Journal profile · Medicine-Surgery
Journal of Chest Surgery
ISSN 2765-1606 · eISSN 2765-1614 · Korean Society for Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery · Korea, Republic of
Journal of Chest Surgery: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2026 Xinrui edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 7 weeks (community reports); 131 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Chest Surgery is published by Korean Society for Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery and is classed under Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Legal and Regulatory Analysis, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies and Military Technology and Strategies, together about 74.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Surgery
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Legal and Regulatory AnalysisSocial Sciences25%
- Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary StudiesSocial Sciences25%
- Military Technology and StrategiesEngineering25%
- Cardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsMedicine2.2%
- Aortic Disease and Treatment ApproachesMedicine1.9%
- Tracheal and airway disordersMedicine1.9%
- Congenital Heart Disease StudiesMedicine1.7%
- Pleural and Pulmonary DiseasesMedicine1.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Respiratory System | 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
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.76LetPub ·
- h-index
- 29OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 346OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.16OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.42%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 45LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 6,547 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 37 | 37 | 1 |
| 2025 | 131 | 131 | 82 |
| 2024 | 75 | 75 | 200 |
| 2023 | 80 | 80 | 267 |
| 2022 | 86 | 86 | 401 |
| 2021 | 111 | 111 | 471 |
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
Not usableThis publisher's "received" date is mostly when the revised manuscript arrived (26% of articles were "accepted" within 3 days), so it cannot measure review time
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 7 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 7 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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
- Korean Society for Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery
- Country or region
- Korea, Republic of
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2765-1606
- Electronic ISSN
- 2765-1614
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Chest Surgery
What CAS zone is Journal of Chest Surgery in?
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.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Chest Surgery?
Authors report an average review time of about 7 weeks. 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 Journal of Chest Surgery?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Chest Surgery is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Chest Surgery open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Chest Surgery is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .