World Journal of Surgery

Springer Nature
Springer Nature
ISSN: 03642313, 14322323
SCImago
Q1
WOS
Q2
Impact factor
2.3
SJR
0.772
CiteScore
5.1
Categories
Surgery
Areas
Medicine
Years of issue
1976-2025
journal names
World Journal of Surgery
WORLD J SURG
Publications
15 651
Citations
371 150
h-index
176
Publications
2 298
Citations
110 541
Top-3 citing journals
Top-3 organizations
Harvard University
Harvard University (323 publications)
Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic (206 publications)
Harvard University
Harvard University (73 publications)
Karolinska Institute
Karolinska Institute (44 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (4473 publications)
Japan (1775 publications)
United Kingdom (1214 publications)
USA (621 publications)
Japan (235 publications)
United Kingdom (218 publications)

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5961 citations, 1.61%
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2840 citations, 0.77%
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2763 citations, 0.74%
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2325 citations, 0.63%
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2254 citations, 0.61%
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2173 citations, 0.59%
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2121 citations, 0.57%
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2112 citations, 0.57%
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2033 citations, 0.55%
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2011 citations, 0.54%
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2005 citations, 0.54%
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1828 citations, 0.49%
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1822 citations, 0.49%
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1751 citations, 0.47%
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1637 citations, 0.44%
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1546 citations, 0.42%
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1535 citations, 0.41%
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1530 citations, 0.41%
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1525 citations, 0.41%
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1494 citations, 0.4%
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1439 citations, 0.39%
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1405 citations, 0.38%
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1336 citations, 0.36%
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1315 citations, 0.35%
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1274 citations, 0.34%
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1208 citations, 0.33%
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1204 citations, 0.32%
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1143 citations, 0.31%
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1132 citations, 0.3%
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1126 citations, 0.3%
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1094 citations, 0.29%
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1081 citations, 0.29%
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1042 citations, 0.28%
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1002 citations, 0.27%
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982 citations, 0.26%
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980 citations, 0.26%
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917 citations, 0.25%
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865 citations, 0.23%
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855 citations, 0.23%
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844 citations, 0.23%
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841 citations, 0.23%
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834 citations, 0.22%
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831 citations, 0.22%
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809 citations, 0.22%
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798 citations, 0.22%
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795 citations, 0.21%
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788 citations, 0.21%
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781 citations, 0.21%
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777 citations, 0.21%
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750 citations, 0.2%
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736 citations, 0.2%
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725 citations, 0.2%
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712 citations, 0.19%
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708 citations, 0.19%
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685 citations, 0.18%
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681 citations, 0.18%
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661 citations, 0.18%
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643 citations, 0.17%
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641 citations, 0.17%
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638 citations, 0.17%
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635 citations, 0.17%
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628 citations, 0.17%
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626 citations, 0.17%
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617 citations, 0.17%
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599 citations, 0.16%
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571 citations, 0.15%
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570 citations, 0.15%
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552 citations, 0.15%
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551 citations, 0.15%
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550 citations, 0.15%
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543 citations, 0.15%
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538 citations, 0.14%
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527 citations, 0.14%
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526 citations, 0.14%
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516 citations, 0.14%
Oncotarget
509 citations, 0.14%
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509 citations, 0.14%
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507 citations, 0.14%
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506 citations, 0.14%
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502 citations, 0.14%
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495 citations, 0.13%
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493 citations, 0.13%
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491 citations, 0.13%
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477 citations, 0.13%
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477 citations, 0.13%
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473 citations, 0.13%
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470 citations, 0.13%
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457 citations, 0.12%
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448 citations, 0.12%
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445 citations, 0.12%
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88858 citations, 23.94%
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37164 citations, 10.01%
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25631 citations, 6.91%
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7550 citations, 2.03%
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7240 citations, 1.95%
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6772 citations, 1.82%
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3975 citations, 1.07%
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3414 citations, 0.92%
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3245 citations, 0.87%
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2955 citations, 0.8%
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2020 citations, 0.54%
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1463 citations, 0.39%
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1320 citations, 0.36%
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1299 citations, 0.35%
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1283 citations, 0.35%
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746 citations, 0.2%
SciELO
726 citations, 0.2%
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690 citations, 0.19%
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654 citations, 0.18%
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590 citations, 0.16%
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587 citations, 0.16%
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585 citations, 0.16%
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584 citations, 0.16%
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577 citations, 0.16%
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572 citations, 0.15%
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539 citations, 0.15%
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512 citations, 0.14%
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489 citations, 0.13%
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391 citations, 0.11%
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329 citations, 0.09%
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321 citations, 0.09%
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320 citations, 0.09%
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315 citations, 0.08%
International College of Surgeons
305 citations, 0.08%
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285 citations, 0.08%
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274 citations, 0.07%
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Korean Gastric Cancer Association
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Korean Thyroid Association
208 citations, 0.06%
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204 citations, 0.05%
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201 citations, 0.05%
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189 citations, 0.05%
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180 citations, 0.05%
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