Updates in Surgery

Aims & Scope

Updates in Surgery (UPIS) has been founded in 2010 as the official journal of the Italian Society of Surgery.

It’s an international, English-language, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the surgical sciences.

Its main goal is to offer a valuable update on the most recent developments of those surgical techniques that are rapidly evolving, forcing the community of surgeons to a rigorous debate and a continuous refinement of standards of care.

In this respect position papers on the mostly debated surgical approaches and accreditation criteria have been published and are welcome for the future.

Beside its focus on general surgery, the journal draws particular attention to cutting edge topics and emerging surgical fields that are publishing in monothematic issues guest edited by well-known experts.

Updates in Surgery has been considering various types of papers: editorials, comprehensive reviews, original studies and technical notes related to specific surgical procedures and techniques on liver, colorectal, gastric, pancreatic, robotic and bariatric surgery.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.2
2024	2.40

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	6938

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1850

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.787

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	44

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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.

• Worldwide burden of colorectal cancer: a review

  Citation: 556

  Authors: Pasqualino, Gabriele, Marco, Felice, Raffaele Emmanuele Maria, Francesco

• Breast cancer in young women: an overview

  Citation: 482

  Authors: Zoi, Georgios D., Eleftheria, Haralampos V., Michail

• The clinical use of 3D printing in surgery

  Citation: 156

  Authors: Luigi, Stefania, Erika, Valeria, Andrea, Virginia, Ferdinando, Andrea

• Augmented reality in open surgery

  Citation: 102

  Authors: Benish, Fabrizio, Gregorio, Mauro, Vincenzo

• Transoral endoscopic thyroidectomy: preliminary experience in Italy

  Citation: 89

  Authors: Gianlorenzo, Alessandro, Matteo, Davide, Luigi, Stefano, Hoon Yub, Angkoon

• Tumor markers of uterine cervical cancer: a new scenario to guide surgical practice?

  Citation: 82

  Authors: Gaetano, Salvatore Giovanni, Alessandro, Antonio, Antonio Simone

• The learning curve in robotic distal pancreatectomy

  Citation: 80

  Authors: Niccolò, Emanuele F., Vittorio Grazio, Mario, Stefania, Ugo

• Learning curve for laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy in a high-volume hospital

  Citation: 79

  Authors: Marco, Cristina, Gianpaolo, Renato, Nicolò, Valerio

• Meta-analysis of laparoscopic vs open liver resection for hepatocellular carcinoma

  Citation: 77

  Authors: Georgios C., Anastasia, Ioannis D., Nikolaos

• A review on functional results of sphincter-saving surgery for rectal cancer: the anterior resection syndrome

  Citation: 72

  Authors: Filippo

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