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Annals of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery
ISSN 2508-5778 · eISSN 2508-5859 · Korean Association of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery
Annals of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; median 56 days to acceptance (97 articles, last 24 months); 52 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Annals of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery is published by Korean Association of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery 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 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies and Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders, together about 39.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology ResearchMedicine16.7%
- Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer StudiesMedicine12.2%
- Gallbladder and Bile Duct DisordersMedicine10.6%
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and PrognosisMedicine10%
- Organ Transplantation Techniques and OutcomesMedicine7.7%
- Pancreatitis Pathology and TreatmentMedicine6%
- Liver Disease and TransplantationMedicine5.4%
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine4.3%
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 |
| 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 | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Surgery | 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
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
- 2.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.61LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.92LetPub ·
- h-index
- 27OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 164OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.75OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 58LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,965 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 50 | 50 | 9 |
| 2025 | 52 | 52 | 77 |
| 2024 | 65 | 65 | 207 |
| 2023 | 513 | 513 | 381 |
| 2022 | 453 | 453 | 502 |
| 2021 | 503 | 503 | 734 |
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 Crossref · to
56 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 38 days – 71 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 35 days (97 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 92 days
- Sample
- 97 articles with submission and acceptance dates (115 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".
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).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Korean Association of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery
- ISSN
- 2508-5778
- Electronic ISSN
- 2508-5859
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Annals of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery
What CAS zone is Annals of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Annals of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Gastroenterology & Hepatology / 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.
How long does peer review take at Annals of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery?
Based on the dates recorded on 97 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 56 days (interquartile range 38–71 days). 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.
Which databases index Annals of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Annals of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Annals of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery open access, and what is the APC?
Annals of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .