Surgery: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Annals of Surgery	41
-	Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry	41
3	Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	39
4	Arthroscopy-The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery	37
-	Transplantation	37
6	Endoscopy	36
-	Annals of Thoracic Surgery	36
8	Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy	35
-	Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation	35
-	Journal of Vascular Surgery	35
11	British Journal of Surgery	34
-	Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery	34
-	Annals of Surgical Oncology	34
14	Surgery	33
15	Obesity Surgery	32
-	Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume	32
17	EJSO	30
-	European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery	30
19	Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research	29
-	Injury-International Journal of the Care of the Injured	29
21	Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	28
-	Journal of the American College of Surgeons	28
23	Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques	27
-	Aesthetic Surgery Journal	27
25	Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery	26
-	Journal of Pediatric Surgery	26
-	Liver Transplantation	26
28	Digestive Endoscopy	25
-	Neurosurgery	25
-	Neurosurgical Focus	25
-	American Journal of Surgical Pathology	25
-	American Journal of Surgery	25
33	Burns	24
-	Journal of Surgical Research	24
35	World Journal of Surgical Oncology	23
-	Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery	23
-	European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery	23
-	Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery	23
39	Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons	22
-	Surgeon-Journal of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Ireland	22
-	World Journal of Surgery	22
-	Aesthetic Plastic Surgery	22
43	Diseases of the Colon & Rectum	21
-	International Journal of Colorectal Disease	21
-	International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery	21
-	Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery	21
-	HPB	21
48	Techniques in Coloproctology	20
-	Head and Neck-Journal for the Sciences and Specialties of the Head and Neck	20
-	Colorectal Disease	20

-	Journal of Hand Surgery-American Volume	20
52	British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery	19
-	Annals of Vascular Surgery	19
-	Surgical Oncology-Oxford	19
-	Clinical Transplantation	19
-	Wound Repair and Regeneration	19
57	BMC Surgery	18
-	Hernia	18
-	Journal of Cardiac Surgery	18
-	Journal of Refractive Surgery	18
-	Journal of Surgical Oncology	18
-	Shock	18
-	Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery	18
-	Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery	18
-	Acta Neurochirurgica	18
66	Transplant International	17
-	Journal of Endovascular Therapy	17
-	International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery	17
-	Langenbecks Archives of Surgery	17
70	Anz Journal of Surgery	16
-	Childs Nervous System	16
-	Neurosurgical Review	16
73	Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America	15
-	Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal	15
-	Journal of Craniofacial Surgery	15
-	Surgery Today	15
-	Asian Journal of Surgery	15
-	Surgical Clinics of North America	15
-	Dermatologic Surgery	15
-	Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery	15
-	Knee	15
-	American Surgeon	15
-	Annals of Plastic Surgery	15
84	Journal of Investigative Surgery	14
-	Lasers in Medical Science	14
86	Journal of Hand Therapy	13
-	Advances in Skin & Wound Care	13
-	Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England	13
-	Surgical Infections	13
-	Transplantation Proceedings	13
-	Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery	13
-	Lasers in Surgery and Medicine	13
-	Microsurgery	13
-	Pediatric Surgery International	13
95	Clinics in Plastic Surgery	12
-	Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America	12
-	Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology	12
-	Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	12
-	British Journal of Neurosurgery	12
-	Canadian Journal of Surgery	12
-	Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques	12
-	Neurochirurgie	12
-	Neurosurgery Clinics of North America	12
-	Seminars in Pediatric Surgery	12
105	Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy	10
-	Indian Journal of Surgery	10
-	Scandinavian Journal of Surgery	10
-	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	10
-	Facial Plastic Surgery	10
-	International Journal of Surgical Pathology	10
-	Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences	10
-	Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica	10
113	European Journal of Pediatric Surgery	9
-	Journal of Minimal Access Surgery	9
-	Minimally Invasive Therapy & Allied Technologies	9
116	Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery	8
-	Cirugia Espanola	8
-	Current Problems in Surgery	8
-	European Surgical Research	8
-	Acta Cirurgica Brasileira	8
-	Heart Surgery Forum	8
-	Progress in Transplantation	8
123	Jsls-Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons	7
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery	7
-	Journal of Cosmetic and Laser Therapy	7
-	Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	7
127	Pediatric Neurosurgery	6
-	Annales de Chirurgie Plastique Esthetique	6
-	Acta Chirurgica Belgica	6
130	Zentralblatt fuer Chirurgie	5
-	Neurocirugia	5
-	Turk Gogus Kalp Damar Cerrahisi Dergisi-Turkish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	5
-	Digestive Surgery	5
134	Turkish Neurosurgery	4
-	South African Journal of Surgery	4
-	Cirugia y Cirujanos	4
-	Handchirurgie Mikrochirurgie Plastische Chirurgie	4
-	Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine	4
139	Ceska A Slovenska Neurologie A Neurochirurgie	3
140	International Surgery	2