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Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

W.B. Saunders · United States · Est. 1998

ISSN1532-8627

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.431

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.282

Total Worksi

1,234

Total Citationsi

4,738

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.53

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery provides technique-based articles in cardiovascular and thoracic surgery by renowned surgeons in the field, presented in atlas format. Each issue contains articles in adult, congenital, and general thoracic surgery and may include transplantation techniques.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1998

Annual Volume~ 46 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,234

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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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

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

W.B. Saunders

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1532-8627

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

150

2019

109

2020

214

2021

115

2022

2023

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

Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineQ3

Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsCongenital Heart Disease StudiesAortic Disease and Treatment ApproachesCardiac Structural Anomalies and RepairDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesTracheal and airway disordersMechanical Circulatory Support DevicesInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and ManagementHuman auditory perception and evaluationFerroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices

Frequently asked questions about Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Is Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery: it is indexed in 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 Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery?

Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.431.

Is Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Operative Techniques in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery is indexed in Scopus.