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Surgery journal rankings 2025

945 ranked journals · Subfield in Medicine

Surgery has 945 ranked journals in 2025. The median journal has an OJR of 0.45, below the world average of 1.00, down 0.01 on 2024; Q1 starts at OJR 0.84. The three highest-scoring journals with stable ranks are Nature Reviews Disease Primers, Gut, and Gastroenterology: each is likely ranked within the top 10.

Ranks and citation indicators: 2025. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.

Ranked journals

Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2022–2024, the window the 2025 score is computed on.

945
21% of Medicine
Median OJR

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.

0.45-0.01 vs 2024
This subfieldAll 0.78World 1.00
Open-access journals

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.

52%
All fields: 38%
Median listed APC

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.

$2,836
Median positive listed APC: $2,836 among 469 journals. Another 12 list $0; 464 have no known price. All fields: $3,200.

Subfields of Medicine (42)

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945 ranked journals

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Quartiles split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. Q1 is the top quarter and Q4 the bottom quarter.

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Surgery ranking, 2025

Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest.

The small range under it is the likely rank range: in 95% of 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers, it ranked inside that range. Journals whose ranges overlap are not clearly different.

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.

OJR

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 2024. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor.

Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2022–2024, the window the 2025 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked.

Share of the journal’s 2022–2024 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 2016 to 2025.

A label compares the 2022→2025 change with the median change of the journal’s field or domain. Rising needs a relative change of +10% or more that is at least 2 standard errors above zero; Falling needs -9.1% or less (rounded), at least 2 standard errors below zero. Sorting uses that relative change.

