Surgery: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Neurosurgical Review	14
-	World Journal of Emergency Surgery	14
3	Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery	13
-	Lasers in Medical Science	13
5	International Journal of Colorectal Disease	12
6	Langenbecks Archives of Surgery	11
-	International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery	11
8	American Journal of Transplantation	9
-	Acta Neurochirurgica	9
-	Annals of Surgery	9
-	Bone & Joint Journal	9
-	Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy	9
-	Hernia	9
-	American Journal of Surgical Pathology	9
15	Neurospine	8
-	Transplant International	8
17	European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery	7
-	BJS Open	7
-	JAMA Surgery	7
-	Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery	7
-	Journal of Neurosurgery	7
22	Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery	6
-	Arthroscopy-The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery	6
-	Neurosurgical Focus	6
-	Orthopaedics & Traumatology-Surgery & Research	6
-	International Journal of Surgery	6
-	JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery	6
-	Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume	6
-	World Journal of Surgical Oncology	6
-	Journal of Neurosurgery-Spine	6
-	Journal of Refractive Surgery	6
-	Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery	6
-	Pediatric Surgery International	6
-	Surgeon-Journal of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Ireland	6
-	Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy	6
-	Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques	6
-	Surgical Oncology-Oxford	6
38	Annals of Thoracic Surgery	5
-	Knee	5
-	Obesity Surgery	5
-	Seminars in Pediatric Surgery	5
-	Head and Neck-Journal for the Sciences and Specialties of the Head and Neck	5
-	Surgery	5
-	Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery	5
-	International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery	5
-	Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry	5
-	American Journal of Surgery	5
-	Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery	5
-	Journal of Pediatric Surgery	5
-	Journal of Surgical Education	5

-	Burns	5
-	Frontiers in Surgery	5
-	Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery	5
-	Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery	5
55	Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery	4
-	Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery	4
-	Journal of Surgical Oncology	4
-	Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons	4
-	BMC Surgery	4
-	Canadian Journal of Surgery	4
-	Lasers in Surgery and Medicine	4
-	Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery	4
-	Clinical Transplantation	4
-	Clinics in Plastic Surgery	4
-	Perioperative Medicine	4
-	Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	4
-	Shock	4
-	Surgery Today	4
-	Techniques in Coloproctology	4
-	Updates in Surgery	4
-	Wound Repair and Regeneration	4
-	Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery	4
-	Journal of Hand Surgery-American Volume	4
-	Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences	4
-	Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society	4
-	Journal of Neurosurgery-Pediatrics	4
-	Journal of Surgical Research	4
-	Liver Transplantation	4
-	Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery	4
-	Scandinavian Journal of Surgery	4
-	Injury-International Journal of the Care of the Injured	4
-	International Wound Journal	4
-	World Neurosurgery	4
-	Journal of Investigative Surgery	4
-	Aesthetic Surgery Journal	4
86	Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology	3
-	Annals of Plastic Surgery	3
-	Journal of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery	3
-	Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	3
-	British Journal of Neurosurgery	3
-	Neurochirurgie	3
-	Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica	3
-	Computer Assisted Surgery	3
-	Pediatric Neurosurgery	3
-	European Surgical Research	3
-	Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America	3
-	Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery	3
-	Surgical Clinics of North America	3
-	Surgical Infections	3
-	Journal of Cardiac Surgery	3
-	Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery	3
-	Journal of Hand Therapy	3
-	Aesthetic Plastic Surgery	3
-	Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences	3
-	Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery	3
-	Annals of Surgical Treatment and Research	3
-	Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	3
-	Annals of Vascular Surgery	3
-	Journal of Vascular Surgery-Venous and Lymphatic Disorders	3
-	Jsls-Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons	3
-	Minimally Invasive Therapy & Allied Technologies	3
-	Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal	3
-	Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research	3
-	Neurosurgery Clinics of North America	3
-	Digestive Endoscopy	3
-	Diseases of the Colon & Rectum	3
-	European Journal of Pediatric Surgery	3
-	Photobiomodulation Photomedicine and Laser Surgery	3
-	Gland Surgery	3
-	Surgical Innovation	3
-	International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds	3
-	Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery	3
-	World Journal of Surgery	3
-	Journal of Endovascular Therapy	3
-	Journal of Hand Surgery-European Volume	3
-	Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques	3
-	Advances in Skin & Wound Care	3
128	Annals of Surgical Oncology	2
-	Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England	2
-	Anz Journal of Surgery	2
-	Journal of Visceral Surgery	2
-	Childs Nervous System	2
-	Microsurgery	2
-	Dermatologic Surgery	2
-	Digestive Surgery	2
-	European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery	2
-	Progress in Transplantation	2
-	General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	2
-	Hepatobiliary Surgery and Nutrition	2
-	Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America	2
-	Thoracic Surgery Clinics	2
-	Transplantation Proceedings	2
-	Visceral Medicine	2
-	World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery	2
-	Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery	2
-	Journal of Cosmetic and Laser Therapy	2
-	Acta Chirurgica Belgica	2
-	Journal of Minimal Access Surgery	2
-	Journal of Neurological Surgery Part A-Central European Neurosurgery	2
-	American Surgeon	2
-	Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery	2
-	Colorectal Disease	2
-	Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	2
-	Facial Plastic Surgery	2
-	Seminars in Plastic Surgery	2
-	HSS Journal	2
-	International Journal of Surgical Pathology	2
-	Vascular and Endovascular Surgery	2
-	Acta Cirurgica Brasileira	2
160	Annales de Chirurgie Plastique Esthetique	1
-	Bariatric Surgical Practice and Patient Care	1
-	Journal of Vascular Surgery	1
-	Cirugia y Cirujanos	1
-	Neurosurgery	1
-	Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine	1
-	EJSO	1
-	Handchirurgie Mikrochirurgie Plastische Chirurgie	1
-	Turk Gogus Kalp Damar Cerrahisi Dergisi-Turkish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	1
-	Journal of the American College of Surgeons	1
-	Asian Journal of Surgery	1
-	British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery	1
-	Current Problems in Surgery	1
-	Operative Neurosurgery	1
-	European Surgery-Acta Chirurgica Austriaca	1
-	Plastic Surgery	1

-	South African Journal of Surgery	1
-	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	1
-	Transplantation	1
-	Journal of Craniofacial Surgery	1
180	British Journal of Surgery	0
-	HPB	0
-	Indian Journal of Surgery	0
-	International Surgery	0
-	Ceska A Slovenska Neurologie A Neurochirurgie	0
-	Cirugia Espanola	0
-	Neurocirugia	0
-	Endoscopy	0
-	Hand Surgery & Rehabilitation	0
-	Heart Surgery Forum	0
-	Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases	0
-	International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery	0
-	Turkish Neurosurgery	0
-	Journal of Burn Care & Research	0
-	Zentralblatt fuer Chirurgie	0
-	Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation	0
-	Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B-Skull Base	0