Journal profile · Pathology
International Journal of Surgical Pathology
ISSN 1066-8969 · eISSN 1940-2465 · SAGE Publications Inc. · UNITED STATES · Quarterly · Founded 1993
International Journal of Surgical Pathology: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.84; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,150; review about 138 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); community-reported acceptance: about 75%; 231 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Surgical Pathology is published by SAGE Publications Inc. 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 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment, Cancer and Skin Lesions and Soft tissue tumor case studies, together about 23.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Rheumatology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
International Journal of Surgical Pathology (IJSP) is a peer-reviewed journal published eight times a year, which offers original research and observations covering all major organ systems, timely reviews of new techniques and procedures, discussions of controversies in surgical pathology, case reports, and images in pathology. Average time from submission to first decision: 16 days View full journal description This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Pathology
Editorial board by country: 3 in mainland China (about 2%); most named United States 101, United Kingdom 5, Italy 4, Mainland China 3, India 3 (137 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Sarcoma Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine12%
- Cancer and Skin LesionsMedicine5.9%
- Soft tissue tumor case studiesMedicine5.2%
- Breast Lesions and CarcinomasMedicine4.9%
- Urologic and reproductive health conditionsMedicine4.8%
- Salivary Gland Tumors Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine4.6%
- Renal cell carcinoma treatmentMedicine4.4%
- Tumors and Oncological CasesMedicine4.3%
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 | Pathology | 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 | Pathology | 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 | Pathology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- 0.84LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 0.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.38LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.67LetPub ·
- h-index
- 45LetPub ·
- h-index
- 65OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,205OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.8OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 9.12%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 224LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,036 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 234 | 55 | 15 |
| 2025 | 231 | 50 | 148 |
| 2024 | 232 | 67 | 392 |
| 2023 | 225 | 70 | 794 |
| 2022 | 231 | 26 | 1,100 |
| 2021 | 152 | 17 | 820 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
138 dayssubmission to acceptance · community reports about 1 month
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 1 monthLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 75%LetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 27.7%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 16 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 138 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 39 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher 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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,150 / GBP 3,043 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- No other fees
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)
What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- AMA
- Not considered
- Images in Pathology articles
Article types accepted15
- brief communicationThe mission of the International Journal of Surgical Pathology is to provide a forum for the communication of scientific information in the field of surgical pa…Length not stated
- brief reportThe mission of the International Journal of Surgical Pathology is to provide a forum for the communication of scientific information in the field of surgical pa…Length not stated
- case reportThe mission of the International Journal of Surgical Pathology is to provide a forum for the communication of scientific information in the field of surgical pa…Length not stated
- case reportsManuscript categories include: Original Articles, Controversies in Surgical Pathology, Molecular Surgical Pathology, Pitfalls in Pathology, Brief Report, Case R…Length not stated
- commentaryThe mission of the International Journal of Surgical Pathology is to provide a forum for the communication of scientific information in the field of surgical pa…Length not stated
- controversies in surgical pathologyManuscript categories include: Original Articles, Controversies in Surgical Pathology, Molecular Surgical Pathology, Pitfalls in Pathology, Brief Report, Case R…Length not stated
- global pathologyGlobal Pathology manuscripts should briefly highlight how surgical pathology practice differs geographically.Length not stated
- history of pathologyManuscript categories include: Original Articles, Controversies in Surgical Pathology, Molecular Surgical Pathology, Pitfalls in Pathology, Brief Report, Case R…Length not stated
- letter to the editorThe mission of the International Journal of Surgical Pathology is to provide a forum for the communication of scientific information in the field of surgical pa…Length not stated
- letters to the editorThe mission of the International Journal of Surgical Pathology is to provide a forum for the communication of scientific information in the field of surgical pa…Length not stated
- molecular surgical pathologyManuscript categories include: Original Articles, Controversies in Surgical Pathology, Molecular Surgical Pathology, Pitfalls in Pathology, Brief Report, Case R…Length not stated
- original articleThe mission of the International Journal of Surgical Pathology is to provide a forum for the communication of scientific information in the field of surgical pa…Length not stated
- original articlesManuscript categories include: Original Articles, Controversies in Surgical Pathology, Molecular Surgical Pathology, Pitfalls in Pathology, Brief Report, Case R…Length not stated
- pitfalls in pathologyManuscript categories include: Original Articles, Controversies in Surgical Pathology, Molecular Surgical Pathology, Pitfalls in Pathology, Brief Report, Case R…Length not stated
- review articleThe mission of the International Journal of Surgical Pathology is to provide a forum for the communication of scientific information in the field of surgical pa…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Author contributions
You will be asked to list the contribution of each author as part of the submission process. Please include the Author Contributions heading within your submission after the Acknowledgements section. The information you give on submission will then show under the Author Contributions heading later at the proofing stage.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
COPE member Model summary
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal. Figures submitted in color will be published in color in the online version of the journal at no cost. If you wish to have color figures in the printed version, the following fees apply: $800 for the first figure in color, $200 for each subsequent figure in color. Optional open access publishing is available for a fee via the Sage Cho…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Double anonymized peer review Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Double-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical trial registration
The journal conforms to the ICMJE requirement that clinical trials are registered in a WHO-approved public trials registry at or before the time of first participant enrollment as a condition of consideration for publication. The trial registry name and URL, and registration number must be included at the end of the abstract.
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
- SAGE Publications Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1993
- ISSN
- 1066-8969
- Electronic ISSN
- 1940-2465
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Surgical Pathology
What CAS zone is International Journal of Surgical Pathology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Journal of Surgical Pathology is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Pathology / 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 International Journal of Surgical Pathology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.84; CiteScore 2, h-index 65.
How long does peer review take at International Journal of Surgical Pathology?
The publisher reports about 138 days (submission to acceptance); authors report an average review time of about 1 month; the community-reported acceptance is “about 75%”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 27.7%. 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 International Journal of Surgical Pathology based?
Of the 137 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 3 (about 2%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (101), United Kingdom (5) and Italy (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index International Journal of Surgical Pathology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Surgical Pathology is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is International Journal of Surgical Pathology open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Surgical Pathology is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,150.
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: .