Journal rankings · indicator year 2011
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Subfield ranking · 2011
Surgery journal rankings 2011
570 ranked journals · Subfield in Medicine
Surgery has 570 ranked journals in 2011. The median journal has an OJR of 0.45, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.01 on 2010; Q1 starts at OJR 1.02. The top three are Gastroenterology, Diabetes, and The American Journal of Sports Medicine.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2011. 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 2008–2010, the window the 2011 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)
- Surgery570
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine236
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine200
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health192
- Oncology150
- Epidemiology139
- Infectious Diseases131
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism111
- Neurology109
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging108
- Psychiatry and Mental health107
- Physiology104
Show all 42 subfields
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine78
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health68
- Ophthalmology62
- Dermatology60
- Hematology59
- Rheumatology49
- Obstetrics and Gynecology48
- Nephrology41
- Complementary and alternative medicine36
- Pharmacology36
- Reproductive Medicine36
- Emergency Medicine30
- Geriatrics and Gerontology30
- Otorhinolaryngology28
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine21
- Rehabilitation20
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine18
- Immunology and Allergy14
- Genetics12
- Hepatology12
- Urology11
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine8
- Gastroenterology6
- Internal Medicine4
- Family Practice2
- Transplantation2
- Biochemistry1
- Anatomy0
- Health Informatics0
- Microbiology0
570 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 2010. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2008–2010, the window the 2011 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2008–2010 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 2002 to 2011. | Compare |
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1GastroenterologyElsevier BV · United States | 4.06Q1 | 8.99 0.09 down from 2010 | 1,821 | 56% | $4,180 | ||
2DiabetesAmerican Diabetes Association · United States | 3.89Q1 | 8.58 0.53 down from 2010 | 1,161 | 96% | — | ||
3The American Journal of Sports MedicineSAGE Publishing · United States | 3.65Q1 | 6.10 0.64 up from 2010 | 862 | 13% | $4,400 | ||
4Annals of SurgeryLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 3.46Q1 | 6.36 0.52 down from 2010 | 1,234 | 9% | — | ||
5MedicineOAWolters Kluwer · United States | 3.40Q1 | 6.87 0.38 up from 2010 | 130 | 17% | $1,950 | ||
6Journal of Bone and Joint SurgeryWolters Kluwer · United States | 3.33Q1 | 5.02 0.02 down from 2010 | 1,337 | 12% | — | ||
7GutBMJ · United Kingdom | 3.31Q1 | 6.41 1.89 down from 2010 | 911 | 73% | — | ||
8The American Journal of Surgical PathologyLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 3.18Q1 | 6.33 0.40 up from 2010 | 772 | 19% | — | ||
9RadiographicsRadiological Society of North America · United States | 3.04Q1 | 5.13 0.36 up from 2010 | 437 | 6% | — | ||
10Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British VolumeBritish Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery · United Kingdom | 2.94Q1 | 4.28 0.26 down from 2010 | 859 | 20% | — | ||
11British Medical BulletinOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 2.89Q1 | 7.25 1.97 up from 2010 | 130 | 24% | $4,362 | ||
12American Journal of TransplantationElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.66Q1 | 6.12 0.19 up from 2010 | 1,225 | 92% | $4,300 | ||
13Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic SurgeonsPublisher not listed | 2.52Q1 | 4.27 0.61 up from 2010 | 297 | 1% | — | ||
14Current Opinion in GastroenterologyLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 2.47Q1 | 5.14 0.44 down from 2010 | 279 | 20% | — | ||
15Arthroscopy The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related SurgeryElsevier BV · United States | 2.46Q1 | 3.81 0.02 up from 2010 | 757 | 34% | $3,500 | ||
16Clinical Journal of PainLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 2.33Q1 | 3.62 0.39 down from 2010 | 420 | 11% | — | ||
17Journal of the American College of SurgeonsLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 2.32Q1 | 4.23 0.01 down from 2010 | 846 | 6% | $3,600 | ||
18Seminars in Pediatric SurgeryElsevier BV · United States | 2.25Q1 | 3.06 0.28 up from 2010 | 113 | 0% | $3,420 | ||
19HelicobacterWiley · United Kingdom | 2.25Q1 | 4.35 0.75 up from 2010 | 218 | 24% | $4,150 | ||
20British Journal of AnaesthesiaElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.24Q1 | 4.10 0.21 down from 2010 | 1,008 | 87% | $4,450 | ||
21Tissue Engineering Part AMary Ann Liebert, Inc. · United States | 2.24Q1 | 5.02 0.34 up from 2010 | 1,028 | 46% | — | ||
22AnesthesiologyLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 2.17Q1 | 4.44 0.07 down from 2010 | 1,342 | 62% | — | ||
23Annals of MedicineOAInforma · United Kingdom | 2.16Q1 | 4.31 1.08 down from 2010 | 214 | 100% | $2,557 | ||
24Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North AmericaElsevier BV · United States | 2.16Q1 | 4.15 0.44 up from 2010 | 155 | 4% | $3,360 | ||
