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Bariatric Surgical Practice and Patient Care

Mary Ann Liebert Inc. · United States · Est. 2010

ISSN2168-0248

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · SSCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.172

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.115

Total Worksi

499

Total Citationsi

1,588

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.11

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Nursing; Surgery; Medical and Surgical Nursing; Nutrition and Dietetics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2010

FrequencyFour No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications499

Publisher OrgMary Ann Liebert, Inc.

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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?

Mary Ann Liebert Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2168-0248

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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

136

2019

2020

103

2021

2022

2023

2024

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.

Medical and Surgical NursingQ3

SurgeryQ3

Nutrition and DieteticsQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

NursingSurgery

Scopus Categories

Medical and Surgical NursingSurgeryNutrition and Dietetics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Bariatric Surgery and OutcomesBody Contouring and SurgeryDiet and metabolism studiesObesity and Health PracticesEating Disorders and BehaviorsGastric Cancer Management and OutcomesNutrition and Health in AgingEsophageal and GI PathologyGastroesophageal reflux and treatmentsCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes

Frequently asked questions about Bariatric Surgical Practice and Patient Care

Is Bariatric Surgical Practice and Patient Care a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Bariatric Surgical Practice and Patient Care: 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 Bariatric Surgical Practice and Patient Care?

Bariatric Surgical Practice and Patient Care 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 0.11.

Is Bariatric Surgical Practice and Patient Care indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Bariatric Surgical Practice and Patient Care is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Bariatric Surgical Practice and Patient Care?