Journal profile · NURSING
Bariatric Surgical Practice and Patient Care
ISSN 2168-023X · eISSN 2168-0248 · Mary Ann Liebert Inc. · UNITED STATES
Bariatric Surgical Practice and Patient Care: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.15; subscription journal; 38 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Bariatric Surgical Practice and Patient Care is published by Mary Ann Liebert Inc. 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 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes, Body Contouring and Surgery and Diet and metabolism studies, together about 57.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Sage, a leading independent academic publisher, has acquired Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., a global media company known for publishing over 100 peer-reviewed journals in biotechnology, life sciences, clinical medicine, public health, and engineering. The journals will be available on the Sage Journals platform beginning 1 January 2026. A dual access period will run from 1 January through 30 March 2026
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): NURSING
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Bariatric Surgery and OutcomesMedicine33.2%
- Body Contouring and SurgeryMedicine14.5%
- Diet and metabolism studiesMedicine10.1%
- Obesity and Health PracticesHealth Professions8.9%
- Eating Disorders and BehaviorsPsychology4.6%
- Gastric Cancer Management and OutcomesMedicine3.3%
- Nutrition and Health in AgingMedicine3.2%
- Esophageal and GI PathologyMedicine3%
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 | Nursing | 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 | Nursing | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Nursing | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
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
- 0.15LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.17LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.16LetPub ·
- h-index
- 10LetPub ·
- h-index
- 19OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 47OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.24OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 3.66%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 35LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 514 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 23 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 38 | 2 | 6 |
| 2024 | 26 | 7 | 14 |
| 2023 | 33 | 3 | 31 |
| 2022 | 32 | 3 | 47 |
| 2021 | 62 | 8 | 104 |
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.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
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
- Mary Ann Liebert Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2168-023X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2168-0248
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Bariatric Surgical Practice and Patient Care
What CAS zone is Bariatric Surgical Practice and Patient Care in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Bariatric Surgical Practice and Patient Care is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Nursing / 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.
What is the impact factor of Bariatric Surgical Practice and Patient Care?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.15; CiteScore 0.6, h-index 19.
Which databases index Bariatric Surgical Practice and Patient Care?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Bariatric Surgical Practice and Patient Care is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is Bariatric Surgical Practice and Patient Care open access, and what is the APC?
Bariatric Surgical Practice and Patient Care is a subscription 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 2026-08-28). Last updated: .