Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Aims & Scope

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases (SOARD), The Official Journal of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) and the Brazilian Society for Bariatric Surgery, is an international journal devoted to the publication of peer-reviewed manuscripts of the highest quality with objective data regarding techniques for the treatment of severe obesity.

Articles document the effects of surgically induced weight loss on obesity physiological, psychiatric and social co-morbidities.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.8
2024	3.50

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.266

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	113

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	3229

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1881

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

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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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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.

• International Sleeve Gastrectomy Expert Panel Consensus Statement: best practice guidelines based on experience of >12,000 cases

  Citation: 868

  Authors: Raul J.

• Standardized outcomes reporting in metabolic and bariatric surgery

  Citation: 638

  Authors: Stacy A., Julie, Maher, Pavlos, Dan, Ann, Naveen, Mark, Shanu

• 2022 American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) and International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO): Indications for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery

  Citation: 582

  Authors: Dan, Scott A., Edo, Ali, Luigi, Ricardo V., Maurizio, Silvia L., Kasey P.S., Ashraf, Jacques M., Lilian, Marina, Ken, Kamal, Abdelrahman, Mary, Pavlos K., Jaime, Janey S.A., Ann M., Kimberley E., Michel, Shanu N.

• American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Integrated Health Nutritional Guidelines for the Surgical Weight Loss Patient 2016 Update: Micronutrients

  Citation: 562

  Authors: Julie, Laura, Rebecca, Lillian, Kellene A., Laura

• Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Perioperative Nutritional, Metabolic, and Nonsurgical Support of the Bariatric Surgery Patient—2013 Update: Cosponsored by American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, The Obesity Society, and American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery

  Citation: 540

  Authors: Jeffrey I., Adrienne, Daniel B., W., Daniel L., M., Leslie J., Robert, Ted D., Scott, John B., Stacy

• ASMBS pediatric metabolic and bariatric surgery guidelines, 2018

  Citation: 445

  Authors: Janey S.A., Allen, Nancy T., Matias, Megan, Ashish, Thomas, Bradley C., Samer G., Marc, David, Kirk W., Fatima Cody, Meg H., Jeffrey

• ASMBS Allied Health Nutritional Guidelines for the Surgical Weight Loss Patient

  Citation: 431

  Authors: Linda, Jeanne, Cynthia, Margaret, Julie

• Systematic review of sleeve gastrectomy as staging and primary bariatric procedure

  Citation: 423

  Authors: Stacy A., Jeffrey P., Philip R.

• Clinical practice guidelines for the perioperative nutrition, metabolic, and nonsurgical support of patients undergoing bariatric procedures – 2019 update: cosponsored by American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists/American College of Endocrinology, The Obesity Society, American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery, Obesity Medicine Association, and American Society of Anesthesiologists

  Citation: 417

  Authors: Jeffrey I., Caroline, Stacy, W. Timothy, Aaron M., Julie, Robert F., Richard, Rachel, Jennifer, Richard D., Stephanie, John B., Riccardo, M. Kathleen, Karen, Jayleen, Daniel L., Shanu, Michael V., Christopher D.

• American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery estimation of metabolic and bariatric procedures performed in the United States in 2016

  Citation: 361

  Authors: Wayne J., Eric J., Stacy A., Samer G., Raul J., John M.

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