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Annals of Coloproctology is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 3.7), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Korean Society of Coloproctology.
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ISSN 2287-9714Verify ISSN ↗2287-9722Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Korean Society of Coloproctology
Cost to publish: Checking DOAJ for article charges…
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surgery | 141 / 597 | 76th | Q1 |
| Gastroenterology | 80 / 176 | 54th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2013–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 3.7.
Annals of Coloproctology is Q1 in Surgery (rank 141 of 597) and Q2 in Gastroenterology (rank 80 of 176), by CiteScore 2025.
Annals of Coloproctology is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 3.7, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 76th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.551, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 37.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$500 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Annals of Coloproctology is published by Korean Society of Coloproctology. Its print ISSN is 2287-9714 and its online ISSN is 2287-9722.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Annals of Coloproctology has an h-index of 37 and a 2-year mean of 2.77 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.7, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #52 of 585 Scopus journals in Surgery.
Annals of Coloproctology published 73 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 114. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 98 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from South Korea (26.5%), Japan (10.2%) and Thailand (9.2%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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