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Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH · Germany · Est. 1888

ISSN1435-2451
SJR Q1WOS SCIEScopus / SJR
96
/ 100
High Trust
PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals
Score Breakdown
WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78
✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18
Total96
Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →
⚡ Speed vs Prestige
How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?
158
days submission → published
measured · last 20 articles · accept 134d
Q1
SJR Rank
Top 25% in field
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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei
0.712
H-Indexi
115
CiteScore
View ↗
Scopus metric · on the journal’s page
SNIPi
0.869
Total Worksi
17,386
Total Citationsi
127,218
2yr Mean Citednessi
2.01
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery, reputed as the world’s oldest medical Surgery Journal is focused on publishing relevant clinical and basic surgical research. Presents the best results in the field of clinical surgery and basic surgical research. Original articles and reviews report clinical data from general, gastrointestinal, endocrine and transplantation surgery. Published exclusively in English, providing an international discussion forum for its global readership. Accepted articles published in final citable form in a yearly issue an average of 2 weeks post-acceptance as the Journal operates the Continous Article Publishing (CAP) system

General Information

Country / RegionGermany
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1888
FrequencySix No. A Year, <2003->
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications17,386
Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media
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Submission Info

Peer Review
Review Time
Acceptance Rate
OA License
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

6/12 · 50%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1435-2451
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
N/A
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
APC fees clearly disclosed?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
Primary language documented?
English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published
Citations received
105
2.7k
2019
194
3.5k
2020
340
4.1k
2021
331
3k
2022
477
3.1k
2023
369
1.4k
2024
356
641
2025
163
9
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

Web of Science Categories

Surgery

Scopus Categories

Surgery

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Medical Practices and RehabilitationColorectal Cancer Surgical TreatmentsPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology ResearchGallbladder and Bile Duct DisordersEsophageal and GI PathologyMedical and Health Sciences ResearchCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesGastric Cancer Management and OutcomesPancreatitis Pathology and TreatmentDiverticular Disease and Complications

Frequently asked questions about Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Is Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery?

Langenbeck's Archives of 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 2.01.

Is Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery?

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery, reputed as the world’s oldest medical Surgery Journal is focused on publishing relevant clinical and basic surgical research. Presents the best results in the field of clinical surgery and basic surgical research. Original articles and reviews report clinical data from general, gastrointestinal, endocrine and transplantation surgery. Published exclusively in English, providing an international discussion forum for its global readership. Accepted articles published in final citable form in a yearly issue an average of 2 weeks post-acceptance as the Journal oper

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref