Home›Search›Surgery (United Kingdom)

Surgery (United Kingdom)

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2002

ISSN1878-1764

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Established

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q354

Total54

Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

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 ↗

SJR Scorei

0.231

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.283

Total Worksi

3,380

Total Citationsi

13,115

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.44

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Surgery (United Kingdom) is a journal that publishes educational reviews presenting current knowledge and practice in surgery. It covers recent advances that improve disease understanding and patient treatment, including general surgery, orthopaedics, perioperative medicine, urology, cardiothoracic surgery, vascular surgery, paediatric surgery, plastic surgery, and neurosurgery.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2002

Annual Volume~ 146 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,380

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/12 · 42%

✅

Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

✅

Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

1878-1764

✅

Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

❌

Peer review process documented?

N/A

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

❌

APC fees clearly disclosed?

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?

N/A

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

441

2019

153

629

2020

154

520

2021

136

200

2022

153

307

2023

156

145

2024

129

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.

SurgeryQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Surgery

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesHuman auditory perception and evaluationEducational Robotics and EngineeringMeta-analysis and systematic reviewsSAS software applications and methodsAppendicitis Diagnosis and ManagementUrological Disorders and TreatmentsHemodynamic Monitoring and TherapyBone fractures and treatments

Frequently asked questions about Surgery (United Kingdom)

Is Surgery (United Kingdom) a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Surgery (United Kingdom): it is indexed in Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 54/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Surgery (United Kingdom)?

Surgery (United Kingdom) is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.231.

Is Surgery (United Kingdom) indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Surgery (United Kingdom) is indexed in Scopus.