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Rank 1; likely between #1 and #1 of 945Nature Reviews Disease PrimersNature Portfolio · United Kingdom
12.51Q172.06 17.61 up from 202413417%—
Rank 2; likely between #2 and #3 of 945GutBMJ · United Kingdom
5.11Q113.54 2.14 down from 202482147%—
Rank 3; likely between #3 and #6 of 945GastroenterologyElsevier BV · United States
3.37Q110.28 1.27 up from 20241,3538%$4,180
Rank 4; likely between #3 and #11 of 945World Journal of Emergency SurgeryOABioMed Central · United Kingdom
2.98Q19.50 1.68 up from 2024153100%$3,990
Rank 5; likely between #3 and #23 of 945British Medical BulletinOxford University Press · United Kingdom
2.75Q18.82 2.34 up from 20247756%$4,362
Rank 6; likely between #4 and #13 of 945Current Atherosclerosis ReportsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States
2.72Q17.21 0.89 up from 202427742%$5,190Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 7; likely between #4 and #17 of 945Current Reviews in Musculoskeletal MedicineSpringer Science+Business Media · United States
2.57Q16.17 0.78 up from 202419992%$4,590
Rank 8; likely between #3 and #82 of 945Obesity FactsOAKarger Publishers · Switzerland
2.50Q15.18 0.72 down from 2024190100%$3,590
Rank 9; likely between #3 and #62 of 945Journal of Lipid and AtherosclerosisOASouth Korea
2.42Q16.88 1.01 up from 202484100%—
Rank 10; likely between #2 and #229 of 945Turkish Journal of Emergency MedicineOAElsevier BV · India
2.41Q17.14 4.62 up from 2024130100%—Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 11; likely between #6 and #20 of 945JAMA SurgeryAmerican Medical Association · United States
2.40Q15.57 0.42 up from 20241,18347%—
Rank 12; likely between #7 and #15 of 945Annals of SurgeryLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States
2.36Q15.70 0.06 down from 20241,16633%—Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 13; likely between #5 and #30 of 945ArthroplastyOABioMed Central · United Kingdom
2.30Q15.76 0.17 up from 2024176100%$2,790
Rank 14; likely between #9 and #24 of 945RadiographicsRadiological Society of North America · United States
2.20Q15.07 0.31 up from 20245374%—
Rank 15; likely between #10 and #21 of 945The American Journal of Sports MedicineSAGE Publishing · United States
2.19Q15.35 0.15 up from 20241,12135%$4,400
Rank 16; likely between #11 and #28 of 945The Bone & Joint JournalBritish Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery · United Kingdom
2.11Q14.77 0.22 down from 202458629%—
Rank 17; likely between #12 and #32 of 945AtherosclerosisElsevier BV · Netherlands
2.05Q16.30 1.33 up from 202471176%$4,020
Rank 18; likely between #13 and #29 of 945The Spine JournalElsevier BV · Singapore
2.05Q14.74 0.37 up from 202467114%$4,980Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 19; likely between #11 and #36 of 945HelicobacterWiley · United Kingdom
2.04Q14.81 0.09 down from 202426750%$4,150
Rank 20; likely between #7 and #63 of 945Obesity PillarsOAElsevier BV · United States
2.03Q16.20 1.02 up from 2024131100%$2,400
Rank 21; likely between #9 and #53 of 945Journal of clinical lipidologyElsevier BV · United States
1.96Q15.12 0.74 up from 202434323%$3,510Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 22; likely between #15 and #37 of 945World Journal of GastroenterologyBaishideng Publishing Group · United States
1.95Q15.78 0.13 down from 20241,482100%—Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 23; likely between #9 and #55 of 945Knee Surgery and Related ResearchOABioMed Central · South Korea
1.95Q15.58 0.61 up from 2024121100%$0 listedRising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 24; likely between #4 and #100 of 945JBJS Open AccessOAWolters Kluwer · United States
1.94Q14.86 0.38 up from 2024249100%$2,250
Rank 25; likely between #9 and #67 of 945European Journal of AnaesthesiologyLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United Kingdom
1.92Q14.78 0.90 up from 202443230%—Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 26; likely between #6 and #98 of 945Best Practice & Research Clinical GastroenterologyElsevier BV · Netherlands
1.91Q15.43 0.66 up from 202412944%$3,620
Rank 27; likely between #16 and #43 of 945The American Journal of GastroenterologyLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States
1.90Q15.55 0.72 up from 20241,2282%$4,390Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 28; likely between #19 and #39 of 945British Journal of AnaesthesiaElsevier BV · United Kingdom
1.90Q15.37 0.56 up from 20241,23863%$4,450
Rank 29; likely between #15 and #50 of 945Journal of Orthopaedics and TraumatologyOASpringer Nature · Italy
1.88Q14.92 0.20 up from 2024189100%$3,190
Rank 30; likely between #13 and #53 of 945Bone and Joint ResearchOAJournal of Bone and Joint Surgery · United Kingdom
1.87Q15.48 0.63 up from 2024239100%$1,594Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 31; likely between #18 and #46 of 945American Journal of TransplantationElsevier BV · United Kingdom
1.85Q14.77 0.27 down from 202489796%$4,300
Rank 32; likely between #17 and #52 of 945NeurospineOAKorean Spinal Neurosurgery Society · South Korea
1.84Q15.15 1.06 up from 2024378100%—Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 33; likely between #24 and #41 of 945Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology ArthroscopySpringer Science+Business Media · Germany
1.83Q15.59 0.02 up from 20241,33970%$4,300Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 34; likely between #13 and #72 of 945Current Opinion in LipidologyLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United Kingdom
1.79Q14.51 0.01 down from 202412131%—Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 35; likely between #24 and #48 of 945Annals of MedicineOAInforma · United Kingdom
1.78Q15.12 0.01 up from 20241,349100%$2,557Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 36; likely between #10 and #96 of 945Anesthesiology and Perioperative ScienceOASpringer Science+Business Media
1.74Q16.31 3.61 up from 202478100%$0 listed
Rank 37; likely between #22 and #60 of 945Bone & Joint OpenOABritish Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery · United Kingdom
1.72Q13.76 0.25 up from 2024381100%$981Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 38; likely between #24 and #60 of 945EFORT Open ReviewsOABritish Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery · United Kingdom
1.70Q15.57 0.29 up from 2024275100%$1,800
Rank 38; likely between #32 and #50 of 945The Journal of ArthroplastyElsevier BV · United States
1.70Q14.08 0.11 up from 20242,08219%$4,650
Rank 40; likely between #11 and #116 of 945Archives of PhysiotherapyOABioMed Central · United Kingdom
1.68Q13.88 0.29 down from 202468100%—
Rank 41; likely between #30 and #58 of 945Journal of Neurosurgery SpineUnited States
1.67Q13.91 0.52 up from 20245077%—Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 42; likely between #23 and #73 of 945World Journal of PediatricsSpringer Science+Business Media · Switzerland
1.66Q16.07 2.22 up from 202435863%$3,990Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 43; likely between #23 and #75 of 945The Journal of Heart and Lung TransplantationElsevier BV · United States
1.64Q14.63 0.02 up from 202477148%$3,606
Rank 44; likely between #28 and #70 of 945Pain and TherapyOAAdis, Springer Healthcare · United Kingdom
1.63Q15.26 1.34 up from 2024295100%$7,400
Rank 45; likely between #13 and #107 of 945Current Gastroenterology ReportsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States
1.63Q14.32 0.50 up from 202411728%$3,790
Rank 46; likely between #32 and #68 of 945Journal of Clinical AnesthesiaElsevier BV · United States
1.62Q14.53 0.73 up from 202464832%$4,090Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 47; likely between #15 and #109 of 945BJA EducationElsevier BV · United Kingdom
1.60Q12.82 0.19 down from 202418583%$3,630Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 48; likely between #19 and #109 of 945Seminars in Diagnostic PathologyElsevier BV · United States
1.59Q14.06no change11919%$3,870
Rank 49; likely between #21 and #98 of 945BioScience TrendsOAJapan
1.59Q14.65 0.24 down from 2024175100%—
Rank 50; likely between #12 and #153 of 945Advances in PediatricsElsevier BV · United States
1.59Q12.73 1.77 down from 20244926%$3,450

The endpoints below each rank show its likely range. How rank ranges are calculated

Citations made in 2025. Corpus-wide, 84.3% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.

122 additional Surgery journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2022–2024, 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.

Rising journals

At a glance

Indicator year: 2025. Publication window: 2022–2024. How these summaries are calculated

Ranked journals
945
Window papers (baseline)
336,566 +4.9% from indicator year 2022
Median OJR
0.448 +2.2% from indicator year 2022
Rising journals (2025)
87

Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2022–2024 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.

Category by indicator year
MeasureYear series20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Ranked journals3163363583783914094284444745005315706106757347738218529019369629851,001993980945
Window papers (baseline)91,365104,064110,345118,403120,545132,135144,236159,671171,317188,308202,162216,202221,967228,874238,791247,306252,044254,527263,607275,745288,629304,057320,840331,064332,656336,566
Median OJR0.3500.330.3360.3420.34840.34820.370.4520.4430.430.43900.45380.4630.4610.4700.500.4710.4860.4830.4840.4930.4580.43860.4460.45420.448

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.