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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	American Journal of Transplantation	57
2	Annals of Surgery	44
3	Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry	41
4	Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	40
5	Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation	38
6	Endoscopy	37
-	Transplantation	37
-	Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy	37
-	Annals of Thoracic Surgery	37
-	Arthroscopy-The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery	37
11	British Journal of Surgery	35
-	Journal of Vascular Surgery	35
13	International Journal of Surgery	34
14	Annals of Surgical Oncology	33
-	Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery	33
16	Obesity Surgery	32
17	EJSO	31
-	World Neurosurgery	31
19	Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery	30
-	Surgery	30
-	European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery	30
-	Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume	30
23	Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	29
-	Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques	29
25	Injury-International Journal of the Care of the Injured	28
-	Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research	28
-	Journal of Surgical Education	28
28	Digestive Endoscopy	27
-	Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery	27
-	Journal of Neurosurgery	27
-	Aesthetic Surgery Journal	27
-	Journal of the American College of Surgeons	27
-	Journal of Pediatric Surgery	27
34	International Wound Journal	26
-	Liver Transplantation	26
-	Neurosurgery	26
-	World Journal of Emergency Surgery	26
38	American Journal of Surgical Pathology	25
-	Neurosurgical Focus	25
-	Burns	25
-	American Journal of Surgery	25
42	Surgeon-Journal of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Ireland	24
-	Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases	24
-	World Journal of Surgical Oncology	24
-	Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery	24
-	Journal of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery	24
47	Orthopaedics & Traumatology-Surgery & Research	23
-	Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery	23
-	World Journal of Surgery	23
-	Journal of Hand Surgery-American Volume	23

-	Aesthetic Plastic Surgery	23
-	Journal of Surgical Research	23
53	Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery	22
-	Diseases of the Colon & Rectum	22
-	Head and Neck-Journal for the Sciences and Specialties of the Head and Neck	22
-	International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery	22
-	Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons	22
-	European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery	22
-	HPB	22
60	Journal of Neurosurgery-Spine	21
61	Surgical Oncology-Oxford	20
-	Colorectal Disease	20
63	Annals of Vascular Surgery	19
-	Clinical Transplantation	19
-	Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery	19
-	British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery	19
-	International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery	19
-	Journal of Cardiac Surgery	19
-	Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences	19
-	Journal of Refractive Surgery	19
71	Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery	18
-	Hernia	18
-	World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery	18
-	Journal of Surgical Oncology	18
-	Anz Journal of Surgery	18
-	BMC Surgery	18
-	Shock	18
-	Techniques in Coloproctology	18
-	Updates in Surgery	18
-	Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery	18
81	Annals of Plastic Surgery	17
-	Knee	17
-	Asian Journal of Surgery	17
-	International Journal of Colorectal Disease	17
-	Wound Repair and Regeneration	17
-	Journal of Craniofacial Surgery	17
-	Journal of Hand Surgery-European Volume	17
-	Surgical Clinics of North America	17
-	International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery	17
-	Acta Neurochirurgica	17
91	American Surgeon	16
-	Transplant International	16
-	Journal of Endovascular Therapy	16
-	Surgery Today	16
-	Journal of Neurosurgery-Pediatrics	16
96	Lasers in Surgery and Medicine	15
-	Journal of Investigative Surgery	15
-	Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal	15
99	Langenbecks Archives of Surgery	14
-	Canadian Journal of Surgery	14
-	Childs Nervous System	14
-	Seminars in Plastic Surgery	14
-	Journal of Burn Care & Research	14
-	Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery	14
-	Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England	14
-	Dermatologic Surgery	14
-	Surgical Infections	14
-	Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America	14
-	Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery	14
-	Journal of Hand Therapy	14
111	Journal of Visceral Surgery	13
-	Microsurgery	13
-	Neurosurgery Clinics of North America	13
-	General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	13
-	Advances in Skin & Wound Care	13
-	Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	13
-	Pediatric Surgery International	13
-	Seminars in Pediatric Surgery	13
-	Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America	13
-	Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society	13
121	British Journal of Neurosurgery	12
-	Clinics in Plastic Surgery	12
-	HSS Journal	12
-	International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds	12
-	Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques	12
-	Lasers in Medical Science	12
-	Transplantation Proceedings	12
128	Neurochirurgie	11
-	Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica	11
-	Neurosurgical Review	11
-	Scandinavian Journal of Surgery	11
-	Current Problems in Surgery	11
-	Surgical Innovation	11
-	Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences	11
-	Minimally Invasive Therapy & Allied Technologies	11
-	Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery	11
-	Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery	11
-	Journal of Minimal Access Surgery	11
-	Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology	11
140	Facial Plastic Surgery	10
-	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	10
-	International Journal of Surgical Pathology	10
-	Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery	10
-	European Surgical Research	10
-	Thoracic Surgery Clinics	10
-	Indian Journal of Surgery	10
147	Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy	9
-	European Journal of Pediatric Surgery	9
-	Jsls-Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons	9
-	Progress in Transplantation	9
-	Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery	9
152	Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	8
-	Vascular and Endovascular Surgery	8
-	Acta Cirurgica Brasileira	8
-	Cirugia Espanola	8
-	Heart Surgery Forum	8
157	Pediatric Neurosurgery	7
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery	7
-	Journal of Cosmetic and Laser Therapy	7
160	Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine	6
-	European Surgery-Acta Chirurgica Austriaca	6
-	Annales de Chirurgie Plastique Esthetique	6
-	Neurocirugia	6
-	Digestive Surgery	6
-	Turk Gogus Kalp Damar Cerrahisi Dergisi-Turkish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	6
-	Acta Chirurgica Belgica	6
167	Zentralblatt fuer Chirurgie	5
168	Cirugia y Cirujanos	4
-	Turkish Neurosurgery	4
-	Handchirurgie Mikrochirurgie Plastische Chirurgie	4
171	South African Journal of Surgery	3
-	Ceska A Slovenska Neurologie A Neurochirurgie	3
173	International Surgery	2