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Manuscript Auditing →01Impact factor
Impact factor of Journal of Neurotrauma (2026)
The impact factor shown here is the 2-year mean citedness: citations received in a year by the papers Journal of Neurotrauma published in the two previous years, divided by the number of those papers. That is the same formula as the Journal Impact Factor, applied to the open citation data of OpenAlex. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so it also has an official Journal Impact Factor published by Clarivate, which can differ because it counts citations from Web of Science journals only.
Rank in its subject categories
- Critical Care Medicinerank 10 of 63 journals
- Clinical Neurologyrank 51 of 297 journals
- Neurosciencesrank 111 of 321 journals
Ranks here compare journals of the same Web of Science category in our data by 2-year citedness; they are not the official JCR rank.
Quartile of Journal of Neurotrauma
A journal's quartile (Q1 to Q4) is its position within a subject category: Q1 is the top quarter. The official quartiles are published by Clarivate in Journal Citation Reports (by Journal Impact Factor, in Web of Science categories) and by Scimago as the SJR quartile (in Scopus categories). Journal of Neurotrauma is listed in JCR 2024, so its JCR quartile is in Journal Citation Reports. It is indexed in Scopus, so Scimago shows its SJR quartile. ScholarsColab does not show a quartile until it can show the official one; the impact factor and rank above are calculated from open data.
Citations and papers per year
02Fee waivers
APC waivers and discounts for Journal of Neurotrauma
Journal of Neurotrauma follows the waiver policy of its publisher, Mary Ann Liebert: liebert open access pages redirect to Sage; Sage Research4Life Group A automatic full waiver (applicability to Liebert unverified). No country rule: the publisher decides case by case, or has no waiver scheme.
Waivers apply to fully open access journals. If Journal of Neurotrauma is a hybrid journal, you can publish without any fee through the subscription route.
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Retractions and research integrity at Journal of Neurotrauma
Retractions per year
Most common reasons (a retraction can have several):
Journal of Neurotrauma has 6 retracted papers in the Retraction Watch database, the latest in Apr 2022. A retraction count is not a verdict on a journal: large journals publish more and journals that investigate actively retract more. The trend and the reasons tell you more than the number.
Who funds research published in Journal of Neurotrauma
Funders named most often
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03Indexing
Indexing of Journal of Neurotrauma
- ISSN
- 0897-7151
- eISSN
- 1557-9042
- Publisher
- Mary Ann Liebert Inc. all its journals →
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Scopus source type
- Journal
- Web of Science categories
- Critical Care Medicine, Clinical Neurology, Neurosciences
From the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab, updated 1 March 2026. Indexing can change: confirm on the Web of Science Master Journal List or the Scopus source list before submitting. Official Journal Impact Factors and JCR quartiles are published by Clarivate; the impact factor and quartile on this page are calculated from OpenAlex open data (see how the impact factor works).
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04How to submit
How to submit to Journal of Neurotrauma
- Read the guide for authors. It sets the article types, word limit, reference style and file format that Journal of Neurotrauma accepts. You find it on the official website of the journal, usually under "For authors" or "Submit".
- Format to the journal's style. Check whether it wants a Word file, a LaTeX file or a PDF for the first submission, and follow its reference style; many journals accept any clear format at first and ask for their style only after acceptance.
- Check the fit. Compare your title and abstract with the papers it has published; papers outside the scope are the most common reason for a desk rejection. The Journal Finder shows journals that published the closest work.
- Check the fee. Journal of Neurotrauma is not a fully open access journal, so authors usually pay nothing unless they choose open access for their article or the journal charges page or colour fees. The guide for authors states the current charges.
- Check your manuscript before you submit. The free Submission Readiness Check asks the seven questions our reviewers ask in every audit and takes about 2 minutes.
05What it publishes
What Journal of Neurotrauma publishes: real papers
06Published papers
Papers published in Journal of Neurotrauma
Papers from the publication records ScholarsColab tracks, with their year and citations. Author names are not shown.
