Surgical Case Reports

ISSN 2198-7793 · Springer Nature · DE · active 2015–2026

Metrics

Scimago quartile
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Cites per paper (2y)
0.6
SJR
—
h-index
27

“Cites per paper” is a two-year cited-by rate computed from OpenAlex. It is not a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor — we neither compute nor license that metric (how the two differ). Citation rates differ enormously between fields, so compare within a discipline. What the other figures mean: journal quartile, SJR, h-index and article processing charge.

Data as of 25 October 2026 (venue index build).

Surgical Case Reports has an h-index of 27 (OpenAlex). Listed in DOAJ, Web of Science, PubMed.

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Responding time

Submission to first decision
5 days (median)
Publisher-reported
Submission to publication
~13 wk
DOAJ self-reported

Turnaround figures are indicative, not a guarantee: DOAJ values are self-reported by the journal (average weeks, submission to publication); library estimates are medians of the received/accepted dates printed in papers we hold. Editorial times vary by article type and season — confirm on the journal’s own site.

Indexing & access

Indexed in
DOAJWeb of SciencePubMed
Access status:
gold. Where this comes from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic — confirm on the journal’s own site, especially regarding any article processing charge.
Article processing charge
Article processing charge (APC): ¥95,000 per accepted article (DOAJ). Fee waivers are available.

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Scope

gastrointestinaltumortreatmentgastroenterologypancreatichepaticoncologydisorderstreatmentssurgeryesophagealpathology

Frequently asked

Is Surgical Case Reports a predatory journal?

Our screening does not flag Surgical Case Reports. That is not a guarantee of quality — it means the venue is not on Beall's archive (frozen since 2017) and does not match our name-pattern heuristic. It is listed in DOAJ, Web of Science, PubMed, which is a positive signal.

Is Surgical Case Reports indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?

Per our venue index, Surgical Case Reports appears in: DOAJ, Web of Science, PubMed. Index membership changes over time — confirm on the index's own site before relying on it.

What is the impact factor of Surgical Case Reports?

Papers in Surgical Case Reports are cited about 0.6 times each within two years of publication, with an h-index of 27. Those are the open equivalents: the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor is a proprietary metric we neither compute nor license, so we show the two-year citation rate and Scimago quartile instead — they answer the same question of how heavily the journal is cited. A citation rate is a property of a field as much as of a journal.

Is Surgical Case Reports open access?

Our index records its access status as "gold". Where this is derived from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic, so confirm on the journal's own site — particularly if an article processing charge matters to you.

What is the article processing charge (APC) to publish in Surgical Case Reports?

Article processing charge (APC): ¥95,000 per accepted article (DOAJ). Fee waivers are available. The exact charge can vary by article type and any fee waiver, so confirm the current amount on the journal's own site.

How long does Surgical Case Reports take to publish a paper?

Submission to first decision for Surgical Case Reports takes about 5 days (median) — Publisher-reported. Treat it as indicative rather than a guarantee: editorial times vary by article type, reviewer availability and season, and a self-reported figure is the journal's own. We do not hold a peer-review acceptance rate for Surgical Case Reports.

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