25Current Opinion in AnaesthesiologyLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United Kingdom | 2.13Q1 | 3.99 0.37 up from 2010 | 395 | 8% | — | ||
26Surgical Clinics of North AmericaElsevier BV · United States | 2.12Q1 | 3.40 0.22 down from 2010 | 256 | 7% | $3,190 | ||
27Current Opinion in LipidologyLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United Kingdom | 2.08Q1 | 5.08no change | 311 | 12% | — | ||
28Gastroenterology Clinics of North AmericaElsevier BV · United States | 2.07Q1 | 4.11 0.09 up from 2010 | 156 | 7% | $3,560 | ||
29Acta OrthopaedicaOATaylor & Francis · Sweden | 2.07Q1 | 3.37 0.56 up from 2010 | 409 | 100% | $1,779 | ||
30Obesity SurgerySpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 2.05Q1 | 3.74 0.09 up from 2010 | 967 | 24% | $4,590 | ||
31Clinics in Sports MedicineElsevier BV · United States | 2.05Q1 | 2.63 1.11 down from 2010 | 145 | 10% | $3,000 | ||
32The American Journal of GastroenterologyLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 2.04Q1 | 5.04 0.59 up from 2010 | 1,803 | 2% | $4,390 | ||
33Surgical EndoscopySpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 2.03Q1 | 3.85 0.06 up from 2010 | 1,589 | 22% | $4,390 | ||
34Current Reviews in Musculoskeletal MedicineSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 2.01Q1 | 2.85 0.45 down from 2010 | 46 | 100% | $4,590 | ||
35Clinical Orthopaedics and Related ResearchLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.99Q1 | 3.11 0.30 up from 2010 | 1,586 | 100% | — | ||
36The Journal of Heart and Lung TransplantationElsevier BV · United States | 1.95Q1 | 4.07 0.55 up from 2010 | 801 | 7% | $3,606 | ||
37Archives of SurgeryAmerican Medical Association · United States | 1.94Q1 | 3.64 0.12 up from 2010 | 764 | 14% | — | ||
38Best Practice & Research Clinical GastroenterologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.93Q1 | 3.74 0.28 up from 2010 | 221 | 21% | $3,620 | ||
39Regional Anesthesia & Pain MedicineBMJ · United Kingdom | 1.91Q1 | 3.92 0.89 up from 2010 | 584 | 5% | — | ||
40Orthopedic Clinics of North AmericaElsevier BV · United States | 1.90Q1 | 3.23 0.63 up from 2010 | 152 | 10% | $3,950 | ||
41SpineLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.88Q1 | 3.02 0.40 down from 2010 | 2,204 | 9% | — | ||
42The Journal of ArthroplastyElsevier BV · United States | 1.87Q1 | 2.40 0.05 down from 2010 | 926 | 13% | $4,650 | ||
43TrialsOASpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 1.84Q1 | 3.78 0.99 up from 2010 | 314 | 100% | $2,790 | ||
44Anesthesia & AnalgesiaLippincott Williams & Wilkins · China | 1.83Q1 | 3.49 0.11 up from 2010 | 2,246 | 10% | — | ||
45AtherosclerosisElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.82Q1 | 4.00 0.04 down from 2010 | 1,577 | 28% | $4,020 | ||
46Journal of Orthopaedic Research®Wiley · United States | 1.82Q1 | 3.48 0.02 down from 2010 | 752 | 70% | $3,970 | ||
47BMC Musculoskeletal DisordersOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.81Q1 | 2.82 0.28 down from 2010 | 625 | 100% | $3,090 | ||
48British journal of surgeryOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.80Q1 | 4.35 0.25 up from 2010 | 897 | 29% | $5,007 | ||
49Journal of Orthopaedic TraumaLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.80Q1 | 2.94 0.12 down from 2010 | 466 | 4% | — | ||
50Journal of Shoulder and Elbow SurgeryElsevier BV · United States | 1.79Q1 | 3.15 0.39 up from 2010 | 702 | 12% | $3,850 |
Subfields of Medicine, with Surgery highlighted.
- Surgery570
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine236
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine200
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health192
- Oncology150
- Epidemiology139
- Infectious Diseases131
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism111
- Neurology109
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging108
- Psychiatry and Mental health107
- Physiology104
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine78
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health68
- Ophthalmology62
- Dermatology60
- Hematology59
- Rheumatology49
- Obstetrics and Gynecology48
- Nephrology41
- Complementary and alternative medicine36
- Pharmacology36
- Reproductive Medicine36
- Emergency Medicine30
- Geriatrics and Gerontology30
- Otorhinolaryngology28
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine21
- Rehabilitation20
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine18
- Immunology and Allergy14
- Genetics12
- Hepatology12
- Urology11
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine8
- Gastroenterology6
- Internal Medicine4
- Family Practice2
- Transplantation2
- Biochemistry1
- Anatomy0
- Health Informatics0
- Microbiology0
Journals
Citations made in 2011. Corpus-wide, 75.1% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
210 additional Surgery journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2008–2010, 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: 2011. Publication window: 2008–2010. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 570
- Window papers (baseline)
- 216,202 +26.2% from indicator year 2008
- Median OJR
- 0.4538 +2.5% from indicator year 2008
- Rising journals (2025)
- 87
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2008–2010 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.