International Surgery
International College of Surgeons · United States · Est. 1938
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Aims & Scope
International Surgery invites submission of original Open Access (OA) manuscripts on clinical, experimental, cultural, and historical topics pertinent to surgery and related fields. A key focus is to publish research on humanitarian surgery undertaken throughout the world. The journal is a means to disseminate surgical research to underpin the ICS force for achieving greater knowledge, goodwill and peace worldwide. International Surgery provides readers with critically peer-reviewed, rigorously chosen, edited and the latest articles about advances in surgery.
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Ethics & Quality
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Publication & Citation Trend
Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.
SJR Quartile by Discipline
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Frequently asked questions about International Surgery
Is International Surgery a predatory journal?
PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Surgery: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.
What is the impact factor of International Surgery?
International Surgery is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.11.
Is International Surgery indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?
International Surgery is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.
What is the aims and scope of International Surgery?
International Surgery invites submission of original Open Access (OA) manuscripts on clinical, experimental, cultural, and historical topics pertinent to surgery and related fields. A key focus is to publish research on humanitarian surgery undertaken throughout the world. The journal is a means to disseminate surgical research to underpin the ICS force for achieving greater knowledge, goodwill and peace worldwide. International Surgery provides readers with critically peer-reviewed, rigorously chosen, edited and the latest articles about advances in surgery.
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