Surgery · 466 journals indexed
Highest-impact journals for Surgery
The top Surgery journals Scimago Q1-Q2 only, ranked by cites/paper, drawn from an17,538-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 free Journal Finder.
- 1Gut8.6 cites/paper · Q1 · BMJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 2Lipids in Health and Disease6.3 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed CentralOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 3Journal of Orthopaedic Translation6.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 4Current Atherosclerosis Reports5.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 5JAMA Surgery4.7 cites/paper · Q1 · American Medical AssociationScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 6World Journal of Emergency Surgery4.7 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed CentralOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 7Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology4.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 8Current Reviews in Musculoskeletal Medicine4.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 9Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy4.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 10The Bone & Joint Journal4.0 cites/paper · Q1 · British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint SurgeryScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 11Annals of Surgery4.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Lippincott Williams & WilkinsScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 12The American Journal of Sports Medicine4.0 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE PublishingScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 13Current Opinion in Lipidology3.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Lippincott Williams & WilkinsScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 14Journal of Molecular Medicine3.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 15World Journal of Gastroenterology3.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Baishideng Publishing GroupScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 16Neurospine3.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Korean Spinal Neurosurgery SocietyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 17United European Gastroenterology Journal3.7 cites/paper · Q1 · WileyScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 18Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy3.6 cites/paper · Q1 · American Physical Therapy AssociationScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 19Drug Design Development and Therapy3.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Dove Medical PressOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 20Helicobacter3.4 cites/paper · Q1 · WileyScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 21Journal of Gastroenterology3.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 22Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology3.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer NatureOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 23Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics3.2 cites/paper · Q1 · WileyScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 24Pain Physician3.2 cites/paper · Q1 · American Society of Interventional Pain PhysiciansScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 25Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research3.1 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed CentralOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 26European Journal of Anaesthesiology3.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Lippincott Williams & WilkinsScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 27BJS Open3.1 cites/paper · Q1 · WileyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 28Cell Transplantation3.1 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE PublishingOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 29Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology3.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 30JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery3.0 cites/paper · Q1 · American Medical AssociationScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 31Esophagus2.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 32Journal of Clinical Anesthesia2.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 33Transplant International2.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 34Current Gastroenterology Reports2.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 35Bone and Joint Research2.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Journal of Bone and Joint SurgeryOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 36Journal of Robotic Surgery2.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 37Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine2.6 cites/paper · Q1 · BMJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 38Transplantation Reviews2.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BVScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 39Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology2.6 cites/paper · Q1 · SAGE PublishingOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 40Aesthetic Surgery Journal2.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University PressScopusWeb 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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