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International Surgery

International College of Surgeons · United States · Est. 1938

ISSN0020-8868eISSN2520-2456
SJR Q4WOS SCIEScopus / SJRDOAJOpen Access
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q4
SJR · Scopus
Bottom 25%
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.11
H-Indexi
43
SNIPi
0.071
Total Worksi
1,317
Total Citationsi
10,760
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.11
Open Impact Factor alternative

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.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1938
FrequencyMonthly, 2015-
StatusActive
Total Publications1,317
Publisher OrgThe International College of Surgeons
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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access
Peer ReviewDouble-blind
OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✗ No

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

8/11 · 73%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
International College of Surgeons
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
0020-8868 / 2520-2456
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed
Peer review process documented?
Double-blind
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
No
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
Primary language documented?
English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published
Citations received
75
66
2019
30
19
2020
65
59
2021
17
13
2022
13
5
2023
30
7
2024
44
2
2025
16
0
2026

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

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

SurgeryQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Surgery

Scopus Categories

Surgery

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Gastric Cancer Management and OutcomesColorectal Cancer Surgical TreatmentsEsophageal and GI PathologyPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology ResearchHernia repair and management

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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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref