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Journal of Chest Surgery

Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery · South Korea · Est. 1977

ISSN2765-1614

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2 · 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 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.402

H-Indexi

CiteScorei

1.4

SNIPi

0.428

Total Worksi

713

Total Citationsi

1,333

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.82

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Cardiac & Cardiovascular System; Respiratory System; Surgery; Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine; Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionSouth Korea

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1977

Annual Volume~ 95 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications713

Publisher OrgKorean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

OA Since2010

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

National Library of KoreaPMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2765-1614

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

National Library of Korea, PMC

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

392

2019

428

2020

111

466

2021

391

2022

259

2023

186

2024

131

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

Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineQ3

Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Cardiac & Cardiovascular SystemRespiratory SystemSurgery

Scopus Categories

Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Lung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentPleural and Pulmonary DiseasesCardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsTracheal and airway disordersCardiac and Coronary Surgery TechniquesAortic Disease and Treatment ApproachesCardiac Structural Anomalies and RepairEsophageal Cancer Research and TreatmentMechanical Circulatory Support DevicesCongenital Heart Disease Studies

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Chest Surgery

Is Journal of Chest Surgery a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Chest Surgery: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Chest Surgery?

Journal of Chest 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 Journal of Chest Surgery indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Chest Surgery is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Chest Surgery?