Burns and Trauma

Aims & Scope

Burns & Trauma is an open access, peer-reviewed journal publishing the latest developments in basic, clinical, and translational research related to burns and traumatic injuries, with a special focus on various aspects of biomaterials, tissue engineering, stem cells, critical care, immunobiology, skin transplantation, prevention, and regeneration of burns and trauma injury.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	9.6
2024	6.30

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.809

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	1724

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1598

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Embase

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Engineering and Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Polymeric hydrogels for burn wound care: Advanced skin wound dressings and regenerative templates

  Citation: 271

  Authors: Marta, Alessandro, Luigi, Christian

• Biofilm delays wound healing: A review of the evidence

  Citation: 235

  Authors: DanielG, PhilipG

• The use of hyaluronic acid based dressings to treat burns: A review

  Citation: 117

  Authors: Cristina

• Collective cell migration: Implications for wound healing and cancer invasion

  Citation: 111

  Authors: Jianxin, Li, Yong, Min

• Advances in sepsis-associated liver dysfunction

  Citation: 108

  Authors: Yongming, Dawei, Yimei

• History of burns: The past, present and the future

  Citation: 83

  Authors: NaiemS, KwangChear, Kavita

• Honey exposure stimulates wound repair of human dermal fibroblasts

  Citation: 63

  Authors: Elia, Simona, Bruno

• Chronic allograft rejection: A significant hurdle to transplant success

  Citation: 63

  Authors: Malgorzata, RafikM

• Inflammation and cardiac dysfunction during sepsis, muscular dystrophy, and myocarditis

  Citation: 52

  Authors: Xiongwen, Yizhi, Shuping, Ying

• Current progress of skin tissue engineering: Seed cells, bioscaffolds, and construction strategies

  Citation: 50

  Authors: Yan, Huanjing

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