Journal profile · Surgery
Cirugia y Cirujanos
ISSN 0009-7411 · eISSN 2444-054X · Mexican Academy of Surgery · MEXICO · Bimonthly · Founded 1933
Cirugia y Cirujanos: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.74; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 114 days to acceptance (51 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 98 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Cirugia y Cirujanos is published by Mexican Academy of Surgery 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 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management, Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders and Abdominal Surgery and Complications, together about 20.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The journal Cirugía y Cirujanos is the scientific publication of the Mexican Academy of Surgery, an institution founded in 1933 that serves as an advisory body to the federal government on health and social policy matters and as an advisor to the General Health Council of Mexico. Its membership comprises more than 400 distinguished professionals from 64 medical and surgical specialties, as well as professionals in health-related fields, which has contributed to giving substance, structure, doctrine, mission, vision, and prestige to Mexican surgery and medicine in the international context. Cirugía y Cirujanos is a leading voice in academic, scientific, medical, surgical, and technological development in the field of health in Mexico and internationally. It is a bimonthly, open-access, peer-reviewed journal that publishes original scientific articles, clinical cases, review articles of general interest, and letters to the editor in Spanish and English (translated at no cost to the authors). Articles are selected and published following a rigorous review process, in accordance with internationally accepted standards. The journal is open to academics as well as any member of the medical community who expresses interest in using this forum to publish their work.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Surgery
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Appendicitis Diagnosis and ManagementMedicine7.9%
- Gallbladder and Bile Duct DisordersMedicine7.2%
- Abdominal Surgery and ComplicationsMedicine5.3%
- Ethics and bioethics in healthcareMedicine5.3%
- Gastrointestinal disorders and treatmentsMedicine5.3%
- Health and Medical EducationHealth Professions4.6%
- Hernia repair and managementMedicine4.2%
- Intestinal and Peritoneal AdhesionsMedicine4.1%
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)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINECASPublisher website
Other: Anuario Bibliográfico de Investigación en Salud, Excerpta Medica, Index Medicus Latinoamericano (IMLA), CENIDS-SSA, CD-ROM: Artemisa11, EBSCO EssentialsTM, Biblat, Bibliovigilance
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
- 0.74LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2017
- 1.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.25LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher)
- 0.25Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.43LetPub ·
- h-index
- 14LetPub ·
- h-index
- 18OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 81OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.45OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 85LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,047 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 59 | 59 | 1 |
| 2025 | 98 | 98 | 20 |
| 2024 | 126 | 126 | 107 |
| 2023 | 156 | 156 | 198 |
| 2022 | 175 | 175 | 332 |
| 2021 | 167 | 167 | 320 |
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 Crossref · to
114 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 47 days – 189 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 321 days (51 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 464 days
- Sample
- 51 articles with submission and acceptance dates (194 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)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 48 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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)
Article types accepted5
- artículo de revisión• Artículo de RevisiónLength not stated
- artículo original• Artículo OriginalLength not stated
- carta al editor• Carta al EditorLength not stated
- caso clínico• Caso ClínicoLength not stated
- editorial• Editorial (sólo por invitación del editor)Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Peer review
- License & copyright COPYRIGHT
Los trabajos enviados deberán acompañarse de una carta firmada por todos los autores del trabajo, en la que se haga constar que éste no ha sido publicado con anterioridad, ni se ha enviado simultáneamente a otra revista, que no existe conflicto de intereses y en caso de ser aceptada ceden los derechos de autor a la revista Cirugía y Cirujanos.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review by experts and Editorial Committee Model summary
Todos los trabajos enviados deberán de apegarse a los formatos que se describen abajo, y serán sujetos a revisión por expertos y por el Comité Editorial para dictaminar su aceptación.
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
- Mexican Academy of Surgery
- Country or region
- MEXICO
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1933
- ISSN
- 0009-7411
- Electronic ISSN
- 2444-054X
- Society / sponsor
- Mexican Academy of Surgery
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Cirugia y Cirujanos
What CAS zone is Cirugia y Cirujanos in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Cirugia y Cirujanos 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 Cirugia y Cirujanos?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.74; CiteScore 1.2, h-index 18.
How long does peer review take at Cirugia y Cirujanos?
Based on the dates recorded on 51 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 114 days (interquartile range 47–189 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 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 Cirugia y Cirujanos?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Cirugia y Cirujanos is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE and CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Cirugia y Cirujanos open access, and what is the APC?
Cirugia y Cirujanos is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .