Surgery: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)

(Using publications from roughly 2019-05-01 to 2023-05-01)

Rank	Journal	Impact Factor
1	JAMA Surgery	ca. 16.69
2	Annals of Surgery	ca. 13.79
3	Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry	ca. 13.65
4	Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation	ca. 13.57
5	International Journal of Surgery	ca. 13.4
6	British Journal of Surgery	ca. 11.78
7	Endoscopy	ca. 10.44
8	American Journal of Transplantation	ca. 9.37
9	JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery	ca. 8.96
10	Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery	ca. 8.57
11	Hepatobiliary Surgery and Nutrition	ca. 8.27
12	World Journal of Emergency Surgery	ca. 8.17
13	Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume	ca. 6.56
14	Journal of the American College of Surgeons	ca. 6.53
15	Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	ca. 6.44
16	European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery	ca. 6.43
17	Digestive Endoscopy	ca. 6.34
18	American Journal of Surgical Pathology	ca. 6.3
19	Liver Transplantation	ca. 6.11
20	Arthroscopy-The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery	ca. 5.97
21	Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery	ca. 5.59
22	Journal of Neurosurgery	ca. 5.53
23	Transplantation	ca. 5.39
-	Bone & Joint Journal	ca. 5.39
25	Neurosurgery	ca. 5.32
26	Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	ca. 5.17
27	Annals of Thoracic Surgery	ca. 5.11
28	Journal of Vascular Surgery	ca. 4.86
29	Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research	ca. 4.84
30	Diseases of the Colon & Rectum	ca. 4.66
31	Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery	ca. 4.62
32	European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery	ca. 4.53
33	Aesthetic Surgery Journal	ca. 4.49
34	Surgery	ca. 4.35
35	Annals of Surgical Oncology	ca. 4.34
36	Neurosurgical Focus	ca. 4.33
37	Journal of Vascular Surgery-Venous and Lymphatic Disorders	ca. 4.19
38	Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy	ca. 4.11
39	EJSO	ca. 4.04
40	Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology	ca. 4.01
41	Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons	ca. 4
42	Colorectal Disease	ca. 3.92
43	BJS Open	ca. 3.88
44	Transplant International	ca. 3.84
-	HPB	ca. 3.84
46	Head and Neck-Journal for the Sciences and Specialties of the Head and Neck	ca. 3.82
47	Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases	ca. 3.71
48	Techniques in Coloproctology	ca. 3.7
49	Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery	ca. 3.7
50	Surgical Clinics of North America	ca. 3.54

