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Annals of Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgery

AME Publishing Company · China · Est. 2016

ISSN2518-6973eISSN2518-6973

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 · Scopus CiteScore 1.4. 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

0.249

H-Indexi

CiteScorei

1.4

SNIPi

0.535

Total Worksi

1,094

Total Citationsi

2,144

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.13

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Annals of Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgery is an international, open-access, peer-reviewed journal covering research and clinical aspects of minimal access surgery in general surgery, gastrointestinal surgery, urological surgery, gynecology & obstetrics, orthopedic surgery, otolaryngology and head & neck surgery.

General Information

Country / RegionChina

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2016

Annual Volume~ 37 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,094

Publisher OrgAME Publishing Company

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2018

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

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?

2518-6973 / 2518-6973

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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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

149

465

2019

298

2020

231

2021

111

2022

2023

114

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.

SurgeryQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Surgery

Scopus Categories

Surgery

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Colorectal Cancer Surgical TreatmentsGastric Cancer Management and OutcomesEsophageal and GI PathologyDiverticular Disease and ComplicationsGastrointestinal Tumor Research and TreatmentColorectal and Anal CarcinomasBariatric Surgery and OutcomesCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesMinimally Invasive Surgical TechniquesAnorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes

Frequently asked questions about Annals of Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgery

Is Annals of Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgery a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Annals of Laparoscopic and Endoscopic 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 Annals of Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgery?

Annals of Laparoscopic and Endoscopic 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 1.4.

Is Annals of Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgery indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Annals of Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgery is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.