Journal profile · SURGERY
Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery
ISSN 2519-0792 · AME Publishing Company
Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.5 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 1,650; 36 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Video-Assisted Thoracic 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 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases and Tracheal and airway disorders, together about 46.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Aims and Scope The journal Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS, Video-assist Thorac Surg, Online ISSN: 2519-0792) publishes articles reporting the cutting-edge findings and application of video-...
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): SURGERY
Editorial board by country: 3 in mainland China (about 5%); most named United States 27, Japan 16, United Kingdom 4, Mainland China 3, Canada 3 (57 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine28.5%
- Pleural and Pulmonary DiseasesMedicine9.9%
- Tracheal and airway disordersMedicine8.5%
- Gastric Cancer Management and OutcomesMedicine4.6%
- Airway Management and Intubation TechniquesMedicine3.9%
- Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical ImagingMedicine3.9%
- Lung Cancer Treatments and MutationsMedicine3.6%
- Advanced Radiotherapy TechniquesPhysics and Astronomy3.4%
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, Portico
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 (publisher)
- 0.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.18LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.24LetPub ·
- h-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.39OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 35LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 459 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 35 | 35 | 1 |
| 2025 | 36 | 36 | 19 |
| 2024 | 43 | 43 | 25 |
| 2023 | 40 | 40 | 61 |
| 2022 | 26 | 26 | 28 |
| 2021 | 48 | 48 | 76 |
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
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 18 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 1,650 | 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 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
Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery 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
- ISSN
- 2519-0792
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery
What CAS zone is Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Video-Assisted Thoracic 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 Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.5; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.6, h-index 9.
Where are the editorial board members of Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery based?
Of the 57 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 3 (about 5%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (27), Japan (16) and United Kingdom (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery open access, and what is the APC?
Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,650.
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: .