Surgery: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	American Journal of Transplantation	57
2	Annals of Surgery	44
3	Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry	42
4	Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	39
5	Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation	38
6	Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy	37
-	Annals of Thoracic Surgery	37
-	Transplantation	37
-	Endoscopy	37
10	Arthroscopy-The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery	36
11	Journal of Vascular Surgery	35
12	Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery	34
-	Annals of Surgical Oncology	34
-	British Journal of Surgery	34
15	International Journal of Surgery	33
16	World Neurosurgery	32
-	Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume	32
-	Injury-International Journal of the Care of the Injured	32
19	Obesity Surgery	31
-	EJSO	31
21	Surgery	30
-	Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery	30
-	Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	30
24	Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research	29
-	European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery	29
26	Liver Transplantation	28
-	Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques	28
28	World Journal of Emergency Surgery	27
-	Journal of Surgical Education	27
-	Journal of the American College of Surgeons	27
-	Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery	27
-	Journal of Neurosurgery	27
-	Aesthetic Surgery Journal	27
-	Digestive Endoscopy	27
35	Journal of Pediatric Surgery	26
-	Neurosurgery	26
37	American Journal of Surgery	25
-	Neurosurgical Focus	25
-	Burns	25
-	International Wound Journal	25
-	American Journal of Surgical Pathology	25
42	Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery	24
-	World Journal of Surgical Oncology	24
-	Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery	24
-	Journal of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery	24
46	World Journal of Surgery	23
-	Journal of Surgical Research	23
-	International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery	23
-	Orthopaedics & Traumatology-Surgery & Research	23
-	Surgeon-Journal of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Ireland	23

-	Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases	23
52	HPB	22
-	Journal of Hand Surgery-American Volume	22
-	Aesthetic Plastic Surgery	22
-	European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery	22
-	Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons	22
-	Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery	22
-	Diseases of the Colon & Rectum	22
59	Head and Neck-Journal for the Sciences and Specialties of the Head and Neck	21
60	International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery	20
-	Surgical Oncology-Oxford	20
-	Journal of Endovascular Therapy	20
-	Journal of Neurosurgery-Spine	20
64	Techniques in Coloproctology	19
-	International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery	19
-	Journal of Cardiac Surgery	19
-	Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences	19
-	Journal of Refractive Surgery	19
-	British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery	19
-	Colorectal Disease	19
-	Shock	19
-	International Journal of Colorectal Disease	19
-	Wound Repair and Regeneration	19
-	Journal of Surgical Oncology	19
-	Annals of Vascular Surgery	19
-	Clinical Transplantation	19
77	Updates in Surgery	18
-	Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery	18
-	Acta Neurochirurgica	18
-	Anz Journal of Surgery	18
-	BMC Surgery	18
-	World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery	18
-	Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery	18
-	Journal of Hand Surgery-European Volume	18
-	Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery	18
86	Surgical Clinics of North America	17
-	Hernia	17
-	Transplant International	17
-	Annals of Plastic Surgery	17
-	Knee	17
-	Asian Journal of Surgery	17
92	Journal of Neurosurgery-Pediatrics	16
-	Surgery Today	16
-	Journal of Craniofacial Surgery	16
-	American Surgeon	16
-	Langenbecks Archives of Surgery	16
97	Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal	15
-	Dermatologic Surgery	15
-	Journal of Burn Care & Research	15
-	Journal of Investigative Surgery	15
-	Childs Nervous System	15
102	Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America	14
-	Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery	14
-	Surgical Infections	14
-	Lasers in Surgery and Medicine	14
-	Canadian Journal of Surgery	14
-	Seminars in Plastic Surgery	14
108	Transplantation Proceedings	13
-	Journal of Hand Therapy	13
-	Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England	13
-	Lasers in Medical Science	13
-	Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	13
-	Pediatric Surgery International	13
-	Seminars in Pediatric Surgery	13
-	Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery	13
-	Advances in Skin & Wound Care	13
-	Journal of Visceral Surgery	13
-	Microsurgery	13
-	British Journal of Neurosurgery	13
-	Neurosurgical Review	13
121	Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America	12
-	Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society	12
-	Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology	12
-	Minimally Invasive Therapy & Allied Technologies	12
-	General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	12
-	International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds	12
-	Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques	12
-	Neurosurgery Clinics of North America	12
-	Clinics in Plastic Surgery	12
130	Indian Journal of Surgery	11
-	Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery	11
-	Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery	11
-	HSS Journal	11
-	Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences	11
-	Neurochirurgie	11
-	Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica	11
137	Thoracic Surgery Clinics	10
-	Journal of Minimal Access Surgery	10
-	Surgical Innovation	10
-	Facial Plastic Surgery	10
-	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	10
-	International Journal of Surgical Pathology	10
-	Scandinavian Journal of Surgery	10
-	Current Problems in Surgery	10
145	Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery	9
-	Jsls-Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons	9
-	Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery	9
-	European Surgical Research	9
-	Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy	9
-	European Journal of Pediatric Surgery	9
151	Heart Surgery Forum	8
-	Cirugia Espanola	8
-	Progress in Transplantation	8
-	Acta Cirurgica Brasileira	8
-	Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	8
156	Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery	7
-	Vascular and Endovascular Surgery	7
-	Pediatric Neurosurgery	7
-	European Surgery-Acta Chirurgica Austriaca	7
160	Turk Gogus Kalp Damar Cerrahisi Dergisi-Turkish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	6
-	Zentralblatt fuer Chirurgie	6
-	Journal of Cosmetic and Laser Therapy	6
-	Acta Chirurgica Belgica	6
-	Annales de Chirurgie Plastique Esthetique	6
-	Neurocirugia	6
-	Digestive Surgery	6
-	Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine	6
168	Handchirurgie Mikrochirurgie Plastische Chirurgie	5
169	Turkish Neurosurgery	4
-	Cirugia y Cirujanos	4
171	Ceska A Slovenska Neurologie A Neurochirurgie	3
-	South African Journal of Surgery	3
173	International Surgery	2