BJS Open

BJS Open is published by OXFORD UNIV PRESS and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments, Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, together about 25.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

BJS Open is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal from the BJS Foundation, publishing high-quality articles related to any field of surgery and other specialty fields related to surgical disciplines (e.g. anaesthesia, acute care, intensive care, etc.). Interested in publishing with BJS Open? As a BJS Open author you will benefit from: Excellent author experience A simple online submission process through ScholarOne. Prompt decision-making after submission. Rapid online publication of your manuscript after acceptance. Competitive publication fees. Options for open access funding through our Read and Publish agreements with institutions around the globe. Publication fee discounts for members of BJS Foundation Strategic Partners. A wide range of article types including Leading Article, Review, Randomized Clinical Trial, Study Protocol, Research Letter and more. Opportunities for developing videos to illustrate concepts in your research. Reputation & Reach BJS Open is an official journal of the BJS Foundation, a charitable body with a mission to advance and improve education in surgery and to diffuse knowledge on new and improved methods of teaching and practicing surgery in all branches. Support from an internationally renowned Editorial Board. Open access publishing allowing increased visibility and readership to a global audience. Indexed in key repositories, including PubMed, supporting the rapid and global dissemination of your work. Dedicated social media channels to support you with the dissemination and promotion of your research: Twitter LinkedIn Cutting Edge Blog Article-level metrics showing where your research has been mentioned online and in the news. BJS publishing process Watch the video to find out more about the BJS Open publishing journey. More from BJS Open Sample some of our leading research by reading our highly cited collection. Read the latest issue. Visit Author Guidelines to find out more about the submission process and requirements. Visit the BJS Academy website to find out more about the Foundation’s work in supporting the surgical community. Journal metrics Citation metrics Clarivate 2025 Impact Factor 4.9 2025 5 Year Impact Factor 4.6 Surgery (Rank by Impact Factor) 20/321 2025 Journal Citation Indicator (JCI) 1.7 Surgery (Rank by Journal Citation Indicator) 22/321 2025 Cited Half-Life 4 years 2025 Immediacy Index 0.9 2025 Eigenfactor Score 0.00758 2025 Article Influence Score 1.434 Scopus 2025 CiteScore 5.9 Surgery

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): SURGERY

Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 42, Italy 13, Netherlands 7, Sweden 7, Spain 6 (121 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

Indexing the journal's website claims

PubMedPublisher website

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Impact

Impact factor

4.8LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

4.6Publisher website · 2026-10-01

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

20Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CiteScore 2026-06

5.9LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

43Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SJR 2026-06

1.33LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

1.88LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

59OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

596OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

4.09OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

4.1%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

99.51%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

150LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher) 2025

459,020Publisher website · 2026-10-01

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.

Other sources

Average review time (community reports)

about 20 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Submission to first decision 2025

9 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Submission to final decision 2025

9 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Submission to publication (journal-reported)

about 20 weeksDOAJ · 2026-10-25

Peer review

Single anonymous 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.

• APC information ↗DOAJ
• Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
• Open access statement ↗DOAJ
• License & copyright ↗DOAJ

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.

Publisher

OXFORD UNIV PRESS

Country or region

ENGLAND

Language

English

ISSN

2474-9842

Society / sponsor

BJS Foundation

Latest issue on the website

Volume 10, Issue 5 (October 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