International Journal of Surgery (IJS)

Founded: 2003

Editor-in-Chief: Professor Joseph Lau, Hong Kong

ISSN: 1743-9191

Publisher: Elsevier

Frequency: Monthly

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Access: Hybrid with both subscription and open access options available. Furthermore, there is a  delayed open archive two years following publication. You can also access it via www.backarchive.com.

You can also read about Open Access options.

Peer-review: double blind

Guide for Authors: Available here.

Author Gateway: submit your paper.

Prize: The IJS Executive Committee and Editorial Board annually awards the Harold Ellis Prize since 2004.

Affiliations:

• New York Surgical Society
• Chinese Chapter of the International Hepatopancreatobiliary Association (IHPBA)
• MGB-OAGB International Club
• International Society of Liver Surgeons

Impact:

• 2-year Impact Factor 6.071, ranked 15/272 in Surgery (2019: 3.357, ranked 40/202)
• CiteScore 2020: 8.2, ranked 5/422 in Surgery (2019: 6.0, ranked 20/420)
• SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) 2019: 1.139, 2018: 0.920, 2017: 0.834
• Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) 2019: 2.245, 2018: 2.028, 2017: 1.893
• Eigenfactor Score 2019: 0.018420 (2018: 0.01586)
• Google 2019 H5 index: 47 and H5 Median: 62 (17/20 in Surgery category).

Indexing/archiving:

• AcademicPub
• Cancerlit
• ClinicalKey
• CLOCKSS
• DANS (for all published datasets sent to Mendeley)
• EBSCO
• EMBASE
• Google Scholar
• MEDLINE
• National Library of the Netherlands (e-Depot)
• Portico
• PubMed
• PubMed Central (selected articles)
• ProQuest
• Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
• ScienceDirect (and archived via LexisNexis)
• Scisearch
• Scopus
• SciVal
• The British Library
• Web of Science

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International Journal of Surgery: Case Reports (IJSCR)

Founded: 2010

Editor-in-Chief: Professor David Rosin, Barbados

ISSN: 2210-2612

Publisher: Elsevier

Frequency: Monthly

Access: Open Access (IJSCR was Elsevier’s first open access journal)

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Peer-review: double blind

Guide for Authors: Available here.

Author Gateway: submit your paper.

Patient consent form – download it here IJSPG – Patient Consent Form.

Prize: The IJSCR Executive Committee and Editorial Board annually awards the Thomas E. Starzl Prize since 20013.

Article Processing Charge (APC):

The open access publication fee for this journal is USD 1,800 for case series USD 1,300 for case reports, excluding taxes.
Authors  from Argentina, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Philippines, Russia or Turkey will pay a fee of USD 650.
HINARI countries: Group A ($0) and Group B (half price).

Impact:

• CiteScore 2019: 1.0, ranked 277/420 in Surgery, 2018: 1.0 (265/399)
• SJR 2019: 0.233, 2018: 0.263, 2017: 0.260
• SNIP 2019: 0.735, 2018: 0.594, 2017: 0.651
• Google 2016 H5 index: 18 and H5 Median: 20

Indexing/archiving: 

• AcademicPub
• Academic Search (EBSCO)
• Cancerlit
• ClinicalKey
• CLOCKSS
• DANS (for all published datasets sent to Mendeley)
• EMBASE
• Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
• Google Scholar
• National Library of the Netherlands (e-Depot)
• Portico
• ProQuest
• PubMed
• PubMed Central (PMC)
• ScienceDirect (and archived via LexisNexis)
• SCOPUS
• The British Library
• Web of Science

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Annals of Medicine and Surgery (AMS)

Founded: 2012

Editor-in-Chief: Dr Riaz Agha, London, UK

ISSN: 2049-0801

Publisher: Elsevier

Frequency: Monthly

Access: Open access

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Peer-review: double blind

Guide for Authors: Available here.

Author Gateway: submit your paper.

