Advances in Wound Care

Advances in Wound Care is a monthly journal published by SAGE in association with Mary Ann Liebert as the official publication of the Wound Healing Society, launched in 2012 and covering tissue injury and repair, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 5.7.《伤口护理进展》（Advances in Wound Care）由（SAGE）联合（Mary Ann Liebert）出版，为美国伤口愈合学会的官方刊物，2012 年创刊，聚焦组织损伤与修复，2025 年期刊影响因子为 5.7。

Scope

• The journal moves research from bench to bedside, with applications in burns, major trauma, blast injury, surgery and diabetic ulcers.期刊推动研究从实验室走向临床，应用场景包括烧伤、重大创伤、爆炸伤、外科手术与糖尿病性溃疡。
• Skin bioengineering and skin and tissue regeneration are named as signature areas, together with biomaterials and cell-based repair strategies.皮肤生物工程与皮肤及组织再生被列为标志性方向，生物材料与细胞修复策略同属其中。
• Acute, chronic and complex wounds, including pressure injuries and ostomy wounds, form the clinical core of the coverage.急性、慢性与复杂性伤口，包括压力性损伤与造口伤口，构成其临床报道核心。
• Dressings, anti-scar strategies, biofilm control and inflammation are treated as translational problems rather than laboratory curiosities.敷料、抗瘢痕策略、生物膜控制与炎症被视为转化问题，而非实验室里的好奇对象。
• Burns and healing, oxygen and angiogenesis, and critical limb ischaemia each receive sustained attention.烧伤与愈合、氧与血管生成、严重肢体缺血各自获得持续关注。
• Military wound care, new devices and emerging technologies are explicitly listed, reflecting the journal's applied remit.军事伤口护理、新型器械与新兴技术被明确列入，体现期刊的应用取向。
• Public-academia-private partnership is endorsed in the journal's own statement of purpose as a route to better outcomes.期刊在办刊宗旨中明确支持公私学术合作，视之为改善临床结局的路径。

History

• The title was launched in 2012 as the official journal of the Wound Healing Society, a national society based in the United States.本刊于 2012 年创刊，作为美国伤口愈合学会的官方期刊，该学会为美国全国性学术团体。
• It appeared first under Mary Ann Liebert, the publisher long associated with the society's journal programme, and is now hosted by SAGE with Liebert as publishing partner.期刊最初由（Mary Ann Liebert）出版，该社长期承办该学会的期刊业务，现由（SAGE）承办，（Liebert）作为出版伙伴参与。
• Clarivate added the journal to its coverage in 2018, and it has since been indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded as well as in PubMed Central and Scopus.（Clarivate）于 2018 年将本刊纳入收录范围，此后本刊同时被科学引文索引扩展版、PubMed Central 与 Scopus 收录。
• Twelve issues appear each year, and accepted papers are posted OnlineFirst so that they circulate before issue assignment.期刊每年出版 12 期，录用论文先以在线优先形式发布，在编入期号之前即开始传播。
• The 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 5.7, against 5.6 in 2024 and 4.947 in 2022, and the journal ranks 9th of 99 in dermatology.2025 年期刊影响因子为 5.7，2024 年为 5.6，2022 年为 4.947，在皮肤病学类 99 种期刊中位列第 9。
• The journal describes itself as the top-ranked title by impact factor within the wound care field, a claim tied to its dermatology category position.期刊自称按影响因子计在伤口护理领域排名第一，此说与其在皮肤病学分类中的位次相关。

Editors

• Chandan K. Sen, professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, is editor-in-chief and has led the title through its growth.主编（Chandan K. Sen）为匹兹堡大学医学院教授，任内推动刊物成长。
• Sen's research concerns tissue repair, regenerative medicine and redox signalling in wound healing, which colours the journal's translational bias.（Chandan K. Sen）的研究涉及组织修复、再生医学与伤口愈合中的氧化还原信号，这塑造了期刊的转化导向。
• The editorial board is composed of leading investigators in wound repair and is drawn largely from United States academic medical centres.编委会由伤口修复领域的领军研究者组成，主要来自美国各大学医学中心。
• Discovery Express is a rapid track for short original reports, with a promised submission-to-decision time of no more than two weeks.（Discovery Express）为短篇原创报告的快速通道，承诺自投稿至决定不超过两周。
• Technology Advances handles product development and novel research methodologies, a track aimed at device and industry audiences.（Technology Advances）栏目处理产品开发与新型研究方法，面向器械与产业读者。
• Critical reviews and comprehensive invited reviews are commissioned from established experts, and News and Views pieces carry expert perspectives on community developments.批评性综述与综合性约稿综述由资深专家撰写，（News and Views）栏目则提供专家对学界动态的评论。