BiomedicalPublications

The Surgery Journal

Thieme Medical Publishers (Germany)·United States·ISSN 2378-5128

Open accessIn DOAJFee waivers availableMedicine

Cost to publish

$500

Open-access article processing charge, list price.

Time to publication

12 wks

Broadly typical for the field.

h-index

25

OpenAlex citation statistic. Not a Journal Impact Factor.

2-year mean citedness

0.4

Average citations to articles from the previous two years.

What it costs to publish here

Publishing an open-access article in The Surgery Journal is listed at $500. The journal reports that fee waivers are available — worth pursuing if you are funding this yourself or working from a lower-income country.

The journal's own fee page →

Peer review and licensing

Review modelAnonymous peer review (policy)
LicenceCC BY
Author keeps copyrightYes
Plagiarism screeningYes
Editorial boardPublished →
LanguagesEN

Verification checks

8 of 8 confirmed

These are facts we could verify in public records, not a verdict. A journal missing a check is not necessarily disreputable — many long-established subscription journals sit outside the open-access registries entirely. Use them as questions to ask, and confirm anything that matters directly with the journal before you submit.

  • Listed in the Directory of Open Access JournalsDOAJ applies a documented set of inclusion criteria.
  • Included in OpenAlex's curated core setOpenAlex flags well-established venues that appear across major indexes.
  • Peer review model publicly declaredAnonymous peer review
  • Publication charges stated up frontA journal that will not tell you the fee before submission is worth a second look.
  • Screens submissions for plagiarismReported to DOAJ by the journal.
  • Participates in a digital preservation schemeArchiving means the record survives if the publisher does not.
  • Assigns persistent identifiers (DOIs)Standard practice; its absence is unusual.
  • Still actively publishingMost recent indexed article: 2025.

Scope

The subjects The Surgery Journal publishes most, derived from the topics assigned to its indexed articles.

Uterine Myomas and TreatmentsGallbladder and Bile Duct DisordersHernia repair and managementGastrointestinal disorders and treatmentsMaternal and Perinatal Health InterventionsIntestinal and Peritoneal AdhesionsReconstructive Surgery and Microvascular TechniquesMaternal and fetal healthcareGastrointestinal Tumor Research and TreatmentAppendicitis Diagnosis and Management

Publication record

Indexed articles494
Total citations3,594
i10-index113
Most recent indexed article2025
Open access since2015
All ISSNs2378-5128, 2378-5136

Counts reflect what OpenAlex has indexed and will differ from the publisher's own figures. We do not show a founding year: OpenAlex's first-publication dates are distorted by mis-dated records — it puts PLoS ONE in 1806 — and we would rather omit a number than print one we cannot stand behind.