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Operative Techniques in General Surgery
Operative Techniques in General Surgery is not currently indexed in Scopus. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by W.B. Saunders.
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ISSN 1524-153XVerify ISSN ↗1558-383XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: W.B. Saunders
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Quick answers
Is Operative Techniques in General Surgery indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2000–2008).
What is the impact factor of Operative Techniques in General Surgery?
Operative Techniques in General Surgery has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
Who publishes Operative Techniques in General Surgery and what is its ISSN?
Operative Techniques in General Surgery is published by W.B. Saunders. Its print ISSN is 1524-153X and its online ISSN is 1558-383X.
Is Operative Techniques in General Surgery covered under ONOS in India?
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Is Operative Techniques in General Surgery in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Operative Techniques in General Surgery open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Operative Techniques in General Surgery for 9 years, between 2000 and 2008. Coverage ended in 2008, 18 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 412 works and 1,028 citations for the title. Its most recent paper is from 2008, in line with the end of Scopus coverage in 2008, which suggests the journal stopped publishing around then.
How well cited is Operative Techniques in General Surgery? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Operative Techniques in General Surgery has an h-index of 13 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
13
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
32
i10-index
412
works indexed
1,028
total citations
Operative Techniques in General Surgery published 41 papers in 2008; its busiest recent year was 2004 with 56. 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. Updated 2026-10-14.
Are there integrity warnings for Operative Techniques in General Surgery? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2008. 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 statusInactive — coverage ended 2008
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
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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