Q1 Surgery Journals
Browse Q1 Surgery journals and compare the highest impact Surgery journals in our database. Each listing includes key details authors often use when choosing where to submit.
Rankings are based on the latest Journal Impact Factor and quartile data currently available in our journal database.
American Medical Association
JAMA Surgery is a surgical journal in the JAMA Network that publishes research, opinion, and clinical review and education content, including article types such as Original Investigation, Review, Special Communication, Viewpoint, and Invited Commentary.
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Thieme Medical Publishers (Germany)
Endoscopy is the official organ of ESGE and publishes content including original articles, editorials, systematic reviews, innovations and brief communications, E-Videos, letters to the editor, newsletters, and corrections. The journal lists a Journal Impact F...
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Wolters Kluwer
International Journal of Surgery is a monthly surgery journal published on the LWW platform. It lists Editor-in-Chief Riaz Agha, Online ISSN 1743-9159, ranking 3/312 in Surgery, and an Impact Factor of 10.3.
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OXFORD UNIV PRESS
Burns & Trauma highlights research and expert perspectives across burns and trauma care, with emphasis on wound healing and regeneration, scar biology and management, biomaterials and skin substitutes, autophagy and lysosome biology in injury, sepsis and haemo...
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Oxford University Press
BJS is a surgical journal featuring high-quality research, education, and debate. It is a peer-reviewed surgical journal in Europe featuring clinical and laboratory-based research on all aspects of surgery and related topics.
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Elsevier BV
American Journal of Transplantation is the official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons. It serves as a forum for debate and reassessment in transplantation and is published monthly for researchers...
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Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry is an international journal publishing research and reviews across neurological sciences, with a focus on common neurological disorders including stroke, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, perip...
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The European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery is aimed primarily at vascular surgeons dealing with patients with arterial, venous and lymphatic diseases. It publishes contributions on the diagnosis, investigation and management of vascular disorder...
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LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
Annals of Surgery is a journal published on the Lippincott Williams & Wilkins platform.
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The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation (JHLT), the official publication of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, publishes cutting-edge clinical, basic, and translational science in advanced heart and lung disease, cardiopulmonar...
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World Journal of Emergency Surgery is an open access, peer-reviewed journal covering all aspects of clinical and basic research related to traumatic and non-traumatic emergency surgery and allied subjects. Areas of interest include emergency surgery, acute car...
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American Medical Association
JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery is a specialty journal in the JAMA Network that publishes research, opinion, and clinical review and education content in otolaryngology and head and neck surgery.
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Arthroscopy is a peer-reviewed journal in minimally invasive surgery and arthroscopic techniques. It discusses the advantages, disadvantages, applications, efficiency, efficacy, and cost benefit of emerging arthroscopic methods and is an official journal of th...
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Springer Science+Business Media
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy (KSSTA) is the official clinical journal of the European Society of Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy (ESSKA). It publishes peer-reviewed research in knee surgery, sports trauma surgery and arthros...
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Wolters Kluwer
Transplantation is the official journal of The Transplantation Society and publishes basic, translational, and clinical research in transplantation, along with invited and feature content spanning education, debate, and policy-relevant topics in the field.
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British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery
The Bone & Joint Journal is an orthopaedics journal with an Impact Factor of 4.6 and offers article alerts, social media channels, podcasts, videos, infographics, and an archive browser.
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LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® is a journal published on the LWW platform.
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American Association for Thoracic Surgery
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery presents original, peer-reviewed articles on diseases of the heart, great vessels, lungs, and thorax with emphasis on surgical interventions, focusing on techniques and developments in acquired cardiac surgery...
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Wolters Kluwer
The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American Volume) is part of the JBJS publishing platform focused on orthopaedics and related subspecialties, with related publications including JBJS Reviews, JBJS Open Access, JBJS Essential Surgical Techniques, JBJS Cas...
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The Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery (JNIS) is a peer reviewed journal launched in 2009 that publishes scientific research and literature in neurointerventional surgery, covering neurological and vascular conditions including stroke, aneurysms, brain tum...
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LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
The American Journal of Surgical Pathology is a journal published by Wolters Kluwer on the Lippincott Williams & Wilkins platform.
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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery is the official journal of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons and the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association. It is a leading monthly, clinically oriented journal that promotes scholarship in cardiothoracic surgery patient care, cl...
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LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
Neurosurgery is a neurosurgical journal with a large editorial structure that includes an editor in chief, associate editors, section editors, interspecialty editors, resident review board members, and an editorial advisory board spanning multiple subspecialti...
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LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery publishes work in the fields of trauma and acute care surgery. The journal releases 12 issues per year and reports an Impact Factor of 3.7, with rankings of 14/62 in Critical Care Medicine and 33/312 in Surgery.
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American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Journal of Neurosurgery is part of the Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group and publishes neurosurgery content alongside related titles including Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine, Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics, Journal of Neurosurgery: Case Lessons, Ne...
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Elsevier BV
Journal of Vascular Surgery is published by Elsevier and provides contact information for the editorial office, customer service, advertising, and reprints.
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LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
Journal of the American College of Surgeons is the official scientific journal of the American College of Surgeons. It is a monthly peer-reviewed journal publishing original contributions on all aspects of surgery, including original clinical studies, review a...
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LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery is a journal published on the Lippincott Williams & Wilkins platform.
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Wound Repair and Regeneration publishes international coverage of cellular and molecular biology, connective tissue, and biological mediator studies in tissue repair and regeneration. It is the official journal of The Wound Healing Society, The European Tissue...
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LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery is a peer-reviewed monthly ophthalmology journal focused on cataract and refractive surgery. It is the official journal of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery and the European Society of Cataract & R...
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Springer Science+Business Media
Obesity Surgery is an interdisciplinary and international journal focused on bariatric and metabolic surgery and allied care. It publishes research and clinical knowledge on the surgical treatment and care of patients with severe obesity, including original re...
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Elsevier BV
Official journal of the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons covering medical, surgical, and physical techniques for treating injury and disease of the upper extremity, including the shoulder girdle, arm, and elbow.
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LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
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Elsevier BV
The American Journal of Surgery is a peer-reviewed journal featuring surgical science focused on clinical care, translational research, health services research, qualitative research, surgical education, leadership, diversity and inclusion, and other domains o...
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The journal covers oral and maxillofacial surgery across sections including congenital and craniofacial deformities, orthognathic surgery and aesthetic facial surgery, trauma, TMJ, head and neck oncology, reconstructive surgery, implantology and dentoalveolar...
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Elsevier BV
Surgery is an international journal focused on clinically practical and innovative educational content that advances surgical science and patient care, and it publishes original research papers.
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Springer Science+Business Media
Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques is a well-renowned journal focusing on the gastrointestinal tract, endoscopy, and innovative interventional surgical techniques. Published since 1987 in partnership with the Society of American Gastrointes...
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Elsevier BV
Journal of Pediatric Surgery is the official journal of the Section on Surgery of the American Academy of Pediatrics, British Association of Paediatric Surgeons, American Pediatric Surgical Association, Canadian Association of Paediatric Surgeons, Pacific Asso...
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Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (OTO Journal) is the official peer-reviewed publication of the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Foundation. It publishes contemporary, ethical, clinically relevant information in otolaryngology, head...
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Springer Science+Business Media
World Journal of Surgery provides an in-depth, international forum for definitive information on the clinical practice of surgery and is the official publication of the International Society of Surgery/Societe Internationale de Chirurgie.
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Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery is an international journal of surgical reconstruction covering reconstructive and aesthetic aspects of plastic surgery. It publishes surgical procedures with audit and outcome studies of new and establish...
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