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28 June 2023 The International Journal of Surgery (IJS) impact factor has increased 14% to 15.300 in the latest JCR release from Clarivate Analytics. The journal is now ranked 2nd in the SURGERY category (up 3 places from 5th last year with an impact factor of 13.4). Thanks to all our authors, reviewers, editors, readers and publisher Wolters Kluwer for making this happen. Special thanks to our Editor-in-Chief Professor Joseph Lau and the entire Editorial Board.
Our other journal impact factors are also listed here, a highlight being Annals of Medicine and Surgery, getting a debut Impact Factor of 1.7.
30 September 2022 Wolters Kluwer acquires Open Access publisher; expands breadth of Lippincott Journal Portfolio
Wolters Kluwer Health announced today that it has signed and completed an agreement to acquire IJS Publishing Group (IJSPG), a UK-based provider of peer-reviewed medical journals supporting scientists and authors. The IJSPG portfolio consists of 10 journal titles, including the International Journal of Surgery (IJS), IJS Case Reports (IJSCR), and Annals of Medicine and Surgery (AMS).
IJSPG will become part of Health Learning, Research & Practice (LRP), which offers the Ovid® medical research solution, publishes over 300 medical journals and hundreds of medical and nursing books, and produces digital nursing solutions for education and practice. The acquisition expands the breadth and depth of the Lippincott journal portfolio with high impact factor, surgery-related research and strengthens its Open Access position with several well-established journals accessible in over a dozen international databases and platforms.
Vikram Savkar, Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Health LRP Medicine Segment at Wolters Kluwer, stated: “Enabling contributors, clinicians, and researchers to benefit globally from research as supported by IJS Publishing Group reinforces our commitment to peer review and Open Access to deliver the best evidence for decision-making. We are committed to delivering trusted content that is discoverable and accessible to advance science and the best care everywhere.”
“For nearly 20 years, IJS Publishing Group has developed innovative and best-in-class products and services across multiple market segments. We are excited by Wolters Kluwer’s leadership in technology-driven research publishing. Its track record of results growing its Lippincott journal portfolio make it a good fit for our next phase of growth for IJSPG,” commented Dr. Riaz Agha, IJSPG Founder, CEO and Chairman and Maliha Agha, IJSPG Director.
In 2021, IJS Publishing Group generated approximately $2 million in gross revenues. Wolters Kluwer expects the investment to deliver a return on invested capital (ROIC) above its weighted cost of capital (8%) within 3-5 years and expects the transaction to have an immaterial impact on adjusted earnings.
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28 June 2022 The International Journal of Surgery (IJS) impact factor has now more than doubled to 13.400 in the latest JCR release from Clarivate Analytics. Last year it was 6.071 so this is a 121% increase. We are now ranked 5th in the SURGERY category (up 10 places from 15th last year). Thanks to all our authors, reviewers, editors, readers and publisher Elsevier for making this happen. Special thanks to our Editor-in-Chief Professor Joseph Lau.
30 June 2021 International Journal of Surgery (IJS) impact factor rises to 6.071 in the latest release from Clarivate Analytics. Up 81% and now ranked 15th out of 272 surgical journals. Fastest riser in the category. Thanks to all our authors, reviewers, editors, readers and publisher Elsevier for making this happen
20 June 2019 International Journal of Surgery (IJS) impact factor rises by 17% to 3.158 in the latest impact factors released today by Clarivate Analytics. That’s a rise of 14 places to number 40 in the surgery category of around 200 journals.
Founder, Managing and Executive Editor stated: “This is a stellar result for the International Journal of Surgery and IJSPG. Our impact factor has increased for the 4th year in a row and over that time we have gone from 93rd to 40th in the rankings. This is significant forward momentum that bodes well for the future. It is a testament to our, authors, reviewers, editors and publishers as well as the broader scientific and surgical communities that recognised what we have published.”
