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General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Springer Japan · Japan · Est. 1977

ISSN1863-6705eISSN1863-6713
SJR Q2WOS SCIEScopus / 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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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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.
Q2
SJR · Scopus
Top 50% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.452
H-Indexi
60
SNIPi
0.718
Total Worksi
3,264
Total Citationsi
30,879
2yr Mean Citednessi
1.11
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery is the official publication of The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Japanese Association for Chest Surgery, the affiliated journal of The Japanese Society for Cardiovascular Surgery, that publishes clinical and experimental studies in fields related to thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. Former Editor-in-Chief Shinobu Miyomoto (1953 - 1975) Masahiro Saigusa (1976 - 1978) Tadashi Inoue (1979 - 1982) Tatsuta Arai (1983) Yukiyasu Sezai (1984 - 1987) Tasuku Shoji (1988 - 1991) Kozo Suma (1992 - 1993) Shiaki Kawada (1994) Yasuyuki Hosoda (1995 - 1996) Hiromi Kurosawa (1997 - 2000) Koichi Kobayashi (2001 - 2002) Katsuhiko Tatsuno (2003 - 2006) Shinichiro Miyoshi (2007 - 2011) Yutaka Okita (2011 - 2019)

General Information

Country / RegionJapan
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1977
FrequencyMonthly
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications3,264
Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media
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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

6/11 · 55%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Springer Japan
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1863-6705 / 1863-6713
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
N/A
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
N/A
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
226
2.4k
2019
273
2.1k
2020
195
1.2k
2021
151
801
2022
91
432
2023
117
271
2024
130
197
2025
133
28
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
Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cardiac & Cardiovascular SystemSurgery

Scopus Categories

Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Aortic Disease and Treatment ApproachesCardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsLung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentCongenital Heart Disease StudiesTracheal and airway disordersCardiac and Coronary Surgery TechniquesCardiac Structural Anomalies and RepairPleural and Pulmonary DiseasesAortic aneurysm repair treatmentsInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management

Frequently asked questions about General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Is General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for General Thoracic and Cardiovascular 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 General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery?

General Thoracic and Cardiovascular 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 1.11.

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

General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery?

The General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery is the official publication of The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery and The Japanese Association for Chest Surgery, the affiliated journal of The Japanese Society for Cardiovascular Surgery, that publishes clinical and experimental studies in fields related to thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. Former Editor-in-Chief Shinobu Miyomoto (1953 - 1975) Masahiro Saigusa (1976 - 1978) Tadashi Inoue (1979 - 1982) Tatsuta Arai (1983) Yukiyasu Sezai (1984 - 1987) Tasuku Shoji (1988 - 1991) Kozo Suma (1992 - 1993) Shiaki Kawada (1994) Yasuyuki Ho

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref