Journal profile
Annals of Surgery Open
ISSN 2691-3593 · Wolters Kluwer Health · United States
Annals of Surgery Open: fully open access; APC about USD 2,000; median 98 days to acceptance (23 articles, last 24 months); 98 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Annals of Surgery Open is published by Wolters Kluwer Health. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, Enhanced Recovery After Surgery and Innovations in Medical Education, together about 23.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
To assess perioperative and quality-of-life outcomes of da Vinci robotic–assisted surgery (dV-RAS), laparoscopic, and open surgery for 13 benign procedures.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Luke M. FunkPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology ResearchMedicine9.3%
- Enhanced Recovery After SurgeryMedicine7.3%
- Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine6.6%
- Surgical Simulation and TrainingMedicine6.5%
- Colorectal Cancer Surgical TreatmentsMedicine6.3%
- Gastric Cancer Management and OutcomesMedicine5.1%
- Minimally Invasive Surgical TechniquesMedicine4.8%
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesMedicine4.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 26OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 125OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.73OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 701 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 72 | 72 | 1,219 |
| 2025 | 98 | 98 | 1,268 |
| 2024 | 169 | 169 | 832 |
| 2023 | 137 | 137 | 477 |
| 2022 | 115 | 115 | 226 |
| 2021 | 87 | 87 | 51 |
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
98 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 59 days – 131 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 33 days (23 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 145 days
- Sample
- 23 articles with submission and acceptance dates (209 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 3 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 9 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified peer reviewDOAJ
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 accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 2,000 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,000 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,000 | Yes | — | |
| 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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wolters Kluwer Health
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2691-3593
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 7, Issue 2 (June 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Annals of Surgery Open
How long does peer review take at Annals of Surgery Open?
Based on the dates recorded on 23 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 98 days (interquartile range 59–131 days); authors report an average review time of about 3 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 Surgery Open?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Annals of Surgery Open is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Annals of Surgery Open open access, and what is the APC?
Annals of Surgery Open is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,000.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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: .