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Journal of Visceral Surgery

Elsevier Masson s.r.l. · France · Est. 1960

ISSN1878-7886eISSN1878-7886

SJR Q2✓ 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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.428

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.603

Total Worksi

1,776

Total Citationsi

19,528

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.88

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Surgery.

General Information

Country / RegionFrance

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1960

Annual Volume~ 112 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,776

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Masson s.r.l.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1878-7886 / 1878-7886

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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

120

2019

136

1.4k

2020

119

704

2021

350

2022

123

549

2023

183

2024

116

103

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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Surgery

Scopus Categories

Surgery

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Colorectal Cancer Surgical TreatmentsEsophageal and GI PathologyGallbladder and Bile Duct DisordersHernia repair and managementPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology ResearchHuman auditory perception and evaluationGastric Cancer Management and OutcomesCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEducational Robotics and Engineering

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Visceral Surgery

Is Journal of Visceral Surgery a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Visceral 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 Journal of Visceral Surgery?

Journal of Visceral 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 0.88.

Is Journal of Visceral Surgery indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Visceral Surgery is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Visceral Surgery?