Journal Overview

Aims & Scope

The journal aims to provide a platform for basic and clinical researchers, teachers, and medical students in the plastic and aesthetic surgery field to exchange information and share experience, thus promoting the development of the field.

The journal covers technical and clinical studies related to plastic and aesthetic surgery, such as plastic and aesthetic materials, plastic surgery, oral and maxillofacial surgery, head and neck surgery, microsurgery, laser treatment, orthopedic surgery, ophthalmoplasty, dentistry, psychology, social ethics, and other medical disciplines associated with the postoperative complications of plastic surgery. The journal particularly focuses on publishing research papers on plastic and aesthetic materials and aesthetic medicine.

Abstracting & Indexing

Indexed within ESCI (Web of Science), Scopus, Dimensions, CNKI, Lens, ASCI, and other databases

Journal Rank

JCR - Q2 (Clinical Medicine, Surgery) / CiteScore - Q2 (Medicine, Surgery)

Rapid Publication

Median time to first decision is 14 days, and from acceptance to publication is 7 days.

Recognition of Reviewers

Reviewers whose reports are timely and of high quality receive an APC discount voucher for a future publication in an OAE journal. Become a reviewer.

Impact Factor

Impact Factor: 2.3 (2025)