Journal profile · Surgery
European Surgical Research
ISSN 0014-312X · eISSN 1421-9921 · S. Karger AG · SWITZERLAND · Bimonthly · Founded 1969
European Surgical Research: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.42; fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 163 days to acceptance (29 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 25 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
European Surgical Research is published by S. Karger AG 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 Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes and Human auditory perception and evaluation, together about 32.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
European Surgical Research is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to preclinical, clinical, clinical experimental, and translational research in surgery. It features surgery, surgical pathophysiology, evidence-based medicine, and novel surgical techniques. Special consideration is given to papers covering the use of animal models, physiological methods, technical innovations (such as robotics, virtual reality, and image-guided surgery) as well as biophysical measuring and recording systems. European Surgical Research accepts papers concerning all surgical specialties with a focus on gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, and pancreatic, vascular, and oncological surgery. The journal is a valuable resource for all interested in pathophysiological concepts and new techniques, for those interested in introducing these concepts and techniques into clinical practice, and for those evaluating critical decisions in the use of new procedures or drugs.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Surgery
Editor-in-chief Brigitte VollmarPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance12.4%
- Organ Transplantation Techniques and OutcomesMedicine12.1%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering7.8%
- Liver Disease and TransplantationMedicine7.5%
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine5%
- Cardiac Ischemia and ReperfusionMedicine4.6%
- Liver physiology and pathologyMedicine4%
- Intestinal and Peritoneal AdhesionsMedicine3.5%
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
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
- 2.42LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 5.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.59LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.96LetPub ·
- h-index
- 41LetPub ·
- h-index
- 69OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,148OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.57OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 81.43%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 11LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,378 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| 2025 | 25 | 25 | 40 |
| 2024 | 15 | 15 | 135 |
| 2023 | 27 | 27 | 134 |
| 2022 | 42 | 27 | 424 |
| 2021 | 60 | 29 | 467 |
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
163 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 117 days – 189 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 23 days (29 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 194 days
- Sample
- 29 articles with submission and acceptance dates (36 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)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 21 daysPublisher website ·
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).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- S. Karger AG
- Country or region
- SWITZERLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1969
- ISSN
- 0014-312X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1421-9921
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 67, Issue 1 (December 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about European Surgical Research
What CAS zone is European Surgical Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, European Surgical Research 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 European Surgical Research?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.42; CiteScore 5.4, h-index 69.
How long does peer review take at European Surgical Research?
Based on the dates recorded on 29 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 163 days (interquartile range 117–189 days); authors report an average review time of over 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 European Surgical Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, European Surgical Research is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is European Surgical Research open access, and what is the APC?
European Surgical Research is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
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 2026-08-30). Last updated: .