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Surgery in Practice and Science is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.8), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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ISSN 2666-2620Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surgery | 312 / 597 | 47th | Q3 |
| Otorhinolaryngology | 69 / 123 | 44th | Q3 |
| Urology | 76 / 123 | 38th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2020–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.8.
Surgery in Practice and Science is Q3 in Surgery (rank 312 of 597), Q3 in Otorhinolaryngology (rank 69 of 123) and Q3 in Urology (rank 76 of 123), by CiteScore 2025.
Surgery in Practice and Science 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 1.8, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 47th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.359, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 10.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,020 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.
Surgery in Practice and Science is published by Elsevier Ltd. Its ISSN is 2666-2620.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Surgery in Practice and Science has an h-index of 15 and a 2-year mean of 1.72 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.8, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #160 of 585 Scopus journals in Surgery.
Surgery in Practice and Science published 53 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 96. 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 93 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from United States (17.6%), China (10.8%) and Iran (7%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (3 per 1,000 papers). 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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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