Journal profile · Surgery
AMERICAN SURGEON
ISSN 0003-1348 · eISSN 1555-9823 · SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 1951
AMERICAN SURGEON: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.96; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,150; community-reported acceptance: easy; 476 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
AMERICAN SURGEON is published by SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC 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 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies, Hernia repair and management and Trauma Management and Diagnosis, together about 20.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Surgery
Editor-in-chief James McLoughlin KnoxvillePublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 6, Japan 4 (10 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Trauma and Emergency Care StudiesMedicine8.6%
- Hernia repair and managementMedicine6.1%
- Trauma Management and DiagnosisMedicine5.9%
- Abdominal Trauma and InjuriesMedicine5.5%
- Appendicitis Diagnosis and ManagementMedicine5.4%
- Esophageal and GI PathologyMedicine5.3%
- Gallbladder and Bile Duct DisordersMedicine5%
- Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology ResearchMedicine4.9%
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 | Surgery | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- Impact factor
- 0.96LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 1.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.41LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.62LetPub ·
- h-index
- 86LetPub ·
- h-index
- 112OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,890OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.27OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 10.78%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 440LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 11,630 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 365 | 56 | 37 |
| 2025 | 476 | 84 | 545 |
| 2024 | 457 | 78 | 1,066 |
| 2023 | 653 | 92 | 2,046 |
| 2022 | 654 | 77 | 3,252 |
| 2021 | 611 | 60 | 3,577 |
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
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,150 / GBP 3,043 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1951
- ISSN
- 0003-1348
- Electronic ISSN
- 1555-9823
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about AMERICAN SURGEON
What CAS zone is AMERICAN SURGEON in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, AMERICAN SURGEON is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Surgery. 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.
What is the impact factor of AMERICAN SURGEON?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.96; CiteScore 1.4, h-index 112.
Where are the editorial board members of AMERICAN SURGEON based?
Of the 10 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (6) and Japan (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index AMERICAN SURGEON?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, AMERICAN SURGEON is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is AMERICAN SURGEON open access, and what is the APC?
AMERICAN SURGEON is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,150.
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: .