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Current Problems in Surgery

Elsevier Inc. · United States · Est. 1964

ISSN1535-6337

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.495

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.545

Total Worksi

2,603

Total Citationsi

30,499

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.69

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Surgery; Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1964

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,603

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2024

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

CLOCKSSPortico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1535-6337

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-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?

CLOCKSS, Portico

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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

124

2019

994

2020

118

2021

165

2022

2023

159

640

2024

250

353

2025

195

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

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Surgery

Scopus Categories

SurgeryMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesFerroelectric and Negative Capacitance DevicesBig Data and Digital EconomyHuman auditory perception and evaluationEducational Robotics and EngineeringCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology ResearchGallbladder and Bile Duct DisordersColorectal Cancer Surgical TreatmentsAppendicitis Diagnosis and Management

Frequently asked questions about Current Problems in Surgery

Is Current Problems in Surgery a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Current Problems in 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 Current Problems in Surgery?

Current Problems in 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 1.69.

Is Current Problems in Surgery indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Current Problems in Surgery is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Current Problems in Surgery?