07Reviewer comments
Reviewer comments and rejection reasons for Journal of Neurotrauma
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08Same subject
Critical Care Medicine journals with a similar impact factor*
The journals next to Journal of Neurotrauma when the 60 journals of Critical Care Medicine in our data are ranked by impact factor*:
| Rank | Journal | Impact factor* | Indexing | Open access |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine | 4.99 | SCIE | Subscription |
| 7 | Journal of Intensive Medicine | 4.11 | ESCI | Fully open access |
| 8 | Intensive and Critical Care Nursing | 3.77 | SCIE, SSCI | Subscription |
| 9 | Journal of Anesthesia Analgesia and Critical Care | 3.67 | ESCI | Fully open access |
| 11 | Intensive Care Medicine Experimental | 3.30 | ESCI | Fully open access |
| 12 | The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care | 3.00 | SCIE | Subscription |
| 13 | Acute and Critical Care | 2.91 | ESCI | Fully open access |
| 14 | Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open | 2.73 | ESCI | Fully open access |
*Impact factor calculated from OpenAlex open data (2-year citedness), not the official Clarivate value.
09Journal Finder
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No AI or language model is used. Your words are matched against the titles of 156,724 real published journal papers, by our mentors and by other researchers (shown without names); journals are ranked by how many closely matching papers they published. Indexing comes from the SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI, Scopus and JCR 2024 lists, matched by journal name; the impact factor is calculated from OpenAlex open data, not the official Clarivate value, and no quartile is shown until the official JCR or SJR quartile can be; review time comes from the dates publishers deposit in Crossref (not every publisher deposits them). Always check a journal’s scope and current indexing before submitting.
10Questions
Frequently asked questions
What is the impact factor of Journal of Neurotrauma?
Based on OpenAlex citation data (October 2026), the 2-year impact factor of Journal of Neurotrauma is 3.57: papers it published in the two previous years were cited 3.57 times on average in a year. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so Clarivate also publishes an official Journal Impact Factor, which can differ.
What is the h-index of Journal of Neurotrauma?
The h-index of Journal of Neurotrauma is 217 (OpenAlex, October 2026): 217 of its papers have each been cited at least 217 times. Its i10-index is 5,051.
What is the quartile of Journal of Neurotrauma?
A journal's quartile (Q1 to Q4) is its position within a subject category: Q1 is the top quarter. The official quartiles are published by Clarivate in Journal Citation Reports (by Journal Impact Factor, in Web of Science categories) and by Scimago as the SJR quartile (in Scopus categories). Journal of Neurotrauma is listed in JCR 2024, so its JCR quartile is in Journal Citation Reports. It is indexed in Scopus, so Scimago shows its SJR quartile. ScholarsColab does not show a quartile until it can show the official one; the impact factor and rank above are calculated from open data.
Is Journal of Neurotrauma indexed in Scopus?
Yes. Journal of Neurotrauma appears in the Scopus list, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Journal of Neurotrauma an SCIE journal?
Yes. Journal of Neurotrauma is listed in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Journal of Neurotrauma in Journal Citation Reports (JCR)?
Yes. Journal of Neurotrauma is listed in JCR 2024, so it has a Journal Impact Factor. For the current impact factor and quartile, check Journal Citation Reports.
How many papers published in Journal of Neurotrauma does ScholarsColab track?
We track 1 paper published in Journal of Neurotrauma in 2025, cited 0 times in total, with a median of 0 citations per paper.
Does Journal of Neurotrauma offer an APC waiver?
Journal of Neurotrauma follows the policy of Mary Ann Liebert: liebert open access pages redirect to Sage; Sage Research4Life Group A automatic full waiver (applicability to Liebert unverified). No country rule: the publisher decides case by case, or has no waiver scheme. Rules verified 27 October 2026; confirm on the publisher's page.
Has Journal of Neurotrauma retracted papers?
Yes. The Retraction Watch database lists 6 retracted papers in Journal of Neurotrauma, 3 of them in the last 10 years; the most common reasons are concerns/issues about data, concerns/issues about results and/or conclusions, duplication of/in image. A retraction count alone is not a verdict on a journal; look at the trend and the reasons. Data updated October 2026.
Who funds research published in Journal of Neurotrauma?
63% of 200 recent research articles in Journal of Neurotrauma name a funder in Crossref; the funders named most often are National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
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