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Annals of Medicine and Surgeryopen access

Discontinued in Scopus as of 2023

Country

United States

Universities and research institutions in United States
Media Ranking in United States

Subject Area and Category

Publisher

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins

H-Index

43

Publication type

Journals

ISSN

20490801

Coverage

2012-2023

Information

Homepage

How to publish in this journal

annalsjournal@elsevier.com

Scope

Annals of Medicine and Surgery is an online-only, peer-reviewed open access journal with a global outlook and focus on those training in medicine and surgery (postgraduate and undergraduate). AMS contains a mix of original clinical and basic science research, reviews, editorials, commentary, perspectives, debate, opinion, case reports and journal club reports. The journal crosses the whole disease spectrum of medicine and surgery but does also have a special focus on the following areas: -Patient safety- Human factors, teamwork, communication and professionalism- Quality improvement science and practice- Evidence based medicine- Implementation science – clinical evidence into practice- Leadership and management- Medical education, teaching, and training- Public and global health- Healthcare policy, delivery, commissioning, and resource management- Use of technology and health informatics- Clinical ethics and medical law- Research and innovation – bedside to bench and back again – including applications like personalised medicine. Join the conversation about this journal
Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

CategoryYearQuartile
Medicine (miscellaneous)2013Q4
Medicine (miscellaneous)2014Q4
Medicine (miscellaneous)2015Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2016Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2017Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)2018Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2019Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2020Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2021Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2022Q3
Surgery2013Q4
Surgery2014Q4
Surgery2015Q3
Surgery2016Q3
Surgery2017Q2
Surgery2018Q3
Surgery2019Q3
Surgery2020Q3
Surgery2021Q3
Surgery2022Q3
SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

YearSJR
20130.103
20140.101
20150.230
20160.339
20170.492
20180.428
20190.410
20200.391
20210.373
20220.387
Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

YearDocuments
201215
201326
201432
2015100
2016152
2017143
2018184
2019172
2020515
20211101
20221810
2023220
Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per documentYearValue
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20120.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20130.133
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20140.073
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20150.671
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20161.046
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20171.368
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20181.700
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20191.610
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20201.767
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20211.991
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20221.773
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20231.556
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20120.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20130.133
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20140.073
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20150.671
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20161.120
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20171.423
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20181.597
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20191.612
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20201.715
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20211.892
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20221.730
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20231.565
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20120.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20130.133
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20140.073
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20150.776
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20161.212
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20171.294
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20181.590
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20191.462
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20201.416
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20211.843
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20221.731
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20231.487
Total Cites 
Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

CitesYearValue
Self Cites20120
Self Cites20130
Self Cites20140
Self Cites20150
Self Cites20166
Self Cites201715
Self Cites201814
Self Cites20197
Self Cites202043
Self Cites2021112
Self Cites2022225
Self Cites202344
Total Cites20120
Total Cites20132
Total Cites20143
Total Cites201549
Total Cites2016177
Total Cites2017404
Total Cites2018631
Total Cites2019772
Total Cites2020856
Total Cites20211648
Total Cites20223093
Total Cites20235361
External Cites per Doc 
Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

CitesYearValue
External Cites per document20120
External Cites per document20130.133
External Cites per document20140.073
External Cites per document20150.671
External Cites per document20161.082
External Cites per document20171.370
External Cites per document20181.562
External Cites per document20191.597
External Cites per document20201.629
External Cites per document20211.763
External Cites per document20221.604
External Cites per document20231.552
Cites per document20120.000
Cites per document20130.133
Cites per document20140.073
Cites per document20150.671
Cites per document20161.120
Cites per document20171.423
Cites per document20181.597
Cites per document20191.612
Cites per document20201.715
Cites per document20211.892
Cites per document20221.730
Cites per document20231.565
% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

YearInternational Collaboration
20120.00
201315.38
20143.13
20155.00
20167.24
20175.59
201813.59
201910.47
202011.84
202114.71
202223.54
202319.09
Citable documents 
Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

DocumentsYearValue
Non-citable documents20120
Non-citable documents20137
Non-citable documents201413
Non-citable documents201520
Non-citable documents201621
Non-citable documents201720
Non-citable documents201817
Non-citable documents201912
Non-citable documents202011
Non-citable documents202116
Non-citable documents202250
Non-citable documents2023256
Citable documents20120
Citable documents20138
Citable documents201428
Citable documents201553
Citable documents2016137
Citable documents2017264
Citable documents2018378
Citable documents2019467
Citable documents2020488
Citable documents2021855
Citable documents20221738
Citable documents20233170
Cited documents 
Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

DocumentsYearValue
Uncited documents20120
Uncited documents201313
Uncited documents201438
Uncited documents201553
Uncited documents201694
Uncited documents2017129
Uncited documents2018147
Uncited documents2019191
Uncited documents2020205
Uncited documents2021333
Uncited documents2022756
Uncited documents20231511
Cited documents20120
Cited documents20132
Cited documents20143
Cited documents201520
Cited documents201664
Cited documents2017155
Cited documents2018248
Cited documents2019288
Cited documents2020294
Cited documents2021538
Cited documents20221032
Cited documents20231915
% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

YearFemale Percent
201237.50
201331.03
201427.84
201522.34
201621.62
201723.09
201827.81
201921.48
202028.10
202130.28
202234.83
202330.63
Documents cited by public policy (Overton)

Evolution of the number of documents cited by public policy documents according to Overton database.

DocumentsYearValue
Overton20120
Overton20130
Overton20143
Overton20157
Overton201612
Overton201711
Overton20188
Overton20198
Overton202019
Overton202117
Overton202213
Overton20230
Documents related to SDGs (UN)

Evoution of the number of documents related to Sustainable Development Goals defined by United Nations. Available from 2018 onwards.

DocumentsYearValue
SDG201868
SDG201966
SDG2020196
SDG2021483
SDG2022861
SDG202398
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