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Annals of Surgery

Wolters Kluwer Health · United Kingdom · Est. 1885

ISSN1528-1140

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

2.516

H-Indexi

452

SNIPi

2.407

Total Worksi

37,993

Total Citationsi

1,819,079

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.12

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Surgery.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1885

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications37,993

Publisher OrgLippincott Williams & Wilkins

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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?

Wolters Kluwer Health

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1528-1140

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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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

618

28k

2019

979

30k

2020

655

14k

2021

424

10k

2022

393

6.9k

2023

424

3.9k

2024

386

1.3k

2025

181

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.

SurgeryQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Surgery

Scopus Categories

Surgery

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology ResearchCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesGallbladder and Bile Duct DisordersEsophageal and GI PathologyColorectal Cancer Surgical TreatmentsGastrointestinal disorders and treatmentsHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and PrognosisOrgan Transplantation Techniques and OutcomesPancreatitis Pathology and TreatmentHernia repair and management

Frequently asked questions about Annals of Surgery

Is Annals of Surgery a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Annals 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 Annals of Surgery?

Annals 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 4.12.

Is Annals of Surgery indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Annals of Surgery is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Annals of Surgery?