51	Shock	ca. 3.53
52	Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery	ca. 3.53
53	Journal of Surgical Education	ca. 3.52
54	Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery	ca. 3.51
55	Obesity Surgery	ca. 3.48
56	Journal of Neurosurgery-Spine	ca. 3.47
57	Clinical Transplantation	ca. 3.46
58	Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques	ca. 3.45
59	International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery	ca. 3.42
60	Wound Repair and Regeneration	ca. 3.4
61	Neurospine	ca. 3.37
62	Neurosurgery Clinics of North America	ca. 3.35
63	World Journal of Surgery	ca. 3.28
64	Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery	ca. 3.27
65	Journal of Refractive Surgery	ca. 3.26
66	World Journal of Surgical Oncology	ca. 3.25
67	Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery	ca. 3.19
68	Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences	ca. 3.15
69	American Journal of Surgery	ca. 3.13
70	Journal of Visceral Surgery	ca. 3.12
71	International Wound Journal	ca. 3.1
72	Journal of Endovascular Therapy	ca. 3.09
73	Journal of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery	ca. 3.02
74	International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery	ca. 2.99
75	Thoracic Surgery Clinics	ca. 2.95
76	Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery	ca. 2.93
77	Hernia	ca. 2.92
78	Dermatologic Surgery	ca. 2.91
79	Perioperative Medicine	ca. 2.9
80	Langenbecks Archives of Surgery	ca. 2.9
81	Journal of Surgical Oncology	ca. 2.89
82	Canadian Journal of Surgery	ca. 2.84
83	Operative Neurosurgery	ca. 2.82
84	Acta Neurochirurgica	ca. 2.82
85	Current Problems in Surgery	ca. 2.82
86	Asian Journal of Surgery	ca. 2.81
87	Neurosurgical Review	ca. 2.8
88	International Journal of Colorectal Disease	ca. 2.8
89	Photobiomodulation Photomedicine and Laser Surgery	ca. 2.74
90	HSS Journal	ca. 2.72
91	Journal of Neurosurgery-Pediatrics	ca. 2.71
92	Aesthetic Plastic Surgery	ca. 2.71
93	Lasers in Surgery and Medicine	ca. 2.7
94	Updates in Surgery	ca. 2.69
95	Injury-International Journal of the Care of the Injured	ca. 2.69
96	Surgeon-Journal of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Ireland	ca. 2.63
97	Burns	ca. 2.61
98	Frontiers in Surgery	ca. 2.57
99	Lasers in Medical Science	ca. 2.56
100	Journal of Pediatric Surgery	ca. 2.55
101	Surgery Today	ca. 2.54
102	Clinics in Plastic Surgery	ca. 2.53
103	World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery	ca. 2.51
104	Journal of Robotic Surgery	ca. 2.48
105	International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery	ca. 2.48
106	Digestive Surgery	ca. 2.46
107	Orthopaedics & Traumatology-Surgery & Research	ca. 2.43
108	Knee	ca. 2.42
109	Journal of Surgical Research	ca. 2.42
110	Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery	ca. 2.4
111	Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America	ca. 2.4
112	Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences	ca. 2.39
113	Surgical Oncology-Oxford	ca. 2.39
114	Advances in Skin & Wound Care	ca. 2.37
115	Computer Assisted Surgery	ca. 2.36
116	Journal of Hand Surgery-American Volume	ca. 2.34
117	Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery	ca. 2.33
118	Scandinavian Journal of Surgery	ca. 2.32
119	Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society	ca. 2.25
120	Cirugia Espanola	ca. 2.24
121	World Neurosurgery	ca. 2.21
122	Journal of Hand Surgery-European Volume	ca. 2.21
123	Seminars in Plastic Surgery	ca. 2.2
124	Visceral Medicine	ca. 2.19
125	Minimally Invasive Therapy & Allied Technologies	ca. 2.18
126	Gland Surgery	ca. 2.16
127	Microsurgery	ca. 2.08
128	Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica	ca. 2.04
129	BMC Surgery	ca. 2.03
130	Anz Journal of Surgery	ca. 2.03
131	British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery	ca. 2.02
132	Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	ca. 2.01
133	Pediatric Surgery International	ca. 2
134	Journal of Cosmetic and Laser Therapy	ca. 1.98
135	Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery	ca. 1.98
136	Journal of Investigative Surgery	ca. 1.97
137	Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England	ca. 1.95
138	International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds	ca. 1.92
139	Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal	ca. 1.92
140	Journal of Hand Therapy	ca. 1.91
141	Seminars in Pediatric Surgery	ca. 1.9
142	Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	ca. 1.89
143	Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery	ca. 1.89
144	Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America	ca. 1.88
145	Surgical Infections	ca. 1.85
146	Journal of Burn Care & Research	ca. 1.82
147	European Journal of Pediatric Surgery	ca. 1.79
148	Jsls-Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons	ca. 1.79
149	Surgical Innovation	ca. 1.79
150	Journal of Cardiac Surgery	ca. 1.78
151	Annals of Surgical Treatment and Research	ca. 1.77
-	Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques	ca. 1.77
153	Annals of Plastic Surgery	ca. 1.76
154	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	ca. 1.76
155	Neurochirurgie	ca. 1.73
156	Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery	ca. 1.64
157	Videosurgery and Other Miniinvasive Techniques	ca. 1.63
158	Annals of Vascular Surgery	ca. 1.61
159	Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery	ca. 1.6
160	Acta Cirurgica Brasileira	ca. 1.56
161	Childs Nervous System	ca. 1.53
162	Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery	ca. 1.52
163	Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery	ca. 1.48
164	Surgical Laparoscopy Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques	ca. 1.46
165	Hand Surgery & Rehabilitation	ca. 1.42
166	Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B-Skull Base	ca. 1.41
167	International Journal of Surgical Pathology	ca. 1.36
168	Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy	ca. 1.35
169	Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery	ca. 1.35
170	Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery	ca. 1.3
171	Facial Plastic Surgery	ca. 1.29
172	General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	ca. 1.23
173	Journal of Craniofacial Surgery	ca. 1.17
174	Pediatric Neurosurgery	ca. 1.17
175	British Journal of Neurosurgery	ca. 1.12

176	European Surgical Research	ca. 1.11
177	Progress in Transplantation	ca. 1.07
178	Vascular and Endovascular Surgery	ca. 1.05
179	Journal of Minimal Access Surgery	ca. 1.02
180	Transplantation Proceedings	ca. 1.01
181	American Surgeon	ca. 1
182	Acta Chirurgica Belgica	ca. 0.99
183	Handchirurgie Mikrochirurgie Plastische Chirurgie	ca. 0.99
184	Journal of Neurological Surgery Part A-Central European Neurosurgery	ca. 0.98
185	Turkish Neurosurgery	ca. 0.97
186	Neurocirugia	ca. 0.82
187	European Surgery-Acta Chirurgica Austriaca	ca. 0.8
188	Zentralblatt fuer Chirurgie	ca. 0.79
189	Annales de Chirurgie Plastique Esthetique	ca. 0.75
190	Turk Gogus Kalp Damar Cerrahisi Dergisi-Turkish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	ca. 0.7
191	Heart Surgery Forum	ca. 0.7
192	Plastic Surgery	ca. 0.56
193	South African Journal of Surgery	ca. 0.48
194	Indian Journal of Surgery	ca. 0.44
195	Cirugia y Cirujanos	ca. 0.42
196	Ceska A Slovenska Neurologie A Neurochirurgie	ca. 0.41
197	Bariatric Surgical Practice and Patient Care	ca. 0.37
198	Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine	ca. 0.32
199	International Surgery	ca. 0.16