Journal profile · PEDIATRICS
Annals of Pediatric Surgery
ISSN 1687-4137 · eISSN 2090-5394 · SpringerOpen · United Kingdom
Annals of Pediatric Surgery: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.7 (journal website); fully open access; no APC; review about 9 weeks (community reports); 2 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus; the journal's website says submissions are paused or closed.
The journal's website says submissions are paused or closed: Annals of Pediatric Surgery is now archived and no longer receiving submissions with this publisher. All articles published in the journal during its time with Springer will remain fully searchable through our websites. Source ↗Publisher website ·
The latest issue on the journal's website is from October 2018 (Volume 14, Issue 4): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Annals of Pediatric Surgery is published by SpringerOpen 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 Urological Disorders and Treatments, Intestinal Malrotation and Obstruction Disorders and Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments, together about 25.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Annals of Pediatric Surgery was launched in 2005, with a clear vision to be recognized as one of the outstanding international pediatric surgical journals. ...
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PEDIATRICS
Editor-in-chief Essam ElhalabyPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Urological Disorders and TreatmentsMedicine10.2%
- Intestinal Malrotation and Obstruction DisordersMedicine7.7%
- Gastrointestinal disorders and treatmentsMedicine7.2%
- Congenital gastrointestinal and neural anomaliesMedicine6.6%
- Esophageal and GI PathologyMedicine5.4%
- Hernia repair and managementMedicine5.4%
- Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia StudiesMedicine5.1%
- Urologic and reproductive health conditionsMedicine5%
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 | Pediatrics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Pediatrics | 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
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 0.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.18LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.55LetPub ·
- h-index
- 14OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 39OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.13OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 669 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
| 2023 | 47 | 47 | 75 |
| 2022 | 92 | 92 | 191 |
| 2021 | 69 | 69 | 214 |
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 review time (community reports)
- about 9 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Anonymous 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 accessLetPub
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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
- SpringerOpen
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1687-4137
- Print ISSN
- 2090-5394
- Electronic ISSN
- 2090-5394
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 14, Issue 4 (October 2018)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Annals of Pediatric Surgery
What CAS zone is Annals of Pediatric Surgery in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Annals of Pediatric Surgery is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Pediatrics. 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 Annals of Pediatric Surgery?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.7; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.8, h-index 14.
How long does peer review take at Annals of Pediatric Surgery?
Authors report an average review time of about 9 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.
Which databases index Annals of Pediatric Surgery?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Annals of Pediatric Surgery is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Annals of Pediatric Surgery open access, and what is the APC?
Annals of Pediatric Surgery is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .