Editors thereafter decide whether the manuscript should be accepted directly (which in practice is rare), subject to minor or major revision before a final decision can be made, or rejected. The revised manuscript is usually sent to the reviewers again, sometimes including one further reviewer, before a final decision is made (or a decision to ask for further revision).
Articles published in Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery are part of the Public Knowledge Preservation Network for purposes of preservation and restoration. In addition, Abstracts are permanently stored in Web of Science (SCIE), PubMed/MEDLINE, and Scopus.
Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their articles on personal and institutional websites after publication (while providing full bibliographic details and a link to the original publication).
• There is no paywall - All journal content is freely available immediately upon publication
• Your work has increased impact – Global dissemination of your work increases as everyone can access it
• Increased chance of citations – The potential of published content being cited is optimized
• You retain copyright - Authors retain copyright to their work and are free to disseminate it
• You reach beyond academia
Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery (JPHS) is an international, non-profit journal that is flipping to Open Access in 2023. Owned by the Acta Chirurgica Scandinavica Society, JPHS aims to be a leading forum for hand and plastic surgeons from all over the world. Contributions from all parts of the world are welcome.
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For papers for whom the corresponding author is a member of the Scandinavian Association of Plastic Surgery (Nordisk plastikkirurgisk förening; SCAPLAS) there will be a 50% discount on the APC; article processing charge (i.e. 995 Euros instead of 1990 Euros until last of June 2025).
For papers for whom the corresponding author is affiliated with a Swedish institution that is a member of the BIBSAM consortium, BIBSAM will pay the full APC.
For further details regarding APC, go to Publication Fees
