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Surgery Today

Springer · Singapore · Est. 1936

ISSN1436-2813

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.674

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.887

Total Worksi

9,960

Total Citationsi

143,330

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.82

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Surgery; Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionSingapore

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1936

FrequencyTwelve No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications9,960

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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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?

Springer

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1436-2813

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

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

190

3.9k

2019

242

3.5k

2020

233

2.6k

2021

209

1.6k

2022

155

874

2023

194

825

2024

228

465

2025

253

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.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

SurgeryQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Surgery

Scopus Categories

SurgeryMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Gastric Cancer Management and OutcomesColorectal Cancer Surgical TreatmentsPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology ResearchEsophageal and GI PathologyHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and PrognosisGallbladder and Bile Duct DisordersOrgan Transplantation Techniques and OutcomesLung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentEsophageal Cancer Research and TreatmentGastrointestinal disorders and treatments

Frequently asked questions about Surgery Today

Is Surgery Today a predatory journal?

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

Surgery Today 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 1.82.

Is Surgery Today indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Surgery Today is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Surgery Today?