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Gland Surgery

AME Publishing Company · China · Est. 1987

ISSN2227-8575

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 · Scopus CiteScore 2.8. 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

0.507

H-Indexi

CiteScorei

2.8

SNIPi

0.803

Total Worksi

2,052

Total Citationsi

21,165

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.20

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Gland Surgery (GS) is an open access journal that publishes original research, reviews, case reports, and commentaries on all aspects of general surgery, endocrine surgery, breast surgery, and oncological surgery. The journal aims to provide a platform for surgeons and researchers to share their latest findings and clinical experiences, and to promote the advancement of surgical science and practice.

General Information

Country / RegionChina

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1987

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,052

Publisher OrgAME Publishing Company

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer Review

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

AME Publishing Company

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2227-8575

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Peer Review

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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

154

3.1k

2019

289

2020

364

3.9k

2021

213

1.6k

2022

177

2023

245

746

2024

235

250

2025

244

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)

Thyroid and Parathyroid SurgeryThyroid Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentBreast Cancer Treatment StudiesBreast Implant and ReconstructionReconstructive Surgery and Microvascular TechniquesBreast Lesions and CarcinomasPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology ResearchThyroid Disorders and TreatmentsParathyroid Disorders and TreatmentsHead and Neck Anomalies

Frequently asked questions about Gland Surgery

Is Gland Surgery a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Gland 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 Gland Surgery?

Gland 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. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 2.8.

Is Gland Surgery indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Gland Surgery is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.