Journal profile · SURGERY
Giornale di Chirurgia
ISSN 0391-9005 · eISSN 1971-145X · CIC Edizioni Internazionali s.r.l.
Giornale di Chirurgia: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.2 (journal website); fully open access; median 74 days to acceptance (14 articles, last 24 months); 14 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Giornale di Chirurgia is published by CIC Edizioni Internazionali s.r.l. 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 Hernia repair and management, Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments and Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management, together about 20.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): SURGERY
Editor-in-chief Marco CatarciPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Hernia repair and managementMedicine7.3%
- Colorectal Cancer Surgical TreatmentsMedicine6.8%
- Appendicitis Diagnosis and ManagementMedicine6.2%
- Thyroid and Parathyroid SurgeryMedicine5.9%
- Diverticular Disease and ComplicationsMedicine5.7%
- Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology ResearchMedicine4.5%
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesMedicine4.5%
- Gastric Cancer Management and OutcomesMedicine4.2%
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
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)
- 0.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.12LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.09LetPub ·
- h-index
- 23OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 95OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.46OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 12LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 325 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| 2025 | 14 | 14 | 9 |
| 2024 | 24 | 24 | 15 |
| 2023 | 20 | 20 | 15 |
| 2022 | 17 | 17 | 22 |
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
74 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 49 days – 117 days
- Acceptance to online
- —
- Submission to online
- —
- Sample
- 14 articles with submission and acceptance dates (31 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".
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- CIC Edizioni Internazionali s.r.l.
- ISSN
- 0391-9005
- Print ISSN
- 1971-145X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1971-145X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 46, Issue 2 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Giornale di Chirurgia
What CAS zone is Giornale di Chirurgia in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Giornale di 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 Giornale di Chirurgia?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.2; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.5, h-index 23.
How long does peer review take at Giornale di Chirurgia?
Based on the dates recorded on 14 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 74 days (interquartile range 49–117 days). 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 Giornale di Chirurgia?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Giornale di Chirurgia is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Giornale di Chirurgia open access, and what is the APC?
Giornale di 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .