Surgery · 891 journals indexed
Best journals for Surgery
The top Surgery journals ranked by Scimago quartile, then cites/paper (OpenAlex, 2-year window), drawn from a 17,786-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the Journal Finder (a free account starts with 25 welcome credits).
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- 2Journal of Orthopaedic Translation6.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 3Current Atherosclerosis Reports6.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 4World Journal of Emergency Surgery5.7 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed CentralOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 6Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology5.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 7Current Reviews in Musculoskeletal Medicine5.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 8Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy4.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 9The American Journal of Sports Medicine4.7 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE PublishingScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 11Current Opinion in Lipidology4.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Lippincott Williams & WilkinsScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 12The Bone & Joint Journal4.6 cites/paper · Q1 · British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint SurgeryScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 13Neurospine4.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Korean Spinal Neurosurgery SocietyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 15Journal of Molecular Medicine4.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 16Drug Design Development and Therapy4.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Dove Medical PressOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 17Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy4.1 cites/paper · Q1 · American Physical Therapy AssociationScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 19Pain Physician3.8 cites/paper · Q1 · American Society of Interventional Pain PhysiciansScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 21World Journal of Gastroenterology3.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Baishideng Publishing GroupScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 22Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology3.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer NatureOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 23Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research3.6 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed CentralOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 24Journal of Gastroenterology3.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 25Current Gastroenterology Reports3.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 26European Journal of Anaesthesiology3.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Lippincott Williams & WilkinsScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 27JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery3.4 cites/paper · Q1 · American Medical AssociationScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 30Transplant International3.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 31Bone and Joint Research3.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Journal of Bone and Joint SurgeryOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 36Journal of Robotic Surgery3.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 40Best Practice & Research Clinical Gastroenterology2.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
“Cites/paper” is the OpenAlex 2-year citation rate — a transparent signal, not a licensed Impact Factor. Many regional and open-access journals are strong but aren’t covered by Scimago, so they show “no Scimago quartile”; that’s a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.
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