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Status
Active
Coverage
2013–present
Source type
Journal
Open access
No
CiteScore
20
SJR · SCImago
3.548
Q1 SJR quartile
H-index
226
Best quartile
Q1 · 99th pctile
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surgery | 1 / 597 | 99th | Q1 |
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JAMA Surgery
JAMA Surgery is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 20), WoS SCIE. Published by American Medical Association.
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ISSN 2168-6254Verify ISSN ↗2168-6262Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: American Medical Association
Scopus · Q1WoS · SCIE
20
CiteScore 2025
Q1
Best quartile
2
Indexed in
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
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Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is JAMA Surgery indexed in Scopus?
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2013–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 20.
What quartile is JAMA Surgery in Scopus?
JAMA Surgery is Q1 in Surgery (rank 1 of 597), by CiteScore 2025.
What is the impact factor of JAMA Surgery?
JAMA Surgery is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, 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 20, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 99th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 3.548, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 226.
Who publishes JAMA Surgery and what is its ISSN?
JAMA Surgery is published by American Medical Association. Its print ISSN is 2168-6254 and its online ISSN is 2168-6262.
Is JAMA Surgery in Web of Science?
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Is JAMA Surgery open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
How well cited is JAMA Surgery? — open metrics via OpenAlex
JAMA Surgery has an h-index of 186 and a 2-year mean of 6.38 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 20, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #4 of 585 Scopus journals in Surgery.
186
h-index
6.38
2-yr mean citations
2,042
i10-index
5,392
works indexed
177,029
total citations
2-yr mean citations, among Scopus journals in the same subject
#4 of 585 Top 1% Surgery
JAMA Surgery published 343 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 452. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
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.
Who publishes in JAMA Surgery? — latest 94 articles, 2026
In its latest 94 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (73.2%), China (6.6%) and Netherlands (3.5%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Are there integrity warnings for JAMA Surgery? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
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.
- Scopus statusActive
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
- Author concentration73.2% of recent authorship from United States
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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