Aims & Scope

Surgery Open Science is an open access journal affiliated with the journal Surgery and striving to incorporate the strongest tenets of the open science movement including allowing author preprints, rigorous reviewing, and data sharing.

As such, Surgery Open Science provides leading edge dynamic, transparent, and interactive access to process and data.

Surgery Open Science seeks original, high quality basic and clinical science submissions and timely, rigorous review manuscripts in the broad field of general surgery; these submissions should be of interest to an international audience.

Case reports and book reviews are not accepted by the journal.

Surgery Open Science strives for a fast, detailed reviewing process, aiming to return the first decision in less than 30 days from submission.

Rapid online manuscript publication will follow acceptance.

Authors are encouraged to submit original data for review.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year Value
2025 1.7

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year Value
2024 0.500

Quartile

Year Value
2024 Q2

h-index

Year Value
2024 11

Journal Rank

Year Value
2024 11594

Journal Citation Indicator

Year Value
2024 329

Impact Factor Trend


Abstracting & Indexing

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


Subjects & Keywords

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


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.


Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.


Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.


APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Medicine, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal requires an Article Processing Charge (APC) to support open access publishing, covering peer review, editing, and distribution. The current APC is 2,000.00 USD. Learn more.

Explore journals without APCs for alternative publishing options.


Quick Facts

Current Factor
1.7
First Published: 2025

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

SJR
0.500
First Published: 2024

Quartile

Current Quartile
Q2
First Published: 2024

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