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Journal of Investigative Surgery

Informa Healthcare · United Kingdom

ISSN1521-0553

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.658

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.971

Total Worksi

2,728

Total Citationsi

31,603

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.01

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Surgery.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyEight Issues A Year, 2019-

StatusActive

Total Publications2,728

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Informa Healthcare

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1521-0553

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

LOCKSS, Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

202

2019

190

2.1k

2020

111

1.1k

2021

119

1.3k

2022

236

2023

100

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.

SurgeryQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Surgery

Scopus Categories

Surgery

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Organ Transplantation Techniques and OutcomesIntestinal and Peritoneal AdhesionsHernia repair and managementCardiac Ischemia and ReperfusionHistory of Medical PracticeColorectal Cancer Surgical TreatmentsLiver Disease and TransplantationSurgical Sutures and AdhesivesMedical History and InnovationsHealth and Medical Research Impacts

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Investigative Surgery

Is Journal of Investigative Surgery a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Investigative Surgery: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Journal of Investigative Surgery?

Journal of Investigative 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 1.01.

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

Journal of Investigative Surgery is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Investigative Surgery?