Surgery (United States)

Aims & Scope

For 66 years, Surgery has published practical, authoritative information about procedures, clinical advances, and major trends shaping general surgery.

Each issue features original scientific contributions and clinical reports.

Peer-reviewed articles cover topics in oncology, trauma, gastrointestinal, vascular, and transplantation surgery.

The journal also publishes papers from the meetings of its sponsoring societies, the Society of University Surgeons, the Central Surgical Association, and the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.7

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.095

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	187

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	4167

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	4259

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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.

• Postoperative pancreatic fistula: An international study group (ISGPF) definition

  Citation: 3652

  Authors: Claudio, Christos, Giovanni, Abe, Charles, Jakob, John, Michael, William, Marcus

• The 2016 update of the International Study Group (ISGPS) definition and grading of postoperative pancreatic fistula: 11 Years After

  Citation: 3327

  Authors: Claudio, Giovanni, Christos, Micheal, Mohammad, Mustapha, Peter, Roland, Horacio J., Marc G., Kevin, Marco, Massimo, Laureano, Carlos, Abe, Helmut, Dirk J, Thilo, Jakob, Keith D., John P., Attila, Richard, Shailesh V., Tadahiro, Kyoichi, William, Charles, Christopher L., Charles J., Roberto, Marcus

• Delayed gastric emptying (DGE) after pancreatic surgery: A suggested definition by the International Study Group of Pancreatic Surgery (ISGPS)

  Citation: 2544

  Authors: Moritz N., Claudio, Christos, Abe, Dirk J., Jakob R., John P., Robert T., Michael G., L. William, Charles J., Markus W.

• Postpancreatectomy hemorrhage (PPH)–An International Study Group of Pancreatic Surgery (ISGPS) definition

  Citation: 2147

  Authors: Moritz N., Johannes A., Claudio, Christos, Abe, Dirk J., Jakob R., John P., Robert T., Michael G., Charles J., Markus W.

• Posthepatectomy liver failure: A definition and grading by the International Study Group of Liver Surgery (ISGLS)

  Citation: 1869

  Authors: Nuh N., O. James, Robert, Mark, Michael, Rene, Moritz, Masatoshi, Ronald P., Christopher, Simon, Val, Masato, Guy, Thomas J., Jean-Nicolas, Paul, Myrddin, Yukihiro, Sheung Tat, Yuji, Joan, Lorenzo, Markus W., Jürgen

• Bile leakage after hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery: A definition and grading of severity by the International Study Group of Liver Surgery

  Citation: 1575

  Authors: Moritz, O. James, Robert, Nuh N., Rene, Lorenzo, Sheung Tat, Yukihiro, Michael, Masatoshi, Christopher, Simon, Mark, Val, Masato, Guy, Thomas J., Jean-Nicolas, Paul, Myrddin, Yuji, Joan, Ronald P., Markus W., Jürgen

• Definition and grading of anastomotic leakage following anterior resection of the rectum: A proposal by the International Study Group of Rectal Cancer

  Citation: 1224

  Authors: Nuh N., Jürgen, Werner, Richard J., Brendan, Alexis, Torbjörn, W. Douglas, Emmanuel, Yoshihiro, Søren, Marcel, Cornelis, Markus W.

• Analysis of errors reported by surgeons at three teaching hospitals

  Citation: 862

  Authors: Atul A., Michael J., David M., Troyen A.

• Incisional ventral hernias: Review of the literature and recommendations regarding the grading and technique of repair

  Citation: 861

  Authors: Karl, Charles E., Stephen, Michael, Charles S., Joshua F., Michael, Ronald P., Daniel

• Borderline resectable pancreatic cancer: A consensus statement by the International Study Group of Pancreatic Surgery (ISGPS)

  Citation: 775

  Authors: Maximilian, Faik G., Mustapha, Clem, Miroslav, Aken A., Horacio J., Claudio, Markus, Richard M., Kevin, Laureano Fernandez, Christos, Abe, Helmut, Dirk J., Werner, Keith D., Marco, John P., Shailesh V., Kyoichi, William, Yogesh K., Charles, Charles J., Jakob R.

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