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Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Elsevier Inc. · United States · Est. 1840

ISSN1552-6259

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.

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📊 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

1.412

H-Indexi

278

SNIPi

1.381

Total Worksi

48,182

Total Citationsi

1,274,440

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.41

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Aims & Scope

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1840

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications48,182

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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?

Elsevier Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1552-6259

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

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

1.1k

17k

2019

1.4k

19k

2020

1.2k

10k

2021

814

5.4k

2022

542

3.5k

2023

506

3.3k

2024

614

1.1k

2025

474

198

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.

Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineQ1

Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineQ1

SurgeryQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cardiac & Cardiovascular SystemRespiratory SystemSurgery

Scopus Categories

Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsAortic Disease and Treatment ApproachesCardiac and Coronary Surgery TechniquesCongenital Heart Disease StudiesCardiac Structural Anomalies and RepairMechanical Circulatory Support DevicesLung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentTracheal and airway disordersCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesPleural and Pulmonary Diseases

Frequently asked questions about Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Is Annals of Thoracic Surgery a predatory journal?

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

Annals of Thoracic 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 2.41.

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

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

What is the aims and scope of Annals of Thoracic Surgery?