Journal profile · Surgery
Annals of Surgery
ISSN 0003-4932 · eISSN 1528-1140 · Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 1885
Annals of Surgery: CAS Zone 1 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 6.79; JCR Q1 (journal website); hybrid open access; median 112 days to acceptance (58 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: about 5%; 386 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Annals of Surgery is published by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. and is in Zone 1 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes and Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders, together about 20.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Annals of Surgery, the world’s highest cited surgery journal, is an international source for information on significant contributions to the advancement of surgical science and practice. Surgeons look to Annals first for innovations in practice and technique. Special aspects of the journal include featured articles of major importance to the field with accompanying laser-focused editorials; stimulating Surgical Perspective articles providing opinions on key issues facing all surgeons; and the very best of current surgical science represented by randomized prospective trials, meta-analyses, original articles, and essential review articles.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Surgery
Editor-in-chief Justin B. DimickPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology ResearchMedicine7.7%
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesMedicine7.1%
- Gallbladder and Bile Duct DisordersMedicine5.5%
- Esophageal and GI PathologyMedicine5.5%
- Colorectal Cancer Surgical TreatmentsMedicine5.2%
- Gastrointestinal disorders and treatmentsMedicine4.9%
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and PrognosisMedicine4.7%
- Organ Transplantation Techniques and OutcomesMedicine4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q1 · SURGERY · rank 12/321
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
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
- 6.79LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 7.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 14.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.52LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.58LetPub ·
- h-index
- 284LetPub ·
- h-index
- 457OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 19,584OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.5OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 16.76%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 245LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 37,879 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 213 | 69 | 71 |
| 2025 | 386 | 128 | 1,465 |
| 2024 | 423 | 171 | 4,088 |
| 2023 | 393 | 171 | 7,160 |
| 2022 | 424 | 194 | 10,390 |
| 2021 | 655 | 211 | 14,431 |
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
112 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 72 days – 169 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 18 days (58 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 160 days
- Sample
- 58 articles with submission and acceptance dates (680 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 4 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 5%LetPub ·
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1885
- ISSN
- 0003-4932
- Electronic ISSN
- 1528-1140
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 284, Issue 4 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Annals of Surgery
What CAS zone is Annals of Surgery in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Annals of Surgery is in Zone 1 of Medicine, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Surgery; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Annals of Surgery?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 6.79; CiteScore 14.7, h-index 457.
How long does peer review take at Annals of Surgery?
Based on the dates recorded on 58 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 112 days (interquartile range 72–169 days); authors report an average review time of about 4 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 5%”. 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.
What JCR quartile is Annals of Surgery in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q1; by category, SURGERY Q1 (12/321). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 1 of Medicine.
Which databases index Annals of Surgery?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Annals of Surgery is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Annals of Surgery open access, and what is the APC?
Annals of Surgery is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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: .