Table 4.

The top 10 journals with the most published articles in this field.

Journals	Number of articles	Total citations	Average citations	IF (JCR 2019)
ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY	227	3053	13.45	4.061
ANNALS OF SURGERY	129	8297	64.32	10.130
EJSO	114	740	6.49	3.959
JOURNAL OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY	113	