Spine
Last updated ISSN 0362-2436
Spine is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins in medicine. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Spine concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
- Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
- Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques
- Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Medical Imaging and Analysis
- Spinal Cord Injury Research
- Management of metastatic bone disease
- Spinal Hematomas and Complications
- Anesthesia and Pain Management
Key facts
| Publisher | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0362-2436, 1528-1159 |
| Subject area | Medicine |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 23,930 |
| Publishing since | 1976 |
| Journal website | www.spinejournal.com/ |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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