The Spine Journal
Last updated ISSN 1529-9430
The Spine Journal is published by Elsevier BV in medicine. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $4,980.
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What it publishes
Recent work in The Spine Journal concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
- Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques
- Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
- Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment
- Medical Imaging and Analysis
- Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries
- Management of metastatic bone disease
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Anesthesia and Pain Management
Key facts
| Publisher | Elsevier BV |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1529-9430, 1878-1632 |
| Subject area | Medicine |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $4,980 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 18,127 |
| Publishing since | 2001 |
| Journal website | www.sciencedirect.com/journal/the-spine-journal |
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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