South African Journal of Surgery

Aims & Scope

The South African Journal of Surgery (SAJS) is a quarterly, general surgical journal.

It carries research articles and letters, editorials, clinical practice and other surgical articles and personal opinion, South African health-related news, obituaries and general correspondence.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.6
2024	0.40

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.220

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	26

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	20075

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	101

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Pseudomonas aeruginosa burn wound infection in a dedicated paediatric burns unit

  Citation: 27

  Authors: Emile, Heinz, Delawir

• The scope of plastic surgery

  Citation: 26

  Authors: A D, G, D A

• An audit of trauma-related mortality in a provincial capital in South Africa

  Citation: 22

  Authors: Neil B, Damian, Colleen

• Serum lipase should be the laboratory test of choice for suspected acute pancreatitis

  Citation: 21

  Authors: Stefan, Carel, Brian L

• Base deficit as an early marker of coagulopathy in trauma

  Citation: 19

  Authors: Shalen, David J J, Timothy C

• The use of diverting colostomies in paediatric peri-anal burns: Experience in 45 patients

  Citation: 18

  Authors: C E, S, H

• Surgical resources in South Africa: a review of the number of functional operating theatres

  Citation: 15

  Authors: AJ, D

• Using a structured morbidity and mortality meeting to understand the contribution of human error to adverse surgical events in a South African regional hospital

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Damian L, Heidi, Grant L, Colleen, Sandie Rutherford

• Registrar perceptions on general surgical training in South Africa: A report by the South African Society of Surgeons in Training (SASSiT)

  Citation: 14

  Authors: N, A, N, MZ, T

• South African guidelines for receptor radioligand therapy (RLT) with Lu-177-PSMA in prostate cancer

  Citation: 13

  Authors: M, J, IO, P, M, NE, R, AA, G, S, A, MM

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