International Journal of Surgery

International Journal of Surgery is a monthly, gold open access, peer-reviewed journal owned by IJS Publishing Group and published by Wolters Kluwer under the Lippincott imprint, launched in 2003 as The Journal of Surgery and renamed in 2004, and it holds a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 9.0.《国际外科杂志》（International Journal of Surgery）是（IJS Publishing Group）拥有、由威科集团（Wolters Kluwer）旗下（Lippincott）出版的月刊、金色开放获取同行评审期刊，2003 年以（The Journal of Surgery）之名创办，2004 年更名，2025 年影响因子为 9.0。

Scope

• As a general surgical journal, it covers all surgical specialties and aims to advance surgical research, education and clinical practice worldwide.作为一本普通外科期刊，该刊覆盖全部外科专科，致力于在全球推进外科研究、教育与临床实践。
• It publishes original research, review articles, editorials, commentaries and letters contributing to clinical surgery, experimental surgery, surgical education and surgical history.该刊发表原创研究、综述、社论、评论与通讯，涵盖临床外科、实验外科、外科教育与外科史。
• The journal encourages the exchange of ideas across surgical specialties and works against the tunnel vision caused by increasing sub-specialisation.该刊鼓励各外科专科之间交流思想，以抗衡日益细分带来的视野局限。
• It publishes rapid review papers and special issues, and contextualises findings through editorials, commentaries and correspondence.该刊发表快速综述与专刊，并通过社论、评论与通讯为研究结果提供背景。
• It enforces reporting guidelines and requires that all research involving human participants be registered in a public access research database.该刊执行报告规范，要求所有涉及人类参与者的研究在公开检索数据库中注册。
• It is indexed in PubMed, MEDLINE, Scopus, the Science Citation Index and Essential Science Indicators.该刊被（PubMed）、（MEDLINE）、（Scopus）、（Science Citation Index）与（Essential Science Indicators）收录。
• Its full contents are free to read, with the entire archive released under a Creative Commons Attribution licence.该刊内容可免费阅读，整份过刊以（Creative Commons Attribution）许可开放。

History

• The journal began in October 2003 as The Journal of Surgery, launched by Surgical Associates Ltd, and was renamed International Journal of Surgery in 2004.该刊于 2003 年 10 月以（The Journal of Surgery）之名创办，创办方为（Surgical Associates Ltd），2004 年更名为（International Journal of Surgery）。
• IJS Publishing Group Ltd was established in 2003 with the launch of the journal and later grew into a portfolio of surgical titles, including the open access IJS Case Reports in 2010.（IJS Publishing Group Ltd）于 2003 年随该刊创办而成立，此后发展为外科期刊群，包括 2010 年推出的开放获取期刊（IJS Case Reports）。
• The journal was published by Elsevier until the IJS Publishing Group and its titles were sold to Wolters Kluwer in 2022, after which it is published by Wolters Kluwer under Lippincott.该刊长期由爱思唯尔（Elsevier）出版，2022 年（IJS Publishing Group）及其期刊被威科集团（Wolters Kluwer）收购，此后由威科旗下（Lippincott）出版。
• It is registered with print number 1743-9191 and electronic number 1743-9159, and it appears monthly.该刊登记纸本刊号 1743-9191 与电子刊号 1743-9159，按月出版。
• In 2014 the journal opened its archive so that articles older than 24 months became freely readable, and it is now published as an open access title.该刊于 2014 年开放过刊，使发表超过 24 个月的文章可免费阅读，现为开放获取期刊。
• Its Journal Impact Factor was 6.071 in 2021, 13.4 in 2022, 10.1 in 2024 and 9.0 in 2025.其影响因子 2021 年为 6.071、2022 年为 13.4、2024 年为 10.1、2025 年为 9.0。

Editors

• Riaz Agha, who founded the journal in 2003, is editor-in-chief and also leads several other titles in the IJS Publishing Group portfolio.创办人（Riaz Agha）任主编，同时主持（IJS Publishing Group）旗下多本期刊。
• Earlier editors-in-chief include Michael Baum, David Rosin and Joseph Lau.历任主编包括（Michael Baum）、（David Rosin）与（Joseph Lau）。
• The senior and associate editors are based in Spain, Italy, the United Kingdom, China, Pakistan, Canada and the United States.编辑团队的高级编辑与副编辑分布于西班牙、意大利、英国、中国、巴基斯坦、加拿大与美国。
• Manuscripts are peer reviewed by independent academic editors and reviewers through an online tracking system, and the journal applies reporting guidelines such as the PRISMA statement for systematic reviews.稿件经独立学术编辑与评审专家通过在线稿件系统同行评审，该刊执行（PRISMA）等报告规范，尤其针对系统综述。^[1]
• The wider portfolio of the publisher includes dedicated journals for surgical case reports, protocols and negative results.该刊所属期刊群还包含面向外科病例报告、研究方案与阴性结果的专门期刊。