Article Processing Charge (APC):

The open access publication fee for this journal is USD 1,800 for full-length articles and USD 1,300 for other articles, excluding taxes.
Authors from Argentina, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Iran, Mexico, Philippines, Russia or Turkey: $650.
HINARI countries: Group A ($0) and Group B (half price).

Impact:

• CiteScore 2019: 2.2, ranked 166/420 in Surgery, 2018: 1.9 (198/399), 2017: 1.6 (146/385)
• SJR 2019: 0.410, 2018: 0.428, 2017: 0.492
• SNIP 2019: 1.057, 2018: 0.954, 2017: 0.855

Indexing/archiving:

• AcademicPub
• Cancerlit
• ClinicalKey
• CLOCKSS
• DANS (for all published datasets sent to Mendeley)
• EMBASE
• Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
• Google Scholar
• MEDLINE®
• National Library of the Netherlands (e-Depot)
• Portico
• PubMed
• PubMed Central (PMC)
• ProQuest
• ScienceDirect (and archived via LexisNexis)
• Scopus
• SciSearch
• The British Library

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International Journal of Surgery: Open (IJSO)

Founded: 2015

Editor-in-Chief: Professor David Rosin, Barbados

ISSN: 2405-8572

Publisher: Elsevier

Frequency: Bimonthly (six issues a year)

Access: Open access

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Peer-review: double blind

Guide for Authors: Available here.

Author Gateway: submit your paper.

Article Processing Charge (APC): $1,700, excluding taxes for original research articles, reviews and perspectives and USD 1,300 for case series USD 1,100 for case reports.
Authors from Argentina, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Iran, Mexico, Philippines, Russia or Turkey: $650
HINARI countries: Group A ($0) and Group B ($425)

Impact:

• CiteScore 2019: 0.6, ranked 320/420 in Surgery, 2018: 0.43 (285/390), 2017: 0.10 (350/385)
• SJR 2018: 0.140, 2017: 0.116
• SNIP 2018: 0.277, 2017: 0.088

Indexing/archiving:

• ClinicalKey
• CLOCKSS
• DANS (for all published datasets sent to Mendeley)
• EBSCO
• EMBASE
• Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
• Google Scholar
• National Library of the Netherlands (e-Depot)
• Portico
• ProQuest
• ScienceDirect (and archived via LexisNexis)
• SciVal
• SCOPUS
• The British Library

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International Journal of Surgery: Chinese Edition

Founded: 2015

Editor-in-Chief: Professor Joseph Lau, Hong Kong

Publisher: Elsevier

Frequency: annual

Access: Open access

Peer-review: double blind

The International Journal of Surgery Chinese Edition has been produced by the IJS with Professor Joseph W.Y. Lau (Shatin, Hong Kong) and Professor Xaio-ping Chen (Wuhan, China) as editors of the Edition, both of whom are Editors of the International Journal of Surgery.

The Chinese authors of these editions have translated their manuscripts into Mandarin and we would like to thank them for their time. The manuscripts were edited by Professors Lau and Chen. All papers are republications of articles already published in the English language version of the Journal. The English Language versions are available via links in this Edition.

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International Journal of Surgery: Oncology (IJSOnc)

Founded: 2016

Editor-in-Chief: Professor David Rosin, Barbados

ISSN: 2471-3864

Publisher: IJS Press

Frequency: Monthly

Access: Open access

Peer-review: double blind

Guide for Authors: Available here.

Author Gateway: submit your paper.

Licence to Publish: available here

Article Processing Charge (APC): £845

Indexing/archiving: 

• China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI)
  
• CLOCKSS
• EBSCO
  
• Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
• Ex Libris ltd
  
• Google Scholar​
  
• Hinari
  
• Journal Guide
• Labtiva Inc.
  
• Portico
• ProQuest
• SageKnowledge
  
• Semper Tool
  
• TDNet
• Web of Science

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International Journal of Surgery: Protocols (IJSP)

Founded: 2016

Editor-in-Chief: Dr Riaz Agha, London, UK

ISSN: 2468-3574

Publisher: IJS Press

Frequency: Bimonthly

Access: Open access

Peer-review: double blind

Affiliations: National Research Collaborative (NRC)

Guide for Authors: Available here.

