Surgery

Surgery is a monthly peer-reviewed journal published by Elsevier under the Mosby imprint, covering clinical surgery and surgical science.《Surgery》是由 Elsevier 以 Mosby 名义出版的月刊，经同行评审，涵盖临床外科与外科科学。

It publishes original research and special topic series, and also carries editorials, invited commentaries and papers from the meetings of five surgical societies.刊物发表原创研究与专题系列，也刊登社论和特邀评论，并收录五个外科学会年会的论文。

The journal's scope runs across general surgery and its specialties, from trauma and oncology to transplantation and vascular disease.办刊范围贯穿普通外科及其各专科，从创伤与肿瘤延伸到移植和血管疾病。

Scope

• The aims statement calls the journal a premier international source of clinically practical and innovative educational content.征稿说明把刊物定位为国际一流的临床实用与创新教育内容来源。
• Acute care, critical care and trauma have their own section in the scope list, alongside burns and emergency general surgery.急症、重症与创伤在范围清单中单列，烧伤与急诊普通外科也在其中。
• Oncology and endocrine surgery form the oncologic core, while breast, hepatobiliary, pancreatic and gastrointestinal surgery complete the digestive group.肿瘤外科与内分泌外科构成核心，乳腺、肝胆、胰腺和胃肠外科同样属于这一组。
• Cardiac and thoracic surgery are represented, vascular and transplant surgery are covered, and paediatric surgery and wound healing also appear.心脏与胸科外科在列，血管和移植外科同样涵盖，小儿外科与创面修复也在范围之内。
• Bariatric surgery and hernia are named areas, and small bowel disease and colorectal disease are listed separately.减重外科与疝列为独立方向，小肠和结直肠疾病同样单列。
• Outcomes research and health services research have become prominent, and qualitative methods gain space as the journal follows care delivery.结局研究与卫生服务研究日益突出，定性方法也获得更多版面，反映刊物对医疗服务供给的关注。
• Global medicine and global surgery are treated as a distinct area, with a dedicated article type managed by Anthony Charles.全球医学与全球外科被列为独立领域，并设有由 Anthony Charles 负责的专门文章类型。
• Education and history have a place, and so do immunology, infection and inflammation, while nutrition, metabolism and innovation are also named in the scope.教育与历史占有一席之地，免疫学以及感染与炎症同样如此，营养代谢和创新也在范围之内。
• Artificial intelligence and new technology are named explicitly, and the journal runs a Digital Media and Innovations Board.人工智能与新技术被明确列出，刊物还设有数字媒体与创新编委会。
• Original Communications are capped at 3,500 words, a 250-word abstract, seven tables or figures and 50 references.原创论文限制为 3500 词，摘要不超过 250 词，图表合计不超过七幅，引用文献不超过 50 条。
• Reviews are solicited or pre-approved by the editors, while systematic reviews and meta-analyses enter the regular process and must follow PRISMA.综述由编辑约请或事先批准，系统综述与荟萃分析走常规流程，并须遵循 PRISMA 规范。
• Invited commentaries are limited to 1,000 words and five references and express the author's personal view.特邀评论限制在 1000 词与五条参考文献以内，表达作者个人观点。
• Research Letters allow 1,000 words and five references, and routine letters to the editor are no longer published.研究快报允许 1000 词与五条参考文献，常规读者来信已不再刊发。
• Special topic series and calls for papers cover frailty and anastomotic technique, and recovery pathways have featured in recent collections.专题系列与征稿围绕脆弱和吻合技术展开，加速康复外科也是近期主题。
• Special topic series gather several papers on one clinical problem, usually with an editorial introduction.专题系列围绕同一临床问题汇集多篇论文，通常配有编者导言，便于读者集中了解该领域的争议与新证据。

