Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada is the monthly journal of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, and Elsevier publishes it.加拿大妇产科杂志是加拿大妇产科医师学会的月刊，由爱思唯尔出版。

Its 2025 impact factor is 2.3, the five-year figure is 2.5, and Scopus puts the CiteScore at 3.2.2025 年影响因子 2.3，五年影响因子 2.5，斯高帕斯给出的引用分值为 3.2。

Twelve issues appear a year, volume 48 covers 2026, and the November issue is number 11.每年出版 12 期，第 48 卷对应 2026 年，11 月号是这一卷的第 11 期。

Articles are accepted in English and in French, and the society's clinical guidelines are printed in both languages.文章用英文与法文投稿，学会的临床指南两种语言都印。

Graeme Smith in Ontario is editor-in-chief and Paul Yong in Vancouver is deputy editor-in-chief.主编是安大略的 Graeme Smith，副主编是温哥华的 Paul Yong。

Scope

• Original research on clinically significant topics in obstetrics and gynaecology is the journal's first business.妇产科临床重要议题的原创研究是刊物的首要业务。

• Women's health across every stage of life is the frame the aims page sets.刊物宗旨给出的框架是女性一生各阶段的健康。

• Authors come from around the world rather than from Canada alone.作者来自世界各地，并不限于加拿大一国。

• Systematic reviews stand beside the original research.系统综述与原创研究并列。

• SOGC evidence-based clinical guidelines are published in the journal.加拿大妇产科医师学会的循证临床指南在刊物上发表。

• Committee opinions appear alongside the guidelines.委员会意见与指南一同刊出。

• Policy statements from the society complete that group.学会的政策声明补齐这一组文稿。

• Original research allows 3,000 words with a structured abstract of 250 words.原创研究上限 3000 词，另附 250 词结构式摘要。

• The abstract runs under objective, methods, results and conclusion.摘要按目的，方法，结果与结论四段撰写。

• Six MeSH keywords are required of every original research paper.每篇原创研究都要给 6 个 MeSH 关键词。

• Thirty references are the cap on that article type.这一类稿件的参考文献上限是 30 条。

• Reviews get 3,500 words, forty references and a 300-word structured abstract.综述给到 3500 词，40 条参考文献与 300 词结构式摘要。

• That abstract covers objective, data sources, study selection, data extraction and synthesis, and conclusion.综述摘要分目的，数据来源，研究筛选，数据提取与综合，结论五段。

• Anyone reviewing a review has to weigh risk of bias, and PRISMA applies.审阅综述的人要评估偏倚风险，PRISMA 清单同样适用。

• Brief communications stop at 1,500 words with a 100-word unstructured abstract and ten references.简报上限 1500 词，附 100 词非结构式摘要与 10 条参考文献。

• Research letters stop at 600 words, three references and one figure or table.研究快报上限 600 词，3 条参考文献，图表合计 1 个。

• Images of the month take 150 words, two images and three references.每月影像栏目给 150 词，2 幅图与 3 条参考文献。

• Letters to the editor run to 600 words and three references.读者来信篇幅到 600 词，附 3 条参考文献。

• A letter has to reach the journal within eight weeks of the article it answers.来信须在它所回应的文章发表后八周内送达编辑部。

• Book reviews are the shortest form, at 200 words with one image.书评是最短的一类，200 词配 1 幅图。

• World medical literature carries up to three summaries from Canadian trainees, each of 800 words with nine references.世界医学文献栏目最多登 3 篇加拿大受训医生的摘述，每篇 800 词配 9 条参考文献。

• Surveys need a response rate of at least 50 percent to be taken up.调查类研究的应答率至少 50% 才会被受理。

• Observational studies follow STROBE.观察性研究按 STROBE 规范撰写。

• Animal work is taken only where it carries direct clinical implications.动物研究只在具有直接临床意义时才收。

• Obstetrics and gynaecology both stand in the title, and the journal holds the two together.产科与妇科都写在刊名里，刊物把两者合在一处。

History

• The National Library of Medicine dates the present title to 2001.美国国家医学图书馆把现名的起始年记为 2001。

• Before that the journal appeared as Journal SOGC, which the library records as an earlier title.在此之前刊物名为《加拿大妇产科医师学会杂志》，图书馆把它记为旧刊名。

• Volume 24 covered 2002, so the numbering reaches back to 1979.第 24 卷对应 2002 年，可见卷号一路追到 1979 年。

• Elsevier has carried the imprint since 2016.爱思唯尔自 2016 年起承担出版印记。

• Volume 48 covers 2026 with twelve issues, and November is the eleventh.第 48 卷覆盖 2026 年的 12 期，11 月号是第 11 期。

