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Digestive Surgery

S. Karger AG · Switzerland · Est. 1984

ISSN1421-9883

SJR Q3✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

0.375

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.756

Total Worksi

3,462

Total Citationsi

58,943

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.07

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Gastroenterology & Hepatology; Surgery; Gastroenterology.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1984

FrequencySix No. A Year, 1991-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,462

Publisher OrgKarger Publishers

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

S. Karger AG

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1421-9883

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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

967

2019

469

2020

352

2021

144

2022

112

2023

2024

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.

GastroenterologyQ3

SurgeryQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Gastroenterology & HepatologySurgery

Scopus Categories

SurgeryGastroenterology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology ResearchDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesGallbladder and Bile Duct DisordersColorectal Cancer Surgical TreatmentsPancreatitis Pathology and TreatmentGastric Cancer Management and OutcomesEsophageal and GI PathologyHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and PrognosisHuman auditory perception and evaluationCholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies

Frequently asked questions about Digestive Surgery

Is Digestive Surgery a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Digestive Surgery: 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 Digestive Surgery?

Digestive 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 1.07.

Is Digestive Surgery indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Digestive Surgery is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Digestive Surgery?