Surgery: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)

Rank	Journal	Papers
1	British Journal of Surgery	11838
2	Asian Journal of Surgery	9148
3	Annals of Surgical Oncology	7555
4	World Neurosurgery	7250
5	Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation	7105
6	Journal of Vascular Surgery	6057
7	HPB	5864
8	EJSO	5483
9	Transplantation	5010
10	Endoscopy	4794
11	Frontiers in Surgery	4739
12	American Journal of Transplantation	4362
13	Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	4286
14	Neurosurgery	4250
15	Journal of Craniofacial Surgery	3799
16	Annals of Thoracic Surgery	3479
17	Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques	3474
18	Journal of Surgical Research	3164
19	Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	3076
20	Surgery	3007
21	Journal of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery	2821
22	Annals of Vascular Surgery	2801
23	Injury-International Journal of the Care of the Injured	2788
24	International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery	2707
25	Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases	2660
26	Aesthetic Plastic Surgery	2656
27	Arthroscopy-The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery	2645
28	Anz Journal of Surgery	2543
29	European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery	2532
30	Obesity Surgery	2531
31	Journal of Burn Care & Research	2398
32	Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery	2385
33	American Surgeon	2356
34	Journal of Pediatric Surgery	2260
35	Cirugia Espanola	2209
36	American Journal of Surgery	2193
37	International Wound Journal	2019
38	Transplantation Proceedings	1952
39	Journal of Neurosurgery	1876
40	Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery	1857
41	Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy	1848
42	Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery	1840
43	Operative Neurosurgery	1810
44	BMC Surgery	1771
45	World Journal of Surgery	1759
46	Annals of Surgery	1750
47	Colorectal Disease	1707
48	JAMA Surgery	1698
-	British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery	1698
50	Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research	1691

51	Journal of Surgical Oncology	1631
52	Dermatologic Surgery	1629
53	Hand Surgery & Rehabilitation	1624
54	Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery	1603
55	Childs Nervous System	1590
56	Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery	1588
57	Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume	1585
58	World Journal of Surgical Oncology	1569
59	Annals of Plastic Surgery	1540
60	Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry	1498
61	Head and Neck-Journal for the Sciences and Specialties of the Head and Neck	1497
62	Diseases of the Colon & Rectum	1479
63	Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery	1431
64	Journal of Hand Surgery-American Volume	1425
65	Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B-Skull Base	1414
66	Clinical Transplantation	1382
67	Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery	1350
68	World Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery	1318
69	Indian Journal of Surgery	1314
70	Journal of Cardiac Surgery	1293
71	Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons	1288
72	Aesthetic Surgery Journal	1267
73	Orthopaedics & Traumatology-Surgery & Research	1255
74	Updates in Surgery	1215
75	Burns	1211
76	Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery	1156
77	Journal of Surgical Education	1139
78	Journal of Vascular Surgery-Venous and Lymphatic Disorders	1136
79	JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery	1058
80	Liver Transplantation	1054
81	Digestive Endoscopy	1048
82	International Journal of Surgery	1019
83	Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery	1016
84	Journal of the American College of Surgeons	1000
85	Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal	994
86	Journal of Hand Surgery-European Volume	968
87	Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery	922
88	Journal of Endovascular Therapy	902
89	International Journal of Surgical Pathology	886
90	Journal of Neurosurgery-Spine	878
91	Gland Surgery	876
92	Knee	868
93	Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery	867
94	Bone & Joint Journal	847
95	Shock	809
96	Hepatobiliary Surgery and Nutrition	799
97	Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques	763
98	Surgery Today	753
99	Journal of Neurosurgery-Pediatrics	740
100	Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon	718
101	Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England	694
102	Techniques in Coloproctology	677
103	Zentralblatt fuer Chirurgie	670
104	BJS Open	663
-	Neurosurgical Focus	663
106	American Journal of Surgical Pathology	654
107	Advances in Skin & Wound Care	651
108	Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences	650
109	Surgical Infections	609
110	Microsurgery	601
111	European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery	600
112	Cirugia y Cirujanos	599
113	Neurocirugia	581
114	Surgeon-Journal of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Ireland	567
115	Heart Surgery Forum	566
116	Neurospine	561
117	Surgical Clinics of North America	549
118	Journal of Refractive Surgery	547
-	Journal of Hand Therapy	547
120	Vascular and Endovascular Surgery	524
121	Lasers in Surgery and Medicine	520
122	General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	494
123	Journal of Minimal Access Surgery	489
124	Neurochirurgie	486
125	Facial Plastic Surgery	482
-	Current Problems in Surgery	482
127	Turkish Neurosurgery	477
-	International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery	477
129	Surgical Oncology-Oxford	474
130	Journal of Visceral Surgery	472
131	International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds	437
132	Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery	436
133	Turk Gogus Kalp Damar Cerrahisi Dergisi-Turkish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	430
134	British Journal of Neurosurgery	418
135	Wound Repair and Regeneration	409
136	Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society	403
137	Canadian Journal of Surgery	401
138	Photobiomodulation Photomedicine and Laser Surgery	383
139	Journal of Neurosurgical Sciences	375
140	Perioperative Medicine	373
141	Journal of Neurological Surgery Part A-Central European Neurosurgery	367
142	Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery	355
143	Annales de Chirurgie Plastique Esthetique	354
144	Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery	349
145	Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America	348
146	Plastic Surgery	347
147	Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery	335
-	Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery	335
149	Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America	334
150	Surgical Innovation	333
151	Annals of Surgical Treatment and Research	329
152	Clinics in Plastic Surgery	325
153	Neurosurgery Clinics of North America	321
154	Thoracic Surgery Clinics	315
155	Acta Cirurgica Brasileira	311
156	European Journal of Pediatric Surgery	304
157	Handchirurgie Mikrochirurgie Plastische Chirurgie	301
158	Seminars in Pediatric Surgery	288
159	Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica	277
160	HSS Journal	273
161	Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology	257
162	Journal of Investigative Surgery	254
163	World Journal of Emergency Surgery	243
164	Ceska A Slovenska Neurologie A Neurochirurgie	236
165	Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery	225
166	Acta Chirurgica Belgica	221
167	Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery	217
168	South African Journal of Surgery	210
169	Minimally Invasive Therapy & Allied Technologies	207
170	Visceral Medicine	205
171	Jsls-Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons	192
172	Seminars in Plastic Surgery	190
-	Progress in Transplantation	190
174	Scandinavian Journal of Surgery	185
175	Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine	172

176	Pediatric Neurosurgery	167
177	European Surgery-Acta Chirurgica Austriaca	161
178	Bariatric Surgical Practice and Patient Care	159
179	Hernia	152
180	Digestive Surgery	137
181	Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery	123
182	European Surgical Research	113
183	Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery	110
184	Journal of Cosmetic and Laser Therapy	105
185	International Surgery	101
186	Acta Neurochirurgica	99
187	International Journal of Colorectal Disease	92
188	Transplant International	81
189	International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery	66
190	Pediatric Surgery International	63
191	Langenbecks Archives of Surgery	57
192	Computer Assisted Surgery	51
193	Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy	38