BiomedicalPublications

Surgical Techniques Development

PAGEPress (Italy)·ISSN 2038-9574

Open accessIn DOAJFee waivers availableMedicine

Cost to publish

$1,689

Open-access article processing charge, list price.

Time to publication

6 wks

Fast for a peer-reviewed journal — check what review depth that implies.

h-index

6

OpenAlex citation statistic. Not a Journal Impact Factor.

2-year mean citedness

0.7

Average citations to articles from the previous two years.

What it costs to publish here

Publishing an open-access article in Surgical Techniques Development is listed at $1,689. The publisher also lists 1,400 CHF. The journal reports that fee waivers are available — worth pursuing if you are funding this yourself or working from a lower-income country.

The journal's own fee page →

What this journal has charged over time

List price for an open-access article in Surgical Techniques Development, as recorded by OpenAlex for each year. The fee has risen 61% since 2022, from $1,047 to $1,689.

$0$845$1.7k2022: $1,04720222023: $1,55720232024: $1,59120242025: $1,6892025

Publishers change list prices without notice and often apply discounts, institutional agreements or waivers. Treat this as the trend, and confirm the current figure with the journal.

Peer review and licensing

Review modelAnonymous peer review, Open peer review (policy)
LicenceCC BY
Author keeps copyrightYes
Plagiarism screeningYes
Editorial boardPublished →
LanguagesEN

Verification checks

8 of 8 confirmed

These are facts we could verify in public records, not a verdict. A journal missing a check is not necessarily disreputable — many long-established subscription journals sit outside the open-access registries entirely. Use them as questions to ask, and confirm anything that matters directly with the journal before you submit.

  • Listed in the Directory of Open Access JournalsDOAJ applies a documented set of inclusion criteria.
  • Included in OpenAlex's curated core setOpenAlex flags well-established venues that appear across major indexes.
  • Peer review model publicly declaredAnonymous peer review, Open peer review
  • Publication charges stated up frontA journal that will not tell you the fee before submission is worth a second look.
  • Screens submissions for plagiarismReported to DOAJ by the journal.
  • Participates in a digital preservation schemeArchiving means the record survives if the publisher does not.
  • Assigns persistent identifiers (DOIs)Standard practice; its absence is unusual.
  • Still actively publishingMost recent indexed article: 2026.

Scope

The subjects Surgical Techniques Development publishes most, derived from the topics assigned to its indexed articles.

Spine and Intervertebral Disc PathologyReconstructive Surgery and Microvascular TechniquesBone fractures and treatmentsColorectal Cancer Surgical TreatmentsAnatomy and Medical TechnologyTracheal and airway disordersShoulder Injury and TreatmentTotal Knee Arthroplasty OutcomesSpinal Fractures and Fixation TechniquesOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation

Publication record

Indexed articles206
Total citations215
i10-index4
Most recent indexed article2026
Open access since2011
All ISSNs2038-9574, 2038-9582

Counts reflect what OpenAlex has indexed and will differ from the publisher's own figures. We do not show a founding year: OpenAlex's first-publication dates are distorted by mis-dated records — it puts PLoS ONE in 1806 — and we would rather omit a number than print one we cannot stand behind.