Turkish Journal of Surgery

Aims & Scope

Turkish Journal of Surgery (Turk J Surg) is the official, peer reviewed, open access publication of the Turkish Surgical Society and Turkish surgical community.

The journal is published quarterly on March, June, September and December and its publication language is English.

The aim of the Turkish Journal of Surgery is to publish high quality research articles, review articles on current topics and rare case reports in the field of general surgery.

Additionally, expert opinions, letters to the editor, scientific letters and manuscripts on surgical techniques are accepted for publication, and various manuscripts on medicine and surgery history and ethics, surgical education and the field of forensic medicine are included in the journal.

As a surgical journal, the Turkish Journal of Surgery covers all specialties, and its target audience includes scholars, practitioners, specialists and students from all specialties of surgery.

The editorial and publication processes of the journal are shaped in accordance with the guidelines of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), Council of Science Editors (CSE), Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), European Association of Science Editors (EASE), and National Information Standards Organization (NISO).

The journal is in conformity with the Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing (doaj.org/bestpractice).

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.6
2024	0.50

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.215

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

h-index

Year	Value
2024	20

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	20334

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	111

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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

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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.

• Lymphedema: From diagnosis to treatment

  Citation: 87

  Authors: Oguz, Carolyn, Kaori, Atilla

• Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis: an institutional experience

  Citation: 34

  Authors: Seetharam, Padmapriya, Aniket, Deepti

• Treatment of pilonidal disease by phenol application

  Citation: 30

  Authors: Mustafa, Cem, Huseyin, Goksever, Cengiz

• Prognostic factors in patients with acute mesenteric ischemia

  Citation: 22

  Authors: Dogan, Adnan, Cihad, Turgut, Muzaffer, Mehmet

• General Surgery Operating Room Practice in Patients with COVID-19

  Citation: 20

  Authors: Ahmet Serdar, M Mahir, Ahmet Deniz, Ahmet Çınar, Seher

• Assessment of the relationship between neutrophil lymphocyte ratio and prognostic factors in non-metastatic colorectal cancer

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Ersin, Ahmet Abdulhalik, Zehra, Muhammed Kasim, Alper, Latif, Muhsin, Ilyas

• Analysis of the publishing rate and the number of citations of general surgery dissertations

  Citation: 17

  Authors: Burhan, Tuna, Tugrul, Ugur, Umut Riza, Arif, Mehmet Tahir

• Foreign body: A sewing needle migrating from the gastrointestinal tract to pancreas

  Citation: 17

  Authors: Fatih, Engin, Serkan, Metin

• Routine histopathological examination of gallbladder specimens after cholecystectomy: Is it time to change the current practice?

  Citation: 16

  Authors: Mohamed, Akrem, Soad, Osama

• Turkish HPB Surgery Association consensus report on hepatic cystic Echinococcosis (HCE)

  Citation: 16

  Authors: Gürkan, Mehmet, Ömer, Cüneyt, Faik, Suat, Nurhak, Ahmet, Erdal, Volkan, Ekrem, Pınar

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