• PubMed and MEDLINE index the journal, and so do Scopus and the Emerging Sources Citation Index.PubMed 与 MEDLINE 收录该刊，斯高帕斯与新兴来源引文索引也收录。

• The 2023 impact factor was 2.0.2023 年影响因子为 2.0。

• 2024 rose to 2.2.2024 年升到 2.2。

• 2025 reached 2.3.2025 年达到 2.3。

• The 2025 window holds 147 articles and 4,360 citations behind them.2025 年窗口内有 147 篇文章，背后是 4360 次被引。

• Gold open access accounted for 17.74 percent of that window.金色开放获取在这一窗口占 17.74%。

• The article influence score of 0.734 ranks 54th of 136.论文影响分值 0.734，在 136 种刊中排第 54。

• The citation indicator of 0.76 ranks 67th of 143.期刊引文指标 0.76，在 143 种刊中排第 67。

• The journal's percentile in its category stands at 58.4.刊物在本类的百分位为 58.4。

• A first decision arrives in twelve days on average.首次决定平均 12 天到手。

• The country of record is the Netherlands because of the Elsevier imprint, while the journal belongs to a Canadian society.因爱思唯尔印记，登记的出版国是荷兰，而刊物实属加拿大一家学会。

• Two official languages are used throughout, which few national journals of this size attempt.两种官方语言贯穿全刊，同等规模的国家级刊物里少有这样做的。

• French-language submissions go through the same review as English ones.法文稿件与英文稿件走同样的评审流程。

• The journal publishes the society's guidance as it is adopted, so the guidelines arrive in step with policy.学会的指导文件一经通过就在刊上发表，指南与政策因此同步到位。

Editors

• Graeme Smith is editor-in-chief.Graeme Smith 担任主编。

• Paul Yong in Vancouver is deputy editor-in-chief.温哥华的 Paul Yong 任副主编。

• Jenny Crick in Ottawa is managing editor.渥太华的 Jenny Crick 任执行编辑。

• Mathew Leonardi in Hamilton handles social media.汉密尔顿的 Mathew Leonardi 负责社交媒体。

• Adam Garber in Ottawa sits on the editorial advisory board.渥太华的 Adam Garber 在编辑顾问委员会。

• Venu Jain in Edmonton holds a second seat on that board.埃德蒙顿的 Venu Jain 占该委员会第二个席位。

• Brent Jim in Vancouver holds a third.温哥华的 Brent Jim 占第三个席位。

• Sari L. Kives in Toronto is a member as well.多伦多的 Sari L. Kives 也是委员。

• Steven R. Lindheim, working in Dayton, Ohio, sits on the same board.在俄亥俄州代顿工作的 Steven R. Lindheim 同在该委员会。

• Jacob McGee in Halifax is another member.哈利法克斯的 Jacob McGee 是又一位委员。

• Carol-Anne Vallee and Maria Velez, both in Montreal, complete the advisory board.蒙特利尔的 Carol-Anne Vallee 与 Maria Velez 补齐顾问委员会。

• Togas Tulandi, Jeffrey A. Nisker, Timothy Rowe, Patrick Taylor and Thomas F. Baskett are the past editors.Togas Tulandi，Jeffrey A. Nisker，Timothy Rowe，Patrick Taylor 与 Thomas F. Baskett 是历任编辑。

• Manuscripts go in as a PDF only.稿件只收 PDF 版本。

• The text is double-spaced twelve-point Times New Roman, without justification or hyphenation.正文用 12 磅新罗马字体双倍行距，不两端对齐，不自动断词。

• Trials need the CONSORT checklist and a flow diagram with the submission.随机对照试验须随稿交 CONSORT 清单与流程图。

• The journal follows COPE and ICMJE, and authors have to declare any generative AI use.刊物遵循 COPE 与 ICMJE，作者必须声明是否使用生成式人工智能。

• A submission missing a required component is rejected before review.缺件的投稿在外审之前即被退回。

• The same fate meets work outside the journal's scope or formatted against its article-type rules.超出刊物范围或不合该类稿件格式要求的稿件同样如此。

• A survey with a response rate under 50 percent is turned away at the same stage.应答率不足 50% 的调查在这一步就被挡下。

• Missing research ethics approval ends a submission early as well.缺少研究伦理批准的投稿也在这里止步。

• A paper already published, or under consideration at another journal, is turned away on the same list.已经发表或在别处审理中的稿件也在同一份退稿清单上。

• A clinical trial that was never pre-registered fails the list too.未做预注册的临床试验同样过不了这一关。

• A top-level similarity score on the plagiarism check ends a submission.查重相似度达到最高档的投稿就此终止。

• Language too weak to carry a paper through peer review counts against it as well.语言质量撑不起外审的稿件也会被扣到这一条上。