History

• The first issue appeared in 1937 from the C. V. Mosby Company in St. Louis, when general surgery was consolidating as a specialty.创刊号于 1937 年由圣路易斯的 C. V. Mosby 公司出版，当时普通外科正逐步成为独立专科。
• Monthly publication has continued since then, and the volume numbering reached 188 in 2025.月刊形式延续至今，2025 年卷号已到第 188 卷。
• The Society of University Surgeons and the Central Surgical Association were long-standing sponsors, and the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons was also among them.大学外科医师学会与中央外科学会长期担任主办学会，美国内分泌外科医师协会也在其中。
• Two further societies, the International Society for Fluorescence Guided Surgery and the Western Surgical Association, now also send meeting papers to the journal.国际荧光引导外科学会与西部外科学会如今也把年会论文投给刊物。
• Mosby was absorbed into Elsevier, and the journal now appears under the Elsevier imprint with the same ISSN.Mosby 后来并入 Elsevier，刊物以 Elsevier 名义出版，国际标准刊号保持不变。
• Surgery Open Science was launched as an open access companion, and it now carries its own CiteScore of 2.5 and impact factor of 1.6.《Surgery Open Science》作为开放获取姊妹刊推出，目前拥有 2.5 的 CiteScore 与 1.6 的影响因子。
• The 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 3.2, with a five-year value of 3.5 and a rank of 55 among 321 surgery titles.2025 年期刊影响因子为 3.2，五年影响因子为 3.5，在 321 种外科期刊中排名第 55。
• Impact factors moved from 3.982 in 2021 and 4.348 in 2022 to 3.2 in 2023, then 2.7 in 2024 and 3.2 in 2025.影响因子从 2021 年的 3.982 和 2022 年的 4.348 变为 2023 年的 3.2，2024 年为 2.7，2025 年回到 3.2。
• The 2025 report counted 23,116 citations and 485 articles, and the Journal Citation Indicator ranks 37 of 321 in surgery.2025 年报告统计被引 23116 次，论文 485 篇，期刊引证指标在外科的 321 种期刊中排第 37 位。
• CiteScore stands at 4.7, and the journal reports 11 days to first decision and 95 days from submission to acceptance at the median.CiteScore 为 4.7，刊物公布首次决定的中位时间为 11 天，从投稿到接受的中位时间为 95 天。
• The title is hybrid, with an article publishing charge of 4,060 dollars for open access and no fee for the subscription route.刊物采用混合模式，开放获取的文章处理费为 4060 美元，订阅渠道不向作者收费。
• Authors are asked to supply social media handles so that accepted papers can be promoted across X, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.作者需提供社交媒体账号，以便录用论文在 X、LinkedIn、Facebook、Instagram 与 YouTube 上推广。

Editors

• Caitlin W. Hicks of Johns Hopkins University and Steven Wexner of MedStar Health are Editors-in-Chief.约翰斯·霍普金斯大学的 Caitlin W. Hicks 与 MedStar Health 的 Steven Wexner 共同担任主编。
• Kevin Behrns, Michael Sarr and Andrew Warshaw remain listed as emeritus editors after their terms.Kevin Behrns，Michael Sarr 以及 Andrew Warshaw 三位名誉编辑在任期结束后仍列于编委会。
• David Newcombe of Stellar Medical Publications is Managing Editor and runs the editorial office.Stellar Medical Publications 的 David Newcombe 担任执行编辑，负责编辑部运营。
• Around twenty editors cover specialty areas, with cardiac surgery and trauma among the most visible, and minimally invasive and oncologic surgery also assigned.约二十位编辑分管专科方向，心脏外科与创伤是其中代表，微创外科和肿瘤外科同样设有专人。
• The Digital Media and Innovations Board is chaired by Julio Mayol and Deborah Keller and handles online and social media content.数字媒体与创新编委会由 Julio Mayol 与 Deborah Keller 共同主持，负责网络与社交媒体内容。
• The journal lists 127 editors and board members in 24 countries, with 86 in the United States, seven in China and five in Italy.刊物列出 24 个国家的 127 位编辑与编委，其中美国 86 位，中国 7 位，意大利 5 位。
• Specialist editors include Peyman Benharash for cardiac surgery, Sarah Blair for breast surgery and Nicholas Zyromski for pancreatic surgery.专科编辑包括负责心脏外科的 Peyman Benharash，负责乳腺外科的 Sarah Blair，以及负责胰腺外科的 Nicholas Zyromski。
• The Global Surgery article type is managed by Anthony Charles at the University of North Carolina.全球外科文章类型由北卡罗来纳大学的 Anthony Charles 负责。
• Review manuscripts require prior contact with the Editors-in-Chief unless they are systematic reviews, which are handled through normal submission.综述稿件须事先联系主编，系统综述例外，按常规投稿流程处理。
• Every review manuscript goes through external peer review, and the editors state that only the most clinically consequential syntheses are considered.所有综述稿件都经过外审，编辑表示只考虑临床意义最大的综合研究。
• The journal does not routinely publish letters to the editor, and the few that appear are limited to 500 words with five references.刊物不再常规发表读者来信，少数例外也限制在 500 词与五条参考文献以内。
• Calls for papers are organised by guest editors, with recent examples on frailty and anastomotic techniques.征稿专题由客座编辑组织，近期例子包括脆弱与吻合技术，康复路径也是其中之一。