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Ambulatory Surgery

International Association for Ambulatory Surgery · United Kingdom

ISSN0966-6532

SJR Q4✓ 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

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.133

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

871

Total Citationsi

2,618

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Ambulatory Surgery is the official clinical journal for the International Association for Ambulatory Surgery. It provides a multidisciplinary international forum for all health care professionals involved in day care surgery.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 1 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications871

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

International Association for Ambulatory Surgery

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0966-6532

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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

140

180

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2012

2019

2020

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.

Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineQ4

Medical and Surgical NursingQ4

SurgeryQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Medical and Surgical NursingSurgeryAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Nausea and vomiting managementAnesthesia and Pain ManagementCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesAnesthesia and Sedative AgentsAirway Management and Intubation Techniques

Frequently asked questions about Ambulatory Surgery

Is Ambulatory Surgery a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Ambulatory 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 Ambulatory Surgery?

Ambulatory Surgery is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.133.

Is Ambulatory Surgery indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Ambulatory Surgery is indexed in Scopus.