Journal profile · Medicine-Surgery
Gland Surgery
ISSN 2227-684X · eISSN 2227-8575 · AME Publishing Company · China
Gland Surgery: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.91; fully open access; median 72 days to acceptance (100 articles, last 24 months); 235 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Gland Surgery is published by AME Publishing Company 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 Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery, Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment and Breast Cancer Treatment Studies, together about 39.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Gland Surgery (Gland Surg; GS, Print ISSN 2227-684X; Online ISSN 2227-8575), launched in May 2012, is an open access, peer-reviewed journal. Published quarterly from May 2012 to Dec. 2014 and bimonthly from Jan. 2015 to Dec. 2020, GS now follows a monthly publication model. GS has been indexed by PubMed/PubMed Central (PMC) and Web of Science [Science Citation Indexed Expanded (SCIE)]. Its latest impact factor (2025 citation year) is 1.9.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Surgery
Editorial board by country: 4 in mainland China (about 13%); most named United States 12, Mainland China 4, South Korea 3, Italy 3, Australia 2 (31 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Thyroid and Parathyroid SurgeryMedicine14.3%
- Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine13.6%
- Breast Cancer Treatment StudiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.4%
- Breast Implant and ReconstructionMedicine10.8%
- Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular TechniquesMedicine6.5%
- Breast Lesions and CarcinomasMedicine6.3%
- Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology ResearchMedicine4.1%
- Thyroid Disorders and TreatmentsMedicine3.5%
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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePMCPublisher 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
- 1.91LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.51LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.78LetPub ·
- h-index
- 56OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 727OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.48OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 196LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,227 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 272 | 272 | 30 |
| 2025 | 235 | 235 | 290 |
| 2024 | 245 | 245 | 796 |
| 2023 | 177 | 177 | 1,067 |
| 2022 | 213 | 213 | 1,628 |
| 2021 | 364 | 364 | 3,909 |
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
72 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 56 days – 83 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 26 days (100 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 94 days
- Sample
- 100 articles with submission and acceptance dates (554 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.
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
This journal 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
- Country or region
- China
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2227-684X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2227-8575
- Society / sponsor
- Society for Translational Medicine
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Gland Surgery
What CAS zone is Gland Surgery in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Gland Surgery 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 Gland Surgery?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.91; CiteScore 2.8, h-index 56.
How long does peer review take at Gland Surgery?
Based on the dates recorded on 100 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 72 days (interquartile range 56–83 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Gland Surgery based?
Of the 31 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 4 (about 13%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (12), Mainland China (4) and South Korea (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Gland Surgery?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Gland Surgery is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and PMC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Gland Surgery open access, and what is the APC?
Gland 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, 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: .