Journal of Surgical Case Reports

Journal of Surgical Case Reports is published by Oxford University Press 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 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments, Hernia repair and management and Esophageal and GI Pathology, together about 23.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Journal of Surgical Case Reports (JSCR) is an open access, peer-reviewed international journal that will consider any original surgical techniques, case reports, or case series that expand the field of surgery. The journal publishes in all surgical specialties of interest to surgeons, physicians and researchers. Case reports must be original and shown to be both clinically and educationally interesting to an international audience. JSCR deposits all case reports in PubMed Central (PMC). Surgeons, physicians and researchers can find your work through PubMed, helping you reach the widest possible audience. The journal is also indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection. Find out more about the benefits of publishing with JSCR JSCR publishes case reports in the following areas: Bariatric Surgery Breast Surgery Cardiothoracic Surgery Colorectal Surgery Dentistry Gynaecology Head & Neck Surgery Hepatobiliary Surgery Interventional Radiology Maxillofacial Surgery Neurosurgery Ophthalmology Paediatric Surgery Plastic Surgery Transplant Surgery Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery Upper GI Surgery Urology Vascular Surgery Journal metrics Citation metrics Clarivate 2025 Impact Factor 0.5 2025 5 Year Impact Factor 0.5 2025 Cited Half-Life 4.3 years 2025 Immediacy Index 0.1 2025 Eigenfactor Score 0.00277 2025 Article Influence Score 0.111 Scopus 2025 CiteScore 0.6 2025 Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) 0.501 Readership 2025 Full Text Usage 911,379 Peer Review and Production 2025 Median days from submission to first decision 33 days 2025 Median days from submission to final decision 38 days 2025 Median days from acceptance to publication 23 days About metrics Disclaimer Statements of fact and opinion in the articles in Journal of Surgical Case Reports are those of the respective authors and contributors and not of the Journal, JSCR Publishing Ltd, or Oxford University Press, unless otherwise expressly indicated. Neither Oxford University Press, JSCR Publishing Ltd, nor the Journal make any representation, express or implied, in respect of the accuracy of the material in the Journal and cannot accept any legal responsibility or liability for any errors or omissions that may be made. Readers should make their own evaluation as to the appropriateness or otherwise of the information included.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): SURGERY

Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 1%); most named United States 30, United Kingdom 28, Japan 13, Australia 12, Greece 6 (143 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

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Web of SciencePublisher website

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Impact

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

0.6Publisher website · 2026-10-01

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

0.5Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CiteScore 2026-06

0.6LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher) 2025

0.6Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SJR 2026-06

0.2LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.5LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

28OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

561OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

0.64OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

20%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

99.52%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

978LetPub · 2026-09-13

Downloads per year (publisher) 2025

911,379Publisher website · 2026-10-01

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.

Other sources

Average review time (community reports)

about 11 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Submission to first decision 2025

33 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Submission to final decision 2025

38 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Acceptance to publication

23 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Submission to publication (journal-reported)

about 11 weeksDOAJ · 2026-10-25

Peer review

Single 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.

• APC information ↗DOAJ
• Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
• Open access statement ↗DOAJ
• License & copyright ↗DOAJ

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Publisher

Oxford University Press

Country or region

United Kingdom

Language

English

ISSN

2042-8812

Latest issue on the website

Volume 2026, Issue 9 (2026)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗LetPub
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Author guidelines ↗LetPub
• Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
• APC information ↗DOAJ
• Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
• Open access statement ↗DOAJ
• License & copyright ↗DOAJ
• Peer review process ↗LetPub
• Editorial board ↗LetPub
• Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