Open Access
Open access

International Journal of Surgery

Elsevier
Elsevier
ISSN: 17439191, 17439159
SCImago
Q1
WOS
Q1
Impact factor
12.5
SJR
2.895
CiteScore
17.7
Categories
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Surgery
Areas
Medicine
Years of issue
2003-2025
journal names
International Journal of Surgery
INT J SURG
Publications
14 103
Citations
135 561
h-index
98
Publications
3 991
Citations
98 179
Top-3 citing journals
Top-3 organizations
Imperial College London
Imperial College London (238 publications)
Sichuan University
Sichuan University (173 publications)
Sun Yat-sen University
Sun Yat-sen University (123 publications)
Sichuan University
Sichuan University (127 publications)
Sun Yat-sen University
Sun Yat-sen University (83 publications)
Capital Medical University
Capital Medical University (68 publications)
Top-3 countries
United Kingdom (4027 publications)
China (2250 publications)
USA (784 publications)
China (1408 publications)
USA (246 publications)
United Kingdom (224 publications)

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International Journal of Surgery Case Reports
8432 citations, 6.22%
Annals of Medicine and Surgery
3948 citations, 2.91%
International Journal of Surgery
3852 citations, 2.84%
Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques
1381 citations, 1.02%
Cureus
1334 citations, 0.98%
Medicine (United States)
1102 citations, 0.81%
Journal of Clinical Medicine
1088 citations, 0.8%
PLoS ONE
1050 citations, 0.77%
Scientific Reports
998 citations, 0.74%
Frontiers in Oncology
850 citations, 0.63%
BMJ Open
735 citations, 0.54%
World Journal of Surgery
730 citations, 0.54%
Cancers
702 citations, 0.52%
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
643 citations, 0.47%
Obesity Surgery
590 citations, 0.44%
Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery
567 citations, 0.42%
Frontiers in Surgery
551 citations, 0.41%
BMC Surgery
516 citations, 0.38%
Surgery (US)
510 citations, 0.38%
Updates in Surgery
508 citations, 0.37%
Journal of Surgical Research
484 citations, 0.36%
Annals of Surgical Oncology
466 citations, 0.34%
World Neurosurgery
446 citations, 0.33%
Hernia : the journal of hernias and abdominal wall surgery
440 citations, 0.32%
International Journal of Surgery Open
426 citations, 0.31%
European Journal of Surgical Oncology
407 citations, 0.3%
International Journal of Colorectal Disease
394 citations, 0.29%
Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
377 citations, 0.28%
ANZ Journal of Surgery
375 citations, 0.28%
American Journal of Surgery
365 citations, 0.27%
Annals of Surgery
354 citations, 0.26%
Colorectal Disease
348 citations, 0.26%
Frontiers in Endocrinology
340 citations, 0.25%
Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques - Part A
336 citations, 0.25%
HPB
333 citations, 0.25%
World Journal of Surgical Oncology
330 citations, 0.24%
World Journal of Gastroenterology
327 citations, 0.24%
Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
316 citations, 0.23%
Heliyon
314 citations, 0.23%
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
298 citations, 0.22%
Frontiers in Immunology
295 citations, 0.22%
Frontiers in Public Health
292 citations, 0.22%
Asian Journal of Surgery
289 citations, 0.21%
British Journal of Surgery
289 citations, 0.21%
Sustainability
289 citations, 0.21%
American Surgeon
286 citations, 0.21%
World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
273 citations, 0.2%
Surgical Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and Percutaneous Techniques
272 citations, 0.2%
Nutrients
271 citations, 0.2%
Frontiers in Medicine
264 citations, 0.19%
Indian Journal of Surgery
259 citations, 0.19%
Injury
256 citations, 0.19%
BMC Cancer
239 citations, 0.18%
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
239 citations, 0.18%
Gland Surgery
232 citations, 0.17%
Medicina
227 citations, 0.17%
World Journal of Clinical Cases
224 citations, 0.17%
BMC Public Health
220 citations, 0.16%
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
218 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Surgical Oncology
210 citations, 0.15%
Techniques in Coloproctology
210 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Arthroplasty
204 citations, 0.15%
Healthcare
201 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Robotic Surgery
197 citations, 0.15%
Surgery Today
194 citations, 0.14%
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases
189 citations, 0.14%
Trials
189 citations, 0.14%
European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
184 citations, 0.14%
World Journal of Emergency Surgery
181 citations, 0.13%
Diseases of the Colon and Rectum
176 citations, 0.13%
Diagnostics
176 citations, 0.13%
BMJ Case Reports
