Aesthetic Surgery Journal Open Forum

Aesthetic Surgery Journal Open Forum is the open access companion to Aesthetic Surgery Journal, and it is published online by Oxford University Press for The Aesthetic Society.《美容外科杂志开放论坛》是《美容外科杂志》的开放获取姊妹刊，由牛津大学出版社为美容外科学会在线出版。

It has no print edition, so the online ISSN 2631-4797 is the only identifier the journal carries.这本刊没有纸本，国际标准刊号只有在线号 2631-4797 一个。

Volume 8 is the 2026 volume, which makes the volume number equal to the year minus 2018.2026 年出的是第 8 卷，卷号等于年份减 2018。

Its 2025 impact factor is 2.3, the same as the five-year figure, and the journal ranks 105th of 321 in surgery.2025 年影响因子 2.3，五年值也是 2.3，在外科类目 321 种刊里排第 105。

The title entered the metrics table late, with 1.9 for 2024 and 2.3 for 2025 as its only two annual values so far.这本刊进指标表较晚，目前只有两个年度值，2024 年 1.9，2025 年 2.3。

Scope

• The remit covers aesthetic surgery and cosmetic treatments, with an emphasis on practical clinical advances that a surgeon can use.范围覆盖美容外科与美容治疗，重点是外科医生拿得起来就用的临床进展。

• Ten subject areas are named, among them body contouring, breast surgery, cosmetic medicine and facial surgery.列出的方向有十个，其中有身体塑形，乳房外科，美容医学与面部外科。

• The same list runs on through aesthetic genital plastic surgery, oculoplastic surgery, rhinoplasty, research, social media and behavioral science, and reputation.同一份清单往下接着是生殖器美容外科，眼整形外科，鼻整形，研究，社交媒体与行为科学，以及声誉研究。

• An original article may run to 5,000 words with about 10 figures and tables and up to 50 references.原创论文可到 5000 词，图表合计约 10 个，参考文献最多 50 条。

• Its abstract is structured under Background, Objectives, Methods, Results and Conclusions, and the body repeats those sections in full.摘要按背景，目标，方法，结果，结论五段排，正文再把这几节完整写一遍。

• Reviews take the same length and reference limits with 15 figures and tables, and the abstract there is unstructured.综述的篇幅与参考文献额度相同，图表可到 15 个，摘要不设小标题。

• The guide asks for systematic reviews over narrative ones, and it reserves narrative work for fields that are still moving.须知要求优先交系统综述，叙述性综述只留给仍在快速变动的领域。

• A preliminary report is set at 3,500 words with 6 figures and tables and 25 references, and it follows the original article format.初步报告定在 3500 词，图表 6 个，参考文献 25 条，格式照原创论文办。

• Case reports run to 1,500 words with 5 figures and tables and 25 references, and each one needs a video abstract of 30 to 60 seconds.病例报告限 1500 词，图表 5 个，参考文献 25 条，每篇都要配一段 30 到 60 秒的视频摘要。

• A special topic carries 3,000 words with 6 figures and tables and 20 references, and most of these pieces are invited by the editor.专题文章给 3000 词，图表 6 个，参考文献 20 条，这类稿子多由主编约写。

• Technique videos need a series of at least 10 cases, up to 1,000 words, 15 figures and tables, and 30 references.技术视频要求至少 10 例病例，正文不超过 1000 词，图表 15 个，参考文献 30 条。

• A video roundtable pairs the recording with a print note of 200 words and 10 references, and it carries no figures or tables.圆桌视频配一段 200 词的文字说明与 10 条参考文献，不设图表。

• Commentaries are invited and run to 1,500 words with one figure or table and 10 references, and editorials to about 1,500 words with 5.评论稿由编辑部约写，1500 词，一图或一表，参考文献 10 条，社论约 1500 词，参考文献 5 条。

• A letter to the editor is limited to 300 words and 5 references, and it must answer a paper published within the previous 12 months.读者来信限 300 词，参考文献 5 条，针对的必须是过去 12 个月内发表的稿子。

• Every study with an evidence-based claim carries a Level of Evidence, chosen by the author at submission and confirmed by the editor after acceptance.带循证结论的研究都要标证据等级，作者投稿时选，主编录用后核定。

History

• Volume 1 opened in March 2019, which is the date NLM gives for the start of its PubMed coverage.第 1 卷从 2019 年 3 月开张，NLM 记录里 PubMed 收录的起点就是这个时候。

• The masthead carries two editors emeriti, Jeffrey M. Kenkel, who held the editor-in-chief post from 2019 to 2023, and Foad Nahai, marked as founding editor.刊头列两位荣休主编，Jeffrey M. Kenkel 在 2019 年到 2023 年间任主编，Foad Nahai 标的是创刊主编。

• Al Aly, a body contouring surgeon at UT Southwestern, now holds the editor-in-chief post.现任主编是德州大学西南医学中心的体形塑造外科医生 Al Aly。

• The journal sits in the Emerging Sources Citation Index rather than in the flagship science index, and surgery is its single JCR category.这本刊进的是《新兴来源引文索引》，不在旗舰版科学索引里，外科是它唯一的期刊引证类目。

• It is also listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals, which the publisher names among the indexing routes for the title.刊名也进了开放获取期刊目录，出版方把这一条列在刊物的收录渠道里。

