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Journal of Minimal Access Surgery

Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications · India

ISSN0972-9941eISSN1998-3921

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.344

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.69

Total Worksi

1,595

Total Citationsi

15,243

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.59

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Surgery; Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology. Topics: laparoscopic surgery, thoracoscopic surgery, laparoscopic urology, gastrointestinal endoscopy

General Information

Country / RegionIndia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications1,595

Publisher OrgMedknow

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-SA

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPorticoPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0972-9941 / 1998-3921

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

LOCKSS, Portico, PMC, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

617

2019

509

2020

117

617

2021

108

510

2022

100

301

2023

101

168

2024

111

2025

173

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.

SurgeryQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Surgery

Scopus Categories

Surgery

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Hernia repair and managementGallbladder and Bile Duct DisordersMinimally Invasive Surgical TechniquesEsophageal and GI PathologyAppendicitis Diagnosis and Management

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Minimal Access Surgery

Is Journal of Minimal Access Surgery a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Minimal Access 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 Journal of Minimal Access Surgery?

Journal of Minimal Access 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 0.59.

Is Journal of Minimal Access Surgery indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Minimal Access Surgery is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.