Table 2.
Journals with the top 100 cited surgery articles
| Journal title | 5-year impact factor | Number of articles in the top 100 | Number of citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annals of Surgery | 8.7 | 32 | 26,457 |
| Journal of Neurosurgery | 3.5 | 8 | 6263 |
| Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery | 5.4 | 8 | 4351 |
| Journal of Vascular Surgery | 3.3 | 6 | 5321 |
| British Journal of Surgery | 5.8 | 4 | 3513 |
| Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | 3.5 | 4 | 2671 |
| Annals of Thoracic Surgery | 3.3 | 4 | 2178 |
| Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 5.1 | 4 | 2133 |
| Archives of Surgery | 4.9 | 3 | 1736 |
| American Journal of Surgery | 2.6 | 3 | 1730 |
| European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery | 2.7 | 2 | 2557 |
| Surgery | 3.7 | 2 | 1236 |
| Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research | 3.5 | 2 | 1235 |
| Arthroscopy—The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery | 3.9 | 2 | 1031 |
| Neurosurgery | 3.3 | 2 | 990 |
| Surgical Oncology | 3.2 | 1 | 992 |
| European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery | 3.0 | 1 | 711 |
| World Journal of Surgery | 2.8 | 1 | 560 |
| Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery | 3.1 | 1 | 549 |
| International Journal of Colorectal Disease | 2.4 | 1 | 541 |
| Diseases of the Colon and Rectum | 3.8 | 1 | 535 |
| American Journal of Surgical Pathology | 5.1 | 1 | 502 |
| Obesity Surgery | 3.4 | 1 | 491 |
| Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques | 3.5 | 1 | 488 |
| Head and Neck—Journal for the Sciences and Specialties of the Head and Neck | 2.8 | 1 | 486 |
| ANZ Journal of Surgery | 1.3 | 1 | 484 |
| Japanese Journal of Surgery | N/A | 1 | 483 |
| Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery | 2.1 | 1 | 467 |
| Archives of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery | 2.3 | 1 | 446 |
N/A not available