Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

ISSN 0303-8467 · Elsevier BV · Netherlands · active 1974–2026

Metrics

Best Scimago quartile (2025)
Q2
Cites per paper (2y)
2.2
SJR
0.594
h-index
114

“Cites per paper” is a two-year cited-by rate computed from OpenAlex. It is not a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor — we neither compute nor license that metric (how the two differ). Citation rates differ enormously between fields, so compare within a discipline. What the other figures mean: journal quartile, SJR, h-index and article processing charge.

Data as of 18 October 2026 (venue index build).

Scimago Journal Rank 2025

In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery is Q2 in 2 of its 3 subject categories and Q3 in the other 1. Its best category quartile is Q2.

Scimago 2025 quartile and rank of Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery in each subject category
Subject categoryQuartileRank in category
SurgeryQ2#197 of 603
Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2#1,125 of 2,517
Neurology (clinical)Q3#218 of 406
Cites per document (2 years, Scopus)
1.83
Documents indexed in 2025 (Scopus)
468

The quartile is the one Scimago prints for each category. Rank is the journal's position by SJR among the journals Scimago lists in that category (#1 is the highest); “—” means we hold no rank consistent with that quartile. The document count is what Scopus indexed that year, which can be lower than a journal's full output. Source: SCImago Journal Rank 2025 edition, from Scopus data (scimagojr.com, CC BY-NC).

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery is Q2 in 2 of its 3 Scimago subject categories (2025 edition; best category Surgery: Q2, #197 of 603), with SJR 0.594 (Scimago) and an h-index of 114 (OpenAlex). Listed in Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed.

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Responding time

Submission to first decision
5 days (median)
Publisher-reported
Submission to post-review decision
31 days (median)
Publisher-reported
Submission to acceptance
56 days (median)
Publisher-reported
Acceptance to publication
2 days (median)
Publisher-reported
Acceptance rate
12%
Publisher-reported

Turnaround figures are indicative, not a guarantee: DOAJ values are self-reported by the journal (average weeks, submission to publication); library estimates are medians of the received/accepted dates printed in papers we hold. Editorial times vary by article type and season — confirm on the journal’s own site.

Indexing & access

Indexed in
ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
Access status:
hybrid. Where this comes from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic — confirm on the journal’s own site, especially regarding any article processing charge.

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Scope

intracranialaneurysmstreatmentcomplicationsneurologycerebrospinalfluidhydrocephaluscellularmolecularneurosciencetraumatic

Frequently asked

Is Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery a predatory journal?

Our screening does not flag Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery. That is not a guarantee of quality — it means the venue is not on Beall's archive (frozen since 2017) and does not match our name-pattern heuristic. It is listed in Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, which is a positive signal.

Is Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?

Per our venue index, Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery appears in: Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed. Index membership changes over time — confirm on the index's own site before relying on it.

What is the impact factor of Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery?

Papers in Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery are cited about 2.2 times each within two years of publication, and Scimago places it in Q2, with an h-index of 114. Those are the open equivalents: the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor is a proprietary metric we neither compute nor license, so we show the two-year citation rate and Scimago quartile instead — they answer the same question of how heavily the journal is cited. A citation rate is a property of a field as much as of a journal.

What Scimago quartile is Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery (Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4)?

In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery is Q2 in 2 of its 3 subject categories and Q3 in the other 1. By category: Surgery: Q2, #197 of 603; Medicine (miscellaneous): Q2, #1,125 of 2,517; Neurology (clinical): Q3, #218 of 406. Its best category quartile is Q2. Quartiles split the journals in a subject category into four equal groups by SJR, so Q1 is the most-cited quarter and Q4 the least; Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery is cited about 2.2 times per paper over two years, with an h-index of 114.

What is the Web of Science (JCR) quartile of Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery?

The Web of Science quartile comes from Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports (JCR), a proprietary product we neither license nor compute — so we cannot state a JCR quartile for Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery. The open equivalent is its best Scimago quartile, Q2 in Surgery and 1 other category, derived from Scopus citation data. Because JCR ranks against Web of Science and Scimago against Scopus, the two can differ, so check Clarivate's site directly if you need the JCR quartile specifically.

Is Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery open access?

Our index records its access status as "hybrid". Where this is derived from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic, so confirm on the journal's own site — particularly if an article processing charge matters to you.

How long does Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery take to publish a paper?

Submission to first decision for Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery takes about 5 days (median) — Publisher-reported. Treat it as indicative rather than a guarantee: editorial times vary by article type, reviewer availability and season, and a self-reported figure is the journal's own.

What is the acceptance rate of Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery?

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery reports an acceptance rate of about 12% — Publisher-reported. Acceptance rates vary by article type and change from year to year, and a publisher-stated figure is the journal's own, so treat it as indicative rather than a guarantee.

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