Journal rankings · indicator year 2003
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Subfield ranking · 2003
Surgery journal rankings 2003
378 ranked journals · Subfield in Medicine
Surgery has 378 ranked journals in 2003. The median journal has an OJR of 0.34, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.01 on 2002; Q1 starts at OJR 0.79. The top three are Diabetes, Gastroenterology, and Annals of Surgery.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2003. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2000–2002, the window the 2003 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Medicine (42)
- Surgery378
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine140
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine128
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health128
- Oncology103
- Epidemiology89
- Infectious Diseases82
- Psychiatry and Mental health82
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging69
- Neurology68
- Physiology67
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism60
Show all 42 subfields
- Hematology48
- Dermatology47
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine47
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health47
- Ophthalmology41
- Obstetrics and Gynecology39
- Nephrology27
- Pharmacology27
- Rheumatology27
- Emergency Medicine22
- Reproductive Medicine22
- Otorhinolaryngology18
- Complementary and alternative medicine17
- Rehabilitation16
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine15
- Geriatrics and Gerontology13
- Immunology and Allergy13
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine12
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine8
- Genetics8
- Hepatology7
- Gastroenterology6
- Urology5
- Internal Medicine3
- Transplantation2
- Biochemistry1
- Family Practice1
- Anatomy0
- Health Informatics0
- Microbiology0
378 ranked journals
Filters
Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2002. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2000–2002, the window the 2003 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2000–2002 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2000 to 2003. | Compare |
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1DiabetesAmerican Diabetes Association · United States | 3.86Q1 | 8.87 0.51 up from 2002 | 1,204 | 51% | — | ||
2GastroenterologyElsevier BV · United States | 3.79Q1 | 8.63 0.82 up from 2002 | 1,355 | 52% | $4,180 | ||
3Annals of SurgeryLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 3.76Q1 | 6.76 0.01 down from 2002 | 619 | 59% | — | ||
4MedicineOAWolters Kluwer · United States | 3.31Q1 | 4.92 0.94 down from 2002 | 108 | 4% | $1,950 | ||
5GutBMJ · United Kingdom | 2.28Q1 | 4.60 0.15 down from 2002 | 1,292 | 95% | — | ||
6The American Journal of Sports MedicineSAGE Publishing · United States | 2.28Q1 | 3.05 0.33 up from 2002 | 417 | 5% | $4,400 | ||
7Current Opinion in LipidologyLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United Kingdom | 2.19Q1 | 4.99 0.26 up from 2002 | 282 | 1% | — | ||
8HelicobacterWiley · United Kingdom | 2.16Q1 | 2.80 0.24 up from 2002 | 159 | 0% | $4,150 | ||
9Annals of MedicineOAInforma · United Kingdom | 2.14Q1 | 3.97 0.10 up from 2002 | 217 | 96% | $2,557 | ||
10AnesthesiologyLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.99Q1 | 3.61 0.12 down from 2002 | 894 | 49% | — | ||
11The American Journal of Surgical PathologyLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.93Q1 | 4.06 0.55 up from 2002 | 749 | 2% | — | ||
12Clinical Journal of PainLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.87Q1 | 3.03 0.88 up from 2002 | 203 | 6% | — | ||
13Computer Aided SurgeryTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.83Q1 | 2.27 0.66 up from 2002 | 201 | 42% | — | ||
14AtherosclerosisElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.76Q1 | 3.93 0.72 up from 2002 | 1,050 | 6% | $4,020 | ||
15Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic SurgeonsPublisher not listed | 1.75Q1 | 2.17 0.05 down from 2002 | 134 | 0% | — | ||
16SpineLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.73Q1 | 2.80 0.11 up from 2002 | 1,682 | 1% | — | ||
17Clinics in Sports MedicineElsevier BV · United States | 1.73Q1 | 1.72 0.43 down from 2002 | 144 | 11% | $3,000 | ||
18Archives of SurgeryAmerican Medical Association · United States | 1.72Q1 | 2.88 0.05 up from 2002 | 692 | 8% | — | ||
19British Journal of AnaesthesiaElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.70Q1 | 3.16 0.69 up from 2002 | 814 | 100% | $4,450 | ||
20Journal of Orthopaedic Research®Wiley · United States | 1.70Q1 | 2.97 0.72 up from 2002 | 520 | 62% | $3,970 | ||
21RadiographicsRadiological Society of North America · United States | 1.70Q1 | 2.42 0.12 down from 2002 | 436 | 1% | — | ||
22Current Problems in SurgeryOAElsevier BV · United States | 1.69Q1 | 2.00 0.32 up from 2002 | 38 | 0% | $2,780 | ||
23TransplantationWolters Kluwer · United States | 1.68Q1 | 3.87 0.46 up from 2002 | 2,258 | 2% | — | ||
24British journal of surgeryOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.67Q1 | 3.28 0.47 up from 2002 | 948 | 36% | $5,007 | ||
25Annals of Emergency MedicineElsevier BV · United States | 1.63Q1 | 2.64 0.46 up from 2002 | 663 | 19% | $3,850 | ||
26Liver TransplantationLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.62Q1 | 3.81 0.20 up from 2002 | 579 | 37% | $2,150 | ||
27American Journal of TransplantationElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.61Q1 | 3.60 1.62 up from 2002 | 223 | 96% | $4,300 | ||
