Journal profile · SURGERY
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery
ISSN 2664-3278 · AME Publishing Company
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2026 Xinrui edition); impact factor 0.7 (journal website); fully open access; 43 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery is published by AME Publishing Company and is classed under Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases and Tracheal and airway disorders, together about 38.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery (ISSN: 2664-3278; Curr Chall Thorac Surg; CCTS; https://ccts.amegroups.com) is an international peer-reviewed journal providing high-quality researches and information related to challenging issues on thoracic surgeries with an aim to improve current diagnosis and treatment of thoracic diseases. The journal focuses on current challenges, controversial issues and intractable situation of thoracic surgeries for pulmonary, tracheal, mediastinal, esophageal, and chest-wall diseases. It also dabbles in related specialties such as pulmonary medicine, transplantation, anesthesiology, pathology, imaging, biology, critical care medicine and nursing. Besides, it encompasses extensive contents of technical development, multidisciplinary approach, precision treatment, perioperative medicine, basic and translational science, and education and training. CCTS will serve as a professional platform for healthcare professionals including surgeons, physicians and scientists to share their research, knowledge and experience.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): SURGERY
Editorial board by country: 4 in mainland China (about 8%); most named United States 25, Japan 7, Mainland China 4, France 2, Italy 2 (49 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine22.3%
- Pleural and Pulmonary DiseasesMedicine9%
- Tracheal and airway disordersMedicine7.5%
- Lung Cancer Research StudiesMedicine6.6%
- Transplantation: Methods and OutcomesMedicine6.5%
- Medical Imaging and Pathology StudiesMedicine4%
- Organ Transplantation Techniques and OutcomesMedicine3.7%
- Esophageal and GI PathologyMedicine3.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surgery | Q3 | 372/597 | 37th |
| Physiology (medical) | Q3 | 88/117 | 25th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher website
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)
- 0.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.24LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.32LetPub ·
- h-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.87OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 26LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,022Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 338 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 42 | 42 | 175 |
| 2025 | 43 | 43 | 147 |
| 2024 | 34 | 34 | 73 |
| 2023 | 23 | 23 | 83 |
| 2022 | 12 | 12 | 54 |
| 2021 | 109 | 109 | 26 |
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
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 websiteLicense & copyright, Open access
- License & copyright Copyright
For open access publishing, this journal uses an exclusive licensing agreement. Authors will transfer copyright to AME Publishing Company, but will have the right to share their article in the same way permitted to third parties under the relevant user license, as well as certain scholarly usage rights.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Statement
CCTS is a peer reviewed, open access journal. All content of the journal is published under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial- NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). All articles published open access will be immediately and permanently free for all to read, download, copy and distribute as defined by the applied license.
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
- AME Publishing Company
- ISSN
- 2664-3278
- Society / sponsor
- Department of Thoracic Surgery
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery
What CAS zone is Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery in?
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 Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.7; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.3, h-index 9.
Where are the editorial board members of Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery based?
Of the 49 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 4 (about 8%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (25), Japan (7) and Mainland China (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery 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 Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery open access, and what is the APC?
Current Challenges in Thoracic Surgery 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, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .