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Pediatric Surgery International

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH · Germany · Est. 1926

ISSN1437-9813

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.535

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.976

Total Worksi

8,559

Total Citationsi

129,120

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.51

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Pediatric Surgery International is a journal devoted to the publication of new and important information from the entire spectrum of pediatric surgery, the contents include articles in clinical and experimental surgery, as well as related fields. Aims to promote postgraduate training and further education in the surgery of infants and children.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1926

FrequencyTwelve No. Year, 2003-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications8,559

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1437-9813

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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

180

3.3k

2019

174

2.3k

2020

262

2.6k

2021

280

1.8k

2022

260

1.7k

2023

339

1.2k

2024

328

480

2025

314

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

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthQ2

SurgeryQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

PediatricsSurgery

Scopus Categories

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSurgeryMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Congenital gastrointestinal and neural anomaliesIntestinal Malrotation and Obstruction DisordersCongenital Diaphragmatic Hernia StudiesUrological Disorders and TreatmentsEsophageal and GI PathologyCongenital Anomalies and Fetal SurgeryPediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and TreatmentsGastrointestinal disorders and treatmentsTracheal and airway disordersHernia repair and management

Frequently asked questions about Pediatric Surgery International

Is Pediatric Surgery International a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Pediatric Surgery International: 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 Pediatric Surgery International?

Pediatric Surgery International 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 1.51.

Is Pediatric Surgery International indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Pediatric Surgery International is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.