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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	JAMA Surgery	56
2	Annals of Surgery	48
-	American Journal of Transplantation	48
4	Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy	42
5	Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry	40
6	Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	38
-	Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation	38
8	British Journal of Surgery	36
-	Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques	36
-	Annals of Thoracic Surgery	36
11	Arthroscopy-The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery	35
-	Annals of Surgical Oncology	35
-	Obesity Surgery	35
14	International Journal of Surgery	34
-	World Neurosurgery	34
16	Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery	33
-	Journal of Vascular Surgery	33
-	Transplantation	33
19	JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery	32
-	European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery	32
-	International Wound Journal	32
-	Bone & Joint Journal	32
-	Endoscopy	32
24	Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume	31
25	Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery	30
-	Journal of Neurosurgery	30
-	Frontiers in Surgery	30
-	Injury-International Journal of the Care of the Injured	30
29	EJSO	29
-	Surgery	29
-	BJS Open	29
32	Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	28
-	Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery	28
-	Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research	28
35	Aesthetic Surgery Journal	27
-	American Journal of Surgical Pathology	27
-	Journal of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery	27
-	Neurosurgery	27
-	World Journal of Emergency Surgery	27
-	American Journal of Surgery	27
-	Neurospine	27
42	World Journal of Surgical Oncology	26
-	Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery	26
-	Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery	26
-	Aesthetic Plastic Surgery	26
-	Journal of Surgical Research	26
-	Journal of the American College of Surgeons	26
-	Liver Transplantation	26
-	Burns	26
-	Digestive Endoscopy	26

51	Journal of Neurosurgery-Spine	25
-	Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases	25
53	Journal of Hand Surgery-American Volume	24
-	Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons	24
-	Journal of Pediatric Surgery	24
-	Journal of Surgical Education	24
57	BMC Surgery	23
-	International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery	23
-	World Journal of Surgery	23
-	Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery	23
61	Head and Neck-Journal for the Sciences and Specialties of the Head and Neck	22
-	Journal of Vascular Surgery-Venous and Lymphatic Disorders	22
-	Orthopaedics & Traumatology-Surgery & Research	22
-	Surgeon-Journal of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Ireland	22
65	Annals of Vascular Surgery	21
-	Journal of Refractive Surgery	21
-	Asian Journal of Surgery	21
-	Colorectal Disease	21
-	Diseases of the Colon & Rectum	21
70	World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery	20
-	Wound Repair and Regeneration	20
-	Journal of Surgical Oncology	20
-	Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery	20
-	Clinical Transplantation	20
-	Shock	20
-	Hepatobiliary Surgery and Nutrition	20
-	HPB	20
-	Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery	20
-	Techniques in Coloproctology	20
80	Knee	19
-	Anz Journal of Surgery	19
-	British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery	19
83	Updates in Surgery	18
-	Neurosurgical Focus	18
-	Surgical Oncology-Oxford	18
-	Journal of Hand Surgery-European Volume	18
87	Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery	17
-	Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences	17
-	American Surgeon	17
-	Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery	17
-	Childs Nervous System	17
-	Surgery Today	17
-	Journal of Burn Care & Research	17
-	Annals of Plastic Surgery	17
-	Surgical Clinics of North America	17
96	International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery	16
-	Journal of Cardiac Surgery	16
-	Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	16
-	Dermatologic Surgery	16
-	European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery	16
-	Journal of Craniofacial Surgery	16
-	Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England	16
103	Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society	15
-	Operative Neurosurgery	15
-	Perioperative Medicine	15
-	Seminars in Pediatric Surgery	15
-	Surgical Innovation	15
-	Journal of Investigative Surgery	15
-	Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques	15
-	Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal	15
-	Gland Surgery	15
112	Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery	14
-	Advances in Skin & Wound Care	14
-	Journal of Neurosurgery-Pediatrics	14
-	Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery	14
-	Canadian Journal of Surgery	14
-	Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America	14
-	Journal of Endovascular Therapy	14
-	Hand Surgery & Rehabilitation	14
-	Surgical Infections	14
121	Journal of Hand Therapy	13
-	Journal of Visceral Surgery	13
-	Microsurgery	13
-	Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica	13
-	Neurosurgery Clinics of North America	13
-	Current Problems in Surgery	13
-	Transplantation Proceedings	13
128	Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology	12
-	Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery	12
-	Lasers in Surgery and Medicine	12
-	Neurochirurgie	12
-	Clinics in Plastic Surgery	12
-	General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	12
-	International Journal of Surgical Pathology	12
-	European Journal of Pediatric Surgery	12
-	HSS Journal	12
-	Thoracic Surgery Clinics	12
-	International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds	12
139	Journal of Minimal Access Surgery	11
-	Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences	11
-	Minimally Invasive Therapy & Allied Technologies	11
-	Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery	11
-	Scandinavian Journal of Surgery	11
-	Facial Plastic Surgery	11
-	Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America	11
-	Hernia	11
147	Annals of Surgical Treatment and Research	10
-	British Journal of Neurosurgery	10
-	European Surgical Research	10
-	Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery	10
-	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	10
-	Photobiomodulation Photomedicine and Laser Surgery	10
-	Seminars in Plastic Surgery	10
154	Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery	9
-	Heart Surgery Forum	9
156	Journal of Cosmetic and Laser Therapy	8
-	Journal of Neurological Surgery Part A-Central European Neurosurgery	8
-	Vascular and Endovascular Surgery	8
-	Acta Cirurgica Brasileira	8
-	Cirugia Espanola	8
-	Pediatric Neurosurgery	8
-	Plastic Surgery	8
163	Turk Gogus Kalp Damar Cerrahisi Dergisi-Turkish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	7
-	Visceral Medicine	7
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery	7
-	Acta Chirurgica Belgica	7
-	Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	7
-	Progress in Transplantation	7
-	Indian Journal of Surgery	7
-	Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B-Skull Base	7
-	Jsls-Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons	7
172	Cirugia y Cirujanos	6
-	Computer Assisted Surgery	6
-	Handchirurgie Mikrochirurgie Plastische Chirurgie	6
-	Zentralblatt fuer Chirurgie	6

-	Annales de Chirurgie Plastique Esthetique	6
-	Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery	6
-	Neurocirugia	6
-	European Surgery-Acta Chirurgica Austriaca	6
180	Digestive Surgery	5
-	Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine	5
182	Bariatric Surgical Practice and Patient Care	4
-	Turkish Neurosurgery	4
-	South African Journal of Surgery	4
185	International Surgery	2
-	Ceska A Slovenska Neurologie A Neurochirurgie	2