Journal profile · SURGERY
BMJ Surgery Interventions & Health Technologies
ISSN 2631-4940 · eISSN 2978-1809 · BMJ Publishing Group
BMJ Surgery Interventions & Health Technologies: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.8 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 2,972; median 177 days to acceptance (32 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 29% (journal website); 30 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
BMJ Surgery Interventions & Health Technologies is published by BMJ Publishing Group 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 Surgical Simulation and Training, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, together about 26.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Effective January 2026, BMJ Surgery, Interventions, & Health Technologies has been renamed BMJ Connections Surgery. This change is part of the journal’s evolution within a field that is rapidly changing. BMJ Connections Surgery is an open access journal publishing the full spectrum of robust, reproducible, original research including negative results and small and specialist studies. As part of the BMJ Connections series, this journal aims to foster collaboration within the medical research community and drive meaningful, real-world impact. The journal will continue to uphold BMJ's renowned standards of integrity, publication ethics and service. Meet the BMJ Connections Surgery editorial team.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): SURGERY
Editor-in-chief Peter McCullochPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Surgical Simulation and TrainingMedicine11.5%
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.7%
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesMedicine7.1%
- Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine5.5%
- Orthopaedic implants and arthroplastyMedicine4.4%
- Prostate Cancer Treatment and ResearchMedicine4.4%
- Total Knee Arthroplasty OutcomesMedicine4.4%
- Minimally Invasive Surgical TechniquesMedicine4.4%
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 | 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 | Surgery | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePMCEmbasePublisher website
Other: Google Scholar
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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 (publisher)
- 2.8Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 2.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 3.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.63LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.94LetPub ·
- h-index
- 16OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 38OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.33OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 27LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 150 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | 30 | 58 |
| 2024 | 15 | 15 | 47 |
| 2023 | 18 | 18 | 176 |
| 2022 | 31 | 31 | 216 |
| 2021 | 20 | 20 | 236 |
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
177 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 119 days – 264 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 28 days (32 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 201 days
- Sample
- 32 articles with submission and acceptance dates (37 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 17 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 29%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 14 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 31 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 17 weeksDOAJ ·
- 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.
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 2,972 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,800 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,972 | 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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Article types accepted4
- original researchBMJ Connections Surgery accepts original research, reviews, protocols, and registry reports in a number of formats.Length not stated
- protocolsBMJ Connections Surgery accepts original research, reviews, protocols, and registry reports in a number of formats.Length not stated
- registry reportsBMJ Connections Surgery accepts original research, reviews, protocols, and registry reports in a number of formats.Length not stated
- reviewsBMJ Connections Surgery accepts original research, reviews, protocols, and registry reports in a number of formats.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, Open access, Peer review
- Publication ethics
Upholds BMJ's standards of integrity, publication ethics and service. Model summary
The journal will continue to uphold BMJ's renowned standards of integrity, publication ethics and service.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access journal publishing the full spectrum of robust, reproducible, original research to enhance global knowledge dissemination and advancements in surgery. Model summary
BMJ Connections Surgery is an open access journal publishing the full spectrum of robust, reproducible, original research to enhance global knowledge dissemination and advancements in surgery.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer-reviewed, open access journal publishing research on all areas of general surgery. Model summary
BMJ Connections Surgery is a peer-reviewed, open access journal publishing research on all areas of general surgery.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- BMJ Publishing Group
- ISSN
- 2631-4940
- Electronic ISSN
- 2978-1809
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about BMJ Surgery Interventions & Health Technologies
What CAS zone is BMJ Surgery Interventions & Health Technologies in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, BMJ Surgery Interventions & Health Technologies is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category 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 BMJ Surgery Interventions & Health Technologies?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.8; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 3.4, h-index 16.
How long does peer review take at BMJ Surgery Interventions & Health Technologies?
Based on the dates recorded on 32 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 177 days (interquartile range 119–264 days); authors report an average review time of about 17 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 29% (2025). 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 BMJ Surgery Interventions & Health Technologies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, BMJ Surgery Interventions & Health Technologies is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, PMC and Embase; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is BMJ Surgery Interventions & Health Technologies open access, and what is the APC?
BMJ Surgery Interventions & Health Technologies is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,972.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .