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Journal of Visualized Surgery

AME Publishing Company · Hong Kong · Est. 2003

ISSN2221-2965eISSN2221-2965

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

0.176

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.258

Total Worksi

952

Total Citationsi

5,264

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.56

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Journal of Visualized Surgery is an international peer-reviewed journal focused on visualized surgery. It aims to promote the development of surgery around the world by sharing surgical experience in visual media between surgeons and clinicians.

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

General Information

Country / RegionHong Kong

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2003

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications952

Publisher OrgAME Publishing Company

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2018

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

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

AME Publishing Company

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2221-2965 / 2221-2965

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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?

N/A

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

184

2019

150

2020

110

178

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.

CommunicationQ3

SurgeryQ3

EducationQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Surgery

Scopus Categories

SurgeryCommunicationEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Lung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentPleural and Pulmonary DiseasesTracheal and airway disordersCardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsAortic Disease and Treatment ApproachesGastric Cancer Management and OutcomesEsophageal and GI PathologyMyasthenia Gravis and ThymomaCardiac and Coronary Surgery TechniquesAortic aneurysm repair treatments

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Visualized Surgery

Is Journal of Visualized Surgery a predatory journal?

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

Journal of Visualized 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 0.56.

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

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