174 citations, 0.13%
Cirugia Espanola
172 citations, 0.13%
Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
165 citations, 0.12%
Xenotransplantation
163 citations, 0.12%
Journal of Vascular Surgery
161 citations, 0.12%
BioMed Research International
160 citations, 0.12%
Frontiers in Psychology
155 citations, 0.11%
Oncotarget
153 citations, 0.11%
Annals of Vascular Surgery
153 citations, 0.11%
Journal of Pediatric Surgery
149 citations, 0.11%
JAMA network open
149 citations, 0.11%
BJS Open
149 citations, 0.11%
Journal of Thoracic Disease
147 citations, 0.11%
Surgical Innovation
146 citations, 0.11%
Journal of Surgical Education
144 citations, 0.11%
Vaccines
143 citations, 0.11%
Journal of Personalized Medicine
137 citations, 0.1%
Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery
136 citations, 0.1%
Surgical Infections
135 citations, 0.1%
Frontiers in Pharmacology
133 citations, 0.1%
Biomedicines
133 citations, 0.1%
Journal of International Medical Research
132 citations, 0.1%
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
131 citations, 0.1%
Journal of visceral surgery
131 citations, 0.1%
F1000Research
127 citations, 0.09%
International Wound Journal
121 citations, 0.09%
BMC Anesthesiology
119 citations, 0.09%
Chirurg
116 citations, 0.09%
Orthopaedic surgery
116 citations, 0.09%
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Elsevier
40115 citations, 29.59%
Springer Nature
25892 citations, 19.1%
Wiley
9784 citations, 7.22%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
7546 citations, 5.57%
MDPI
7357 citations, 5.43%
Frontiers Media S.A.
4670 citations, 3.44%
Taylor & Francis
4107 citations, 3.03%
SAGE
3483 citations, 2.57%
Oxford University Press
1777 citations, 1.31%
BMJ
1656 citations, 1.22%
AME Publishing Company
1420 citations, 1.05%
Baishideng Publishing Group
1279 citations, 0.94%
Hindawi Limited
1221 citations, 0.9%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
1196 citations, 0.88%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
1143 citations, 0.84%
Mary Ann Liebert
979 citations, 0.72%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
747 citations, 0.55%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
730 citations, 0.54%
JMIR Publications
616 citations, 0.45%
S. Karger AG
465 citations, 0.34%
Cambridge University Press
407 citations, 0.3%
Emerald
402 citations, 0.3%
American Medical Association (AMA)
396 citations, 0.29%
Spandidos Publications
394 citations, 0.29%
Medknow
349 citations, 0.26%
Research Square Platform LLC
348 citations, 0.26%
SciELO
305 citations, 0.22%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
273 citations, 0.2%
Media Sphere Publishing House
265 citations, 0.2%
Walter de Gruyter
263 citations, 0.19%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
238 citations, 0.18%
IntechOpen
217 citations, 0.16%
Impact Journals
194 citations, 0.14%
The Royal College of Surgeons of England
185 citations, 0.14%
F1000 Research
185 citations, 0.14%
IGI Global
181 citations, 0.13%
158 citations, 0.12%
Mark Allen Group
156 citations, 0.12%
Hans Publishers
156 citations, 0.12%
OAE Publishing Inc.
141 citations, 0.1%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
139 citations, 0.1%
IOP Publishing
134 citations, 0.1%
Edizioni Minerva Medica
129 citations, 0.1%
Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)
129 citations, 0.1%
XMLink
127 citations, 0.09%
Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishing
120 citations, 0.09%
IOS Press
111 citations, 0.08%
British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery
105 citations, 0.08%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
97 citations, 0.07%
Colegio Brasileiro de Cirurgioes
91 citations, 0.07%
82 citations, 0.06%
The Korean Association of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery
78 citations, 0.06%
Colegio Brasileiro de Cirurgia Digestiva
75 citations, 0.06%
75 citations, 0.06%
Bioscientifica
74 citations, 0.05%
AIP Publishing
73 citations, 0.05%
Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
69 citations, 0.05%
PeerJ
68 citations, 0.05%
Eco-Vector LLC
66 citations, 0.05%
The Endocrine Society
60 citations, 0.04%
EDP Sciences
56 citations, 0.04%
The Japan Society of Coloproctology
56 citations, 0.04%
SLACK
54 citations, 0.04%
Scientific Research Publishing
53 citations, 0.04%
The Korean Surgical Society
52 citations, 0.04%
Social Science Electronic Publishing
50 citations, 0.04%
Japan Surgical Association
49 citations, 0.04%
The Korean Society of Endo-Laparoscopic & Robotic Surgery
47 citations, 0.03%
World Scientific
46 citations, 0.03%
American Roentgen Ray Society
46 citations, 0.03%
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)
45 citations, 0.03%