Home›Search›Laparoscopic Surgery

Laparoscopic Surgery

AME Publishing Company · Hong Kong · Est. 1999

ISSN2616-4221

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.217

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.216

Total Worksi

383

Total Citationsi

537

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.40

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Laparoscopic Surgery is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal focused on the latest research and techniques about laparoscopic and robotic surgery, including hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery, and any surgery that applies minimally invasive technique, as well as multimodality therapy, imaging, technical advances related to hepatobiliary diseases, pancreatic surgery, and gastrointestinal surgery.

General Information

Country / RegionHong Kong

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1999

Annual Volume~ 8 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications383

Publisher OrgAME Publishing Company

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2018

Visit Journal Website

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%

✅

Do you know the journal / publisher?

AME Publishing Company

✅

Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

2616-4221

✅

Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

✅

Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

❌

Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

❌

Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

❌

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

✅

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

2019

2020

198

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.

SurgeryQ3

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSurgery

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology ResearchHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and PrognosisGallbladder and Bile Duct DisordersCholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer StudiesGastric Cancer Management and OutcomesHernia repair and managementOrgan Transplantation Techniques and OutcomesAppendicitis Diagnosis and ManagementEsophageal and GI PathologyPancreatitis Pathology and Treatment

Frequently asked questions about Laparoscopic Surgery

Is Laparoscopic Surgery a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Laparoscopic Surgery: it is indexed in 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 Laparoscopic Surgery?

Laparoscopic Surgery is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.217.

Is Laparoscopic Surgery indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Laparoscopic Surgery is indexed in Scopus.