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World Journal of Surgery

John Wiley and Sons Inc · United States

ISSN0364-2313

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.794

H-Indexi

216

SNIPi

1.116

Total Worksi

16,889

Total Citationsi

512,292

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.44

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Surgery.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

FrequencyNine No. A Year, 1996-

StatusActive

Total Publications16,889

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelHybrid

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

⚡ Hybrid journal — subscription model available.

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Inc

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0364-2313

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

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

455

9.2k

2019

559

9.4k

2020

496

4.9k

2021

494

5.2k

2022

436

2.3k

2023

417

1.4k

2024

463

717

2025

334

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.

SurgeryQ1

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Surgery

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Vascular Procedures and ComplicationsAnesthesia and Pain ManagementAortic Disease and Treatment ApproachesThyroid and Parathyroid SurgeryPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology ResearchHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and PrognosisGallbladder and Bile Duct DisordersThyroid Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentGastric Cancer Management and OutcomesCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes

Frequently asked questions about World Journal of Surgery

Is World Journal of Surgery a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for World Journal of Surgery: it is indexed in Scopus, 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 World Journal of Surgery?

World Journal of Surgery is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.794.

Is World Journal of Surgery indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

World Journal of Surgery is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of World Journal of Surgery?