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Canadian Journal of Surgery

Canadian Medical Association · Canada · Est. 1958

ISSN1488-2310

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.606

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.83

Total Worksi

1,650

Total Citationsi

22,986

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.03

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

CJS has a long history of offering surgeons in Canada a national platform to discuss health policy, health system challenges, and provocative opinions that help to move health care forward on a timely and thoughtful pathway.

General Information

Country / RegionCanada

Primary LanguageEnglish, French

1st Year Published1958

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,650

Publisher OrgCanadian Medical Association

OA Since2019

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer Review

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Canadian Medical Association

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1488-2310

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

✅

Peer review process documented?

Peer Review

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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, French

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

105

1.8k

2019

114

1.5k

2020

125

1.3k

2021

137

982

2022

103

549

2023

196

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.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

SurgeryQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Surgery

Scopus Categories

SurgeryMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesTrauma and Emergency Care StudiesDiversity and Career in MedicineSurgical Simulation and TrainingTotal Knee Arthroplasty OutcomesOrthopaedic implants and arthroplastyHip and Femur FracturesHealth and Medical Research ImpactsInnovations in Medical EducationGlobal Health Workforce Issues

Frequently asked questions about Canadian Journal of Surgery

Is Canadian Journal of Surgery a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Canadian Journal of 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 Canadian Journal of Surgery?

Canadian Journal 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 1.03.

Is Canadian Journal of Surgery indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Canadian Journal of Surgery is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.