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World Journal of Pediatric Surgery is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.5), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by BMJ Publishing Group.
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ISSN 2096-6938Verify ISSN ↗2516-5410Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surgery | 253 / 597 | 57th | Q2 |
| Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health | 150 / 351 | 57th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2018–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.5.
World Journal of Pediatric Surgery is Q2 in Surgery (rank 253 of 597) and Q2 in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (rank 150 of 351), by CiteScore 2025.
World Journal of Pediatric Surgery 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 2.5, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 57th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.470, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 11.
World Journal of Pediatric Surgery is published by BMJ Publishing Group. Its print ISSN is 2096-6938 and its online ISSN is 2516-5410.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
World Journal of Pediatric Surgery has an h-index of 17 and a 2-year mean of 2.27 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.5, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #96 of 585 Scopus journals in Surgery.
World Journal of Pediatric Surgery published 51 papers in 2025. 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 97 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from China (33.7%), United States (18.8%) and United Kingdom (6.7%).
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.
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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