The Foot
Last updated ISSN 0958-2592
The Foot is published by Elsevier BV in medicine. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,250.
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What it publishes
Recent work in The Foot concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Foot and Ankle Surgery
- Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies
- Tendon Structure and Treatment
- Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management
- Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
- Human auditory perception and evaluation
- Sports injuries and prevention
- Musculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatments
- Bone fractures and treatments
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
Key facts
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0958-2592, 1532-2963 |
| Subject area | Medicine |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,250 |
| Indexed in | Scopus |
| Articles published | 2,287 |
| Publishing since | 1986 |
| Journal website | www.journals.elsevier.com/the-foot |
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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