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Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie

Georg Thieme Verlag · Germany · Est. 1884

ISSN1438-9592

SJR Q4✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.146

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.172

Total Worksi

5,574

Total Citationsi

14,034

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.19

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Die Zeitschrift bietet Informationen aus den Bereichen Allgemeine, Viszeral-, Gefäßchirurgie und Thoraxchirurgie. Zudem erscheint jährlich eine Kongressausgabe.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageGerman

1st Year Published1884

Frequency6 Ausgaben pro Jahr

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications5,574

Publisher OrgThieme Medical Publishers (Germany)

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA LicenseCC BY

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?

Georg Thieme Verlag

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1438-9592

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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?

German

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

308

334

2019

128

170

2020

225

186

2021

261

115

2022

228

159

2023

242

2024

292

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.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q4

SurgeryQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Surgery

Scopus Categories

SurgeryMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Lung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentPleural and Pulmonary DiseasesMedical Practices and RehabilitationTracheal and airway disordersCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesTrauma Management and DiagnosisMedical and Health Sciences ResearchLung Cancer Treatments and MutationsColorectal Cancer Surgical TreatmentsPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research

Frequently asked questions about Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie

Is Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie: 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 Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie?

Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie 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 0.19.

Is Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Zentralblatt fur Chirurgie?