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Surgical Infections

Mary Ann Liebert Inc. · United States · Est. 1952

ISSN1096-2964eISSN1557-8674

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.533

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.917

Total Worksi

2,924

Total Citationsi

51,654

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.04

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Infectious Diseases; Surgery; Microbiology (medical).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1952

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,924

Publisher OrgMary Ann Liebert, Inc.

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Mary Ann Liebert Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1096-2964 / 1557-8674

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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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?

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

149

2.2k

2019

172

2.7k

2020

100

864

2021

138

781

2022

149

626

2023

157

391

2024

142

2025

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.

SurgeryQ2

Infectious DiseasesQ3

Microbiology (medical)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Infectious DiseasesSurgery

Scopus Categories

SurgeryInfectious DiseasesMicrobiology (medical)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Surgical site infection preventionNosocomial Infections in ICUAppendicitis Diagnosis and ManagementOrthopedic Infections and TreatmentsSepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentStreptococcal Infections and TreatmentsCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesAntimicrobial Resistance in StaphylococcusColorectal Cancer Surgical TreatmentsDiverticular Disease and Complications

Frequently asked questions about Surgical Infections

Is Surgical Infections a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Surgical Infections: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Surgical Infections?

Surgical Infections 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 1.04.

Is Surgical Infections indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Surgical Infections is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Surgical Infections?