Journal profile · Medicine-Surgery
Chirurgia
ISSN 1221-9118 · eISSN 1842-368X · Editura Medicala · ROMANIA · Bimonthly · Founded 1990
Chirurgia: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.1 (journal website); fully open access; review 4–8 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 84 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Chirurgia is published by Editura Medicala 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 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments, Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research and Esophageal and GI Pathology, together about 21.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The editorial board of Chirurgia journal and the Board of Directors of the Romanian Society of Surgery announce the annual awarding of the best articles published by young surgeons.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Surgery
Editor-in-chief Viorel ScripcariuPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Colorectal Cancer Surgical TreatmentsMedicine8%
- Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology ResearchMedicine7%
- Esophageal and GI PathologyMedicine6.6%
- Gastric Cancer Management and OutcomesMedicine6.5%
- Breast Cancer Treatment StudiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.3%
- Hernia repair and managementMedicine4.5%
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesMedicine4.5%
- Pancreatitis Pathology and TreatmentMedicine4%
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 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher website
Other: Crossref
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) 2025
- 1.1Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2023
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.25LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.32LetPub ·
- h-index
- 15LetPub ·
- h-index
- 25OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 137OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.97OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 97.49%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 74LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 907 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 50 | 50 | 7 |
| 2025 | 84 | 84 | 60 |
| 2024 | 77 | 77 | 137 |
| 2023 | 67 | 67 | 211 |
| 2022 | 85 | 85 | 286 |
| 2021 | 135 | 135 | 559 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- 4–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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 accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open Access
Chirurgia provides free access to the full text of articles. The abstract of each of the published articles will immediately be placed on PubMed. Chirurgia uses LinkOut service to provide links from PubMed abstracts to full-text articles.Open Access Fees: Members of the Romanian Society of Surgery will not pay open access fee. Non-members of the Romanian Society of Surgery will pay open access fee…
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
- Editura Medicala
- Country or region
- ROMANIA
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1990
- ISSN
- 1221-9118
- Electronic ISSN
- 1842-368X
- Society / sponsor
- Romanian Society of Surgery
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Chirurgia
What CAS zone is Chirurgia in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Chirurgia 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 Chirurgia?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.1 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.2, h-index 25.
How long does peer review take at Chirurgia?
Authors report an average review time of 4–8 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 Chirurgia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Chirurgia is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Chirurgia open access, and what is the APC?
Chirurgia is a fully open-access 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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .