International Journal of Surgery Impact factor 2026

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The latest impact factor of International Journal of Surgery and all the other Web of Science journals was released on 20th June 2025 by Clarivate. Through this web page, researchers can check the impact factor, total citation, journal quartile, and journal aim & scope.

International Journal of Surgery: Aim & Scope

International Journal of Surgery is a Web of Science indexed journal tha publishes research in the area: Surgery.
The ISSN of this journal is 17439159.

Impact factor of International Journal of Surgery

Journal Title	International Journal of Surgery
Impact Factor	12.5
SJR	2.597
ISSN	17439159
Quartile	Q1

Impact Factor from year 2018-2025

Year	Impact Factor
2018	2.693
2019	3.158
2020	3.357
2021	6.071
2022
2023	15.3
2025	12.5

The Journal Impact Factor is defined as citations to the journal in the JCR year to items published in the previous two years, divided by the total number of scholarly items, also known as citable items, (these comprise articles and reviews) published in the journal in the previous two years.

Impact factor data has a strong influence on the scientific community, affecting decisions on where to publish, whom to promote or hire, the success of grant applications, and even salary bonuses.

Only journals listed in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) and Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) receive an Impact Factor.

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