Journal profile · GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY
ABCD-Arquivos Brasileiros de Cirurgia Digestiva-Brazilian Archives of Digestive Surgery
ISSN 0102-6720 · eISSN 2317-6326 · Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgia Digestiva · Brazil
ABCD-Arquivos Brasileiros de Cirurgia Digestiva-Brazilian Archives of Digestive Surgery: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 96 days to acceptance (94 articles, last 24 months); 57 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
ABCD-Arquivos Brasileiros de Cirurgia Digestiva-Brazilian Archives of Digestive Surgery is published by Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgia Digestiva and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes, Esophageal and GI Pathology and Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes, together about 24.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Informações básicas ABCD – ARQUIVOS BRASILEIROS de CIRURGIA DIGESTIVA é periódico com um único volume anual, órgão oficial do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgia Digestiva – CBCD, desde 1986, e tem por missão a publicação de artigos de estudos clínicos e experimentais que contribuam para o desenvolvimento da pesquisa, ensino e assistência na área gastroenterologia cirúrgica, clínica, endoscópica e outras correlatas. Tem como seções principais artigos originais, guidelines, artigos de revisão ou atualização, relatos de casos, artigos de opinião (a convite) e cartas ao editor. Outras seções podem existir na dependência do interesse da revista ou da necessidade de divulgação de temas relevantes que não se incluam nas formas referidas. O título abreviado do periódico é ABCD: arq. bras. cir. dig., que deve ser usado em bibliografias, notas de rodapé, referências e legendas bibliográficas. Fontes de indexação Literatura Latino-Americana e do Caribe em Ciências da Saúde - LILACS SciELO - Scientific Electronic Library Online PubMed PubMed Central Scopus Web of Science DOAJ (Directory of Open Acess Journal) Google Acadêmico Propriedade Intelectual Todo o conteúdo do periódico, exceto onde está identificado, está licenciado sob uma Licença Creative Commons do tipo atribuição BY. Patrocinadores A publicação recebe financiamento de: Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgia Digestiva - CBCD Associação Brasileira de Câncer Gástrico - ABCG Capítulo Brasileiro da International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association - IHPBA Grupo de Estudos das Doenças do Pâncreas
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY
Editor-in-chief Nelson Adami AndreolloPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 8, Japan 4, Germany 3, France 2, Italy 2 (31 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Bariatric Surgery and OutcomesMedicine11.8%
- Esophageal and GI PathologyMedicine7%
- Gastric Cancer Management and OutcomesMedicine6.1%
- Gallbladder and Bile Duct DisordersMedicine5.5%
- Organ Transplantation Techniques and OutcomesMedicine5%
- Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology ResearchMedicine4.9%
- Minimally Invasive Surgical TechniquesMedicine4.7%
- Gastroesophageal reflux and treatmentsMedicine4.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePMCPubMedDOAJSciELOPublisher website
Other: Google Acadêmico
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.51LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.86LetPub ·
- h-index
- 43OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 461OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.18OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 44.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 92.7%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 46LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,497 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 45 | 45 | 0 |
| 2025 | 57 | 57 | 54 |
| 2024 | 69 | 69 | 147 |
| 2023 | 75 | 75 | 449 |
| 2022 | 76 | 76 | 502 |
| 2021 | 82 | 82 | 497 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
96 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 48 days – 191 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 119 days (94 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 231 days
- Sample
- 94 articles with submission and acceptance dates (145 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Peer reviewLetPub
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted1
- artigos originaisTem como seções principais artigos originais, guidelines, artigos de revisão ou atualização, relatos de casos, artigos de opinião (a convite) e cartas ao editor…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright
Todo o conteúdo do periódico, exceto onde está identificado, está licenciado sob uma Licença Creative Commons do tipo atribuição BY. Model summary
Todo o conteúdo do periódico, exceto onde está identificado, está licenciado sob uma Licença Creative Commons do tipo atribuição BY.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgia Digestiva
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- English, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 0102-6720
- Electronic ISSN
- 2317-6326
- Society / sponsor
- Brazilian College of Digestive Surgery
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about ABCD-Arquivos Brasileiros de Cirurgia Digestiva-Brazilian Archives of Digestive Surgery
What CAS zone is ABCD-Arquivos Brasileiros de Cirurgia Digestiva-Brazilian Archives of Digestive Surgery in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, ABCD-Arquivos Brasileiros de Cirurgia Digestiva-Brazilian Archives of Digestive Surgery is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Gastroenterology & Hepatology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at ABCD-Arquivos Brasileiros de Cirurgia Digestiva-Brazilian Archives of Digestive Surgery?
Based on the dates recorded on 94 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 96 days (interquartile range 48–191 days); authors report an average review time of about 16 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of ABCD-Arquivos Brasileiros de Cirurgia Digestiva-Brazilian Archives of Digestive Surgery based?
Of the 31 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (8), Japan (4) and Germany (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index ABCD-Arquivos Brasileiros de Cirurgia Digestiva-Brazilian Archives of Digestive Surgery?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, ABCD-Arquivos Brasileiros de Cirurgia Digestiva-Brazilian Archives of Digestive Surgery is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, PMC, PubMed, DOAJ and SciELO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is ABCD-Arquivos Brasileiros de Cirurgia Digestiva-Brazilian Archives of Digestive Surgery open access, and what is the APC?
ABCD-Arquivos Brasileiros de Cirurgia Digestiva-Brazilian Archives of Digestive Surgery is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .