Journal profile · Multiple
Hepatobiliary Surgery and Nutrition
ISSN 2304-3881 · eISSN 2304-389X · AME PUBL CO · HONG KONG
Hepatobiliary Surgery and Nutrition: CAS Zone 1 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 8.09; fully open access; APC about USD 1,900; median 72 days to acceptance (100 articles, last 24 months); 193 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Hepatobiliary Surgery and Nutrition is published by AME PUBL CO and is in Zone 1 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment and Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes, together about 41.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Hepatology and Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
HepatoBiliary Surgery and Nutrition (Print ISSN: 2304-3881; Online ISSN: 2304-389X; HepatoBiliary Surg Nutr; HBSN) is an open access, peer-reviewed, bimonthly journal (Dec. 2012- ). The main focus of the journal is to describe new findings in hepatopancreatobiliary disease and nutrition, and to provide current and practical information on diagnosis, prevention and clinical investigations. Specific areas of interest include, but not limited to, surgical techniques, clinical and basic researches, transplantation and other therapies, NASH, NAFLD, targeted drug, gut microbiota, metabolism, cancer immunity, genomics, nutrition and dietetics, etc.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editorial board by country: 18 in mainland China (about 19%); most named United States 29, Mainland China 18, France 9, Japan 6, Germany 6 (95 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and PrognosisMedicine18.1%
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine14.2%
- Organ Transplantation Techniques and OutcomesMedicine9.4%
- Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer StudiesMedicine9.2%
- Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology ResearchMedicine8.4%
- Liver Disease and TransplantationMedicine7.6%
- Gallbladder and Bile Duct DisordersMedicine5.1%
- Pancreatitis Pathology and TreatmentMedicine2.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Nutrition & Dietetics | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Nutrition & Dietetics | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Nutrition & Dietetics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePMCPubMedPublisher website
Other: Ovid
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
- 8.09LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 8.1Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 53OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 341OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.94OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.67%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 62LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,796 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 135 | 135 | 10 |
| 2025 | 193 | 193 | 285 |
| 2024 | 206 | 206 | 741 |
| 2023 | 220 | 220 | 1,009 |
| 2022 | 157 | 157 | 1,068 |
| 2021 | 226 | 226 | 2,751 |
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 51 days – 99 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 69 days (100 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 141 days
- Sample
- 100 articles with submission and acceptance dates (343 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
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 25 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 1,900 | Yes | CC BY-NC-ND |
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 websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access
- Publication ethics
Process Policy of Dealing with Allegations of Research Misconduct Model summary
Process Policy of Dealing with Allegations of Research Misconduct
Source ↗Publisher website ·- 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 PUBL CO
- Country or region
- HONG KONG
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2304-3881
- Electronic ISSN
- 2304-389X
- Society / sponsor
- Society for Translational Medicine
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Hepatobiliary Surgery and Nutrition
What CAS zone is Hepatobiliary Surgery and Nutrition in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Hepatobiliary Surgery and Nutrition is in Zone 1 of Medicine, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Gastroenterology & Hepatology / Nutrition & Dietetics / Surgery; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Nutrition?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 8.09; h-index 53.
How long does peer review take at Hepatobiliary Surgery and Nutrition?
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 51–99 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 Hepatobiliary Surgery and Nutrition based?
Of the 95 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 18 (about 19%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (29), Mainland China (18) and France (9). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Hepatobiliary Surgery and Nutrition?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Hepatobiliary Surgery and Nutrition is indexed in SCIE and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, PMC and PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Hepatobiliary Surgery and Nutrition open access, and what is the APC?
Hepatobiliary Surgery and Nutrition is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,900.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, DOAJ, 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: .