Author Gateway: submit your paper.

Article Processing Charge (APC): £845

Impact:

• CiteScore 2019: 0.8, ranked 293/420 in Surgery, 2018: 0.69 (255/390), 2017: 0.67 (252/393)
• SJR 2018: 0.346, 2017: 0.141
• SNIP 2018: 0.239, 2017: 0.100

Indexing/archiving:

• ClinicalKey
• CLOCKSS
• Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
• Google Scholar
• National Library of the Netherlands (e-Depot)
• Portico
• PubMed Central
• PubMed
• ScienceDirect (and archived via LexisNexis)
• SCOPUS

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International Journal of Short Reports (IJSSR)

Founded: 2016

Editor-in-Chief: Professor David Rosin, Barbados

ISSN: 2468-7340

Publisher: Wolters Kluwer

Frequency: Quarterly

Access: Open access

Peer-review: double blind

Guide for Authors: Available here.

Author Gateway: submit your paper.

Licence to Publish: available here

Article Processing Charge (APC):
$1,000 for Tier 1 manuscripts (Original Research Articles, Review Articles, Experimental Research).
$400 for Tier 2 manuscripts (Letters and Editorials).

Indexing/archiving: 

• Baidu Scholar
• China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI)
• EBSCO Publishing’s Electronic Databases
• Exlibris – Primo Central
• Google Scholar
• Hinari
• Infotrieve
• National Science Library
• Portico
• ProQuest
• TdNet

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Annals of Medicine and Surgery:
Case Reports (AMSCR)

Founded: 2017

Editor-in-Chief: Dr Riaz Agha, London, UK

ISSN: 2515-8872

Publisher: IJS Press

Frequency: Continuous

Access: Open access

Peer-review: double blind

Author Gateway: submit your paper.

Article Processing Charge (APC): £795

Indexing/archiving:

• SHERPA/RoMEO
• Google Scholar
• Exlibris
• CLOCKS/LOCKS
• CNKI
• OpenAIRE

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International Journal of Surgery: Global Health (IJSGH)

Founded: 2018

Editor-in-Chief: Professor David Rosin, Barbados

ISSN: 2576-3342

Publisher: Wolters Kluwer

Frequency: Monthly

Access: Open access

Peer-review: double blind

Guide for Authors: Available here.

Author Gateway: submit your paper.

Licence to Publish: available here.

Article Processing Charge (APC):
$1,000 for Tier 1 manuscripts (Original Research Articles, Review Articles, Experimental Research)
$400 for Tier 2 manuscripts (Letters and Editorials).

Indexing/archiving: 

• China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI)
  
• CLOCKSS
• Portico
• EBSCO
  
• Ex Libris ltd
  
• Google Scholar​
  
• Hinari
  
• Journal Guide
• Labtiva Inc.
  
• ProQuest
  
• SageKnowledge
  
• Semper Tool
  
• TDNet

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Orthoplastic Surgery

Founded: 2020

Editor-in-Chief: Professor Scott Levin

ISSN: 2666-769X

Publisher: Elsevier

Frequency: Quarterly

Access: Open access

Peer-review: double blind

Guide for Authors: Available here.

Author Gateway: submit your paper.

Article Processing Charge (APC):
Full length articles = $1,700
Short articles = $1,000

Indexing/archiving: 

•  Scopus
• DOAJ

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International Journal of Digital Health

Founded: 2021

ISSN: 2634-4580

Publisher: IJS Press

Frequency: Continous

Access: Open access

Peer-review: double blind

Author Gateway: submit your paper.

Article Processing Charge (APC): £795

Indexing/archiving:

• SHERPA/RoMEO
• Google Scholar
• Exlibris
• CLOCKS/LOCKS
• CNKI
• OpenAIRE

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