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Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Springer Science+Business Media · United States · ISSN 1091-255X, 1873-4626

ITS Journal Score76.7
Global rank#3,435
Rank in Medicine#695 of 8,757
h-index171
Open access 2021–202520%

Overview

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, published by Springer Science+Business Media (United States), published 1,805 papers in 2021–2025, and its papers received 77,774 citations in those years. Its h-index is 171 and its two-year mean citedness is 2.31. On the ITS Journal Score it ranks #3,435 of 62,158 ranked journals and #695 of 8,757 in Medicine.

Key figures

Papers 2021–20251,805
Citations 2021–202577,774
Citations per paper43.1
h-index171
i10-index4,975
2-year mean citedness2.31
Open-access share20%
Change in papers, 2020→2025-7%
Article fee (APC)Not recorded

Citations count every citation the journal's papers received in these years, including citations to older papers. Two-year mean citedness is OpenAlex's measure of how often recent papers are cited; it is similar in idea to, but not the same as, an impact factor.

Papers and citations by year

YearPapersCitations receivedOpen-access papers
202039216,45798
202132217,28171
202235116,30375
202332515,64170
202444415,01984
202536313,53052

What it publishes

The leading research topics of its papers (OpenAlex topic classification). Select a topic to find other journals that publish on it.

Similar journals

Ranked journals that publish on the same topics.

JournalFieldScorePapers 2021–2025Open access
Updates in SurgeryMedicine70.01,52838%
Annals of Gastroenterological SurgeryMedicine68.4697100%
Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic SciencesMedicine69.484842%
Annals of Pancreatic CancerMedicine37.259100%
HPBMedicine62.29,19760%
PancreatologyMedicine68.52,90412%
Laparoscopic SurgeryMedicine40.7117100%
World Journal of Gastrointestinal SurgeryMedicine68.11,556100%

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Identity and sources

  • ISSN-L: 1091-255X
  • Print ISSN: 1091-255X
  • Electronic ISSN: 1873-4626
  • Publisher: Springer Science+Business Media
  • Listed in DOAJ: Not yet checked
  • Crossref: ISSN found in Crossref
  • OpenAlex: S78051145
  • Journal website: link.springer.com

Figures come from OpenAlex (papers, citations, h-index, topics), Crossref (ISSN check) and DOAJ (open-access listing and fees). They change as records are corrected, so treat them as a dated snapshot. This page does not state whether the journal is indexed in Scopus, Web of Science or PubMed.

Questions

What is the ITS Journal Score of Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery?

It is 76.7 out of 100, which places it #3,435 among ranked journals. The score combines citation impact (45%), h-index (35%) and size (20%) from open OpenAlex data.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery?

This site does not publish Journal Impact Factors, which belong to Clarivate. As an open alternative, its two-year mean citedness in OpenAlex is 2.31.

Is Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery open access?

20% of its papers from 2021–2025 are recorded as open access.

Does Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery charge a publication fee?

No fee is recorded in the open data used here. Check the journal's own website for its current fees.

Transparent methodology

How the ITS Journal Score works

One formula applies to every ranked journal, using open data from OpenAlex: 45% citation impact, 35% h-index and 20% size (papers published 2021–2025). Citation impact is the smaller of the journal's two-year mean citedness and its five-year citations per paper, so a journal whose output collapsed cannot jump to the top on old citations. Each part is half a percentile and half a log-scaled value, so the very top is still separated. Growth and open-access share are shown separately and are not part of the score.

A journal is ranked only if it published at least 50 papers in 2021–2025 and was active in at least five of the last six years. Field rankings compare a journal only with journals in the same field; the field is the OpenAlex field with most of the journal's recent papers, or "Multidisciplinary" when no field has 30% of them.

What this is not: the ITS Journal Score is not a Journal Impact Factor, CiteScore or SJR, and this site does not say whether a journal is indexed in Scopus, Web of Science or PubMed. Always confirm aims and scope, indexing, peer review and fees on the journal's own website before you submit.