Wound Repair and Regeneration

Aims & Scope

Wound Repair and Regeneration provides extensive international coverage of cellular and molecular biology, connective tissue, and biological mediator studies in the field of tissue repair and regeneration and serves a diverse audience of surgeons, plastic surgeons, dermatologists, biochemists, cell biologists, and others.

Wound Repair and Regeneration is the official journal of The Wound Healing Society, The European Tissue Repair Society, The Japanese Society for Wound Healing, and The Australian Wound Management Association.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.4
2024	3.80

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.776

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	138

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	7069

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	787

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

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Subjects & Keywords

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

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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.

• PERSPECTIVE ARTICLE: Growth factors and cytokines in wound healing

  Citation: 2998

  Authors: Stephan, Olivera, Michael S., Harold, Marjana

• Human skin wounds: A major and snowballing threat to public health and the economy

  Citation: 2385

  Authors: Chandan K., Gayle M., Sashwati, Robert, Lynn, Thomas K., Finn, Geoffrey C., Michael T.

• Biofilms in chronic wounds

  Citation: 1219

  Authors: Garth A., Ellen, Randall, Elinor deLancey, Patrick, Jennifer, John W., Philip S.

• Wound bed preparation: a systematic approach to wound management

  Citation: 929

  Authors: Gregory S., R. Gary, Vincent, Elizabeth A., Caroline, Keith, Marco, Michael C., Luc, Wolfgang

• Interactions between extracellular matrix and growth factors in wound healing

  Citation: 898

  Authors: Gregory S., Annette

• Functions of hyaluronan in wound repair

  Citation: 877

  Authors: W. Y. JOHN, GIOVANNI

• THE PIG AS A MODEL FOR HUMAN WOUND HEALING

  Citation: 871

  Authors: Tory P, William H, Stephen C, Patricia

• Perspective Article: Tissue repair, contraction, and the myofibroblast

  Citation: 729

  Authors: Alexis, Christine, Giulio

• Analysis of the acute and chronic wound environments: the role of proteases and their inhibitors

  Citation: 714

  Authors: Naomi J., Michael C., Shawn, Neil, Jane, Frank, Gillian, Gregory

• Why chronic wounds will not heal: a novel hypothesis

  Citation: 700

  Authors: Thomas, Klaus, Peter Østrup, Kit G., Richard, Karen, Niels, Michael

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