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Annals of Surgical Treatment and Research

Korean Surgical Society · South Korea · Est. 1971

ISSN2288-6575eISSN2288-6796

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.55

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.593

Total Worksi

1,218

Total Citationsi

13,975

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.17

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Surgery.

General Information

Country / RegionSouth Korea

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1971

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,218

Publisher OrgKorean Surgical Society

OA Since2019

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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?

Korean Surgical Society

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2288-6575 / 2288-6796

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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

1.3k

2019

2020

732

2021

524

2022

759

2023

241

2024

144

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 TreatmentsGallbladder and Bile Duct DisordersMinimally Invasive Surgical TechniquesGastric Cancer Management and OutcomesHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and PrognosisPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology ResearchThyroid and Parathyroid SurgeryOrgan Transplantation Techniques and OutcomesCholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer StudiesBreast Cancer Treatment Studies

Frequently asked questions about Annals of Surgical Treatment and Research

Is Annals of Surgical Treatment and Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Annals of Surgical Treatment and Research: 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 Annals of Surgical Treatment and Research?

Annals of Surgical Treatment and Research 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 1.17.

Is Annals of Surgical Treatment and Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Annals of Surgical Treatment and Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Annals of Surgical Treatment and Research?