28Journal of Bone and Joint SurgeryWolters Kluwer · United States | 1.59Q1 | 2.31 0.24 up from 2002 | 1,045 | 1% | — | ||
29British Medical BulletinOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.58Q1 | 2.98 0.75 up from 2002 | 194 | 20% | $4,362 | ||
30Current Atherosclerosis ReportsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.57Q1 | 2.47 0.30 down from 2002 | 192 | 1% | $5,190 | ||
31Human PathologyElsevier BV · United States | 1.55Q1 | 3.31 0.46 up from 2002 | 656 | 4% | $3,550 | ||
32XenotransplantationWiley · Denmark | 1.52Q1 | 2.61 0.01 up from 2002 | 112 | 10% | $4,550 | ||
33Journal of the American College of SurgeonsLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.49Q1 | 2.38 0.34 down from 2002 | 645 | 5% | $3,600 | ||
34Clinical Orthopaedics and Related ResearchLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.47Q1 | 2.21 0.41 up from 2002 | 1,286 | 1% | — | ||
35The Journal of Heart and Lung TransplantationElsevier BV · United States | 1.47Q1 | 2.54 0.57 up from 2002 | 525 | 1% | $3,606 | ||
36Annals of Surgical OncologySpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.44Q1 | 3.20 0.06 down from 2002 | 455 | 10% | $4,590 | ||
37SurgeryElsevier BV · United States | 1.44Q1 | 2.63 0.02 down from 2002 | 891 | 10% | $4,130 | ||
38The American Journal of GastroenterologyLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.43Q1 | 2.80 0.20 up from 2002 | 2,652 | 1% | $4,390 | ||
39The American Journal of SurgeryElsevier BV · United States | 1.42Q1 | 2.60 0.53 up from 2002 | 819 | 1% | $3,830 | ||
40European Spine JournalSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.40Q1 | 2.19 0.88 up from 2002 | 300 | 83% | $2,790 | ||
41Gastroenterology Clinics of North AmericaElsevier BV · United States | 1.40Q1 | 2.01 0.27 down from 2002 | 171 | 1% | $3,560 | ||
42World Journal of SurgerySpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.31Q1 | 2.29 0.20 up from 2002 | 738 | 4% | $4,000 | ||
43Orthopedic Clinics of North AmericaElsevier BV · United States | 1.30Q1 | 1.52 0.02 up from 2002 | 166 | 5% | $3,950 | ||
44Surgical Clinics of North AmericaElsevier BV · United States | 1.26Q1 | 2.05 0.19 down from 2002 | 269 | 0% | $3,190 | ||
45Clinical BiomechanicsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.17Q1 | 1.72 0.41 up from 2002 | 356 | 6% | $2,980 | ||
46Arthroscopy The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related SurgeryElsevier BV · United States | 1.17Q1 | 1.76 0.23 down from 2002 | 609 | 23% | $3,500 | ||
47The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical CareLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.16Q1 | 1.75 0.28 down from 2002 | 875 | 0% | — | ||
48The LaryngoscopeWiley · United States | 1.15Q1 | 1.93 0.19 up from 2002 | 1,187 | 6% | $4,840 | ||
49Obesity SurgerySpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.14Q1 | 2.34 0.18 up from 2002 | 299 | 1% | $4,590 | ||
50Surgical EndoscopySpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.13Q1 | 2.18 0.66 up from 2002 | 871 | 6% | $4,390 |
Subfields of Medicine, with Surgery highlighted.
- Surgery378
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine140
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine128
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health128
- Oncology103
- Epidemiology89
- Infectious Diseases82
- Psychiatry and Mental health82
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging69
- Neurology68
- Physiology67
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism60
- Hematology48
- Dermatology47
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine47
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health47
- Ophthalmology41
- Obstetrics and Gynecology39
- Nephrology27
- Pharmacology27
- Rheumatology27
- Emergency Medicine22
- Reproductive Medicine22
- Otorhinolaryngology18
- Complementary and alternative medicine17
- Rehabilitation16
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine15
- Geriatrics and Gerontology13
- Immunology and Allergy13
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine12
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine8
- Genetics8
- Hepatology7
- Gastroenterology6
- Urology5
- Internal Medicine3
- Transplantation2
- Biochemistry1
- Family Practice1
- Anatomy0
- Health Informatics0
- Microbiology0
Journals
Citations made in 2003. Corpus-wide, 70.2% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
125 additional Surgery journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2000–2002, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2003. Publication window: 2000–2002. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 378
- Window papers (baseline)
- 118,403 +29.6% from indicator year 2000
- Median OJR
- 0.342 -2.2% from indicator year 2000
- Rising journals (2025)
- 87
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2000–2002 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 316 | 336 | 358 | 378 | 391 | 409 | 428 | 444 | 474 | 500 | 531 | 570 | 610 | 675 | 734 | 773 | 821 | 852 | 901 | 936 | 962 | 985 | 1,001 | 993 | 980 | 945 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 91,365 | 104,064 | 110,345 | 118,403 | 120,545 | 132,135 | 144,236 | 159,671 | 171,317 | 188,308 | 202,162 | 216,202 | 221,967 | 228,874 | 238,791 | 247,306 | 252,044 | 254,527 | 263,607 | 275,745 | 288,629 | 304,057 | 320,840 | 331,064 | 332,656 | 336,566 | |
| Median OJR | 0.350 | 0.33 | 0.336 | 0.342 | 0.3484 | 0.3482 | 0.37 | 0.452 | 0.443 | 0.43 | 0.4390 | 0.4538 | 0.463 | 0.461 | 0.470 | 0.50 | 0.471 | 0.486 | 0.483 | 0.484 | 0.493 | 0.458 | 0.4386 | 0.446 | 0.4542 | 0.448 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.