• Full text usage for 2025 came to 283,207, and the cited half-life is 2.7 years, short enough to reflect a young journal.2025 年全文使用量 283207 次，引用半衰期 2.7 年，短得足以说明这是一本年轻的刊物。

• The 2025 immediacy index is 0.3, the Eigenfactor score 0.00155 and the article influence score 0.583.2025 年的即年指标 0.3，特征因子 0.00155，论文影响分值 0.583。

• Median time from submission to first decision is 20 days, and to a final decision 56 days.从投稿到首次决定的中位时间是 20 天，到终审决定是 56 天。

• Accepted articles go online about a week after acceptance, which suits a journal with continuous article numbering.录用的稿子在录用后约一周上线，这与按文章编号连续出版的做法相配。

• Papers are labelled ojag or ojaf by year rather than paginated by issue, and 2026 carries a supplement dated August.文章按年份取字母编号，不按分期编页码，2026 年另有一期 8 月的增刊。

• The journal is editorially independent of Aesthetic Surgery Journal, and the two share a publisher and a society but not an editorial board.刊物在编辑上独立于《美容外科杂志》，两者共用一家出版社与一个学会，编委会并不共用。

• A paper rejected at the sister journal may be redirected here with its earlier reviews, and the editors may still send it out again.在姊妹刊被拒的稿子可以带着原有审稿意见转投过来，编辑仍可能再送一轮外审。

• Authors who want a clean slate ask for a fresh review in the cover letter, and the office then assigns new referees.想要重新开始的作者可在投稿信里要求全新评审，编辑部随后另派审稿人。

• The publisher describes the journal as award-winning, and it markets the video library as the feature that separates it from the parent title.出版方称这本刊拿过奖，并把视频库当作它与母刊分开的招牌。

Editors

• Al Aly heads the board from the plastic surgery department at UT Southwestern, where he also directs the post-bariatric body contouring program.Al Aly 在德州大学西南医学中心整形外科任主编，同时主管减重后体形塑造项目。

• Ryan E. Austin of the University of Toronto is associate editor, and his research covers breast surgery, body contouring and patient safety.多伦多大学的 Ryan E. Austin 任副主编，研究方向包括乳房外科，体形塑造与患者安全。

• The facial surgery section has two editors, Michael R. Lee at UT Southwestern and David M. Turer at Pittsburgh.面部外科一节有两位编辑，德州大学西南医学中心的 Michael R. Lee 与匹兹堡的 David M. Turer。

• Salvatore J. Pacella edits the oculoplastic section from Scripps Clinic in La Jolla, and Ariel N. Rad edits rhinoplasty from private practice in Washington.眼整形一节由拉霍亚斯克里普斯诊所的 Salvatore J. Pacella 负责，鼻整形由华盛顿私人执业的 Ariel N. Rad 负责。

• Aesthetic breast surgery is split between Marc D. Pacifico in Kent and Stephen Bresnick in Los Angeles, and body contouring between Nora Nugent in Kent and Ahmad N. Saad in Barcelona.乳房美容外科由肯特的 Marc D. Pacifico 与洛杉矶的 Stephen Bresnick 分担，体形塑造由肯特的 Nora Nugent 与巴塞罗那的 Ahmad N. Saad 分担。

• Dzifa S. Kpodzo covers aesthetic genital plastic surgery from Albany Medical Center, and Graeme E. Glass covers cosmetic medicine from London.生殖器美容外科由奥尔巴尼医学中心的 Dzifa S. Kpodzo 负责，美容医学由伦敦的 Graeme E. Glass 负责。

• Regenerative medicine sits with Katarina Andjelkov in Belgrade, and the research section with Jeffrey D. Larson at Wisconsin.再生医学归贝尔格莱德的 Katarina Andjelkov，研究一节归威斯康星大学的 Jeffrey D. Larson。

• Two newer posts cover method rather than anatomy, with Libby Copeland-Halperin on artificial intelligence and Christopher J. Coroneos on evidence-based medicine.另有两个较新的岗位管方法而不管部位，Libby Copeland-Halperin 管人工智能，Christopher J. Coroneos 管循证医学。

• Lorne K. Rosenfield handles book reviews, and 13 contributing editors fill out the masthead, most of them in private practice.书评由 Lorne K. Rosenfield 负责，另有 13 位撰稿编辑撑起刊头，其中多数在私人执业。

• Nine international ambassadors sit alongside the editors, from Beijing, Curitiba, Istanbul, Barcelona, Vadodara, Cleveland, Kent and Milan.编辑之外还有 9 位国际使者，来自北京，库里蒂巴，伊斯坦布尔，巴塞罗那，瓦多达拉，克利夫兰，肯特与米兰。

• Phaedra E. Cress is executive publisher, Matt Harris managing editor and Anastasia Cyzewski assistant managing editor, with the office reached at journal@theaestheticsociety.org.Phaedra E. Cress 任执行出版人，Matt Harris 任执行编辑，Anastasia Cyzewski 任助理执行编辑，编辑部邮箱是 journal@theaestheticsociety.org。

• Review is double blinded, with at least two outside referees and the editor-in-chief reading each paper, and a statistician joins when the analysis needs one.评审采双盲，每篇稿子至少两位外审加主编过目，分析需要时再请一位统计学家。