Journal profile · Respiratory System
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY
ISSN 0003-4975 · eISSN 1552-6259 · Elsevier USA · UNITED STATES · Monthly
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 5.17; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,200; median 50 days to acceptance (160 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly hard; 614 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY is published by Elsevier USA and is in Zone 2 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches and Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques, together about 29.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Respiratory System
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsMedicine11.4%
- Aortic Disease and Treatment ApproachesMedicine9.4%
- Cardiac and Coronary Surgery TechniquesMedicine9%
- Congenital Heart Disease StudiesMedicine8.7%
- Cardiac Structural Anomalies and RepairMedicine6.2%
- Mechanical Circulatory Support DevicesEngineering5.7%
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine5.5%
- Tracheal and airway disordersMedicine5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Respiratory System | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Respiratory System | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Respiratory System | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems | Zone 3 |
Top journal: yesReview 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
- 5.17LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 8.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.41LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.76LetPub ·
- h-index
- 184LetPub ·
- h-index
- 280OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 23,654OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.96OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 6.62%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 238LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 48,238 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 538 | 82 | 227 |
| 2025 | 614 | 114 | 1,228 |
| 2024 | 506 | 226 | 3,448 |
| 2023 | 542 | 502 | 3,632 |
| 2022 | 814 | 185 | 5,496 |
| 2021 | 1,229 | 333 | 10,296 |
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 PubMed · to
50 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 13 days – 185 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 18 days (160 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 67 days
- Sample
- 160 articles with submission and acceptance dates (1,293 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)
- 2–3 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly hardLetPub ·
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 3,200 / EUR 2,990 / GBP 2,560 / JPY 396,900 | — | — |
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
- Elsevier USA
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- ISSN
- 0003-4975
- Electronic ISSN
- 1552-6259
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY
What CAS zone is ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Respiratory System / Surgery / Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 5.17; CiteScore 8.3, h-index 280.
How long does peer review take at ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY?
Based on the dates recorded on 160 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 50 days (interquartile range 13–185 days); authors report an average review time of 2–3 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly hard”. 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 THORACIC SURGERY?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY open access, and what is the APC?
ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,200.
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: .