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Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons

Society of Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgeons · United States · Est. 2009

ISSN1938-3797

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 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

0.585

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.928

Total Worksi

1,354

Total Citationsi

23,808

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.93

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Surgery.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2009

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,354

Publisher OrgSociety of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Society of Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgeons

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1938-3797

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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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

1.2k

2019

774

2020

776

2021

469

2022

290

2023

109

2024

114

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)

Minimally Invasive Surgical TechniquesUterine Myomas and TreatmentsAbdominal Surgery and ComplicationsSurgical Simulation and TrainingHernia repair and managementGallbladder and Bile Duct DisordersBariatric Surgery and OutcomesGynecological conditions and treatmentsIntestinal and Peritoneal AdhesionsAppendicitis Diagnosis and Management

Frequently asked questions about Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons

Is Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons: 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 the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons?

Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons 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 0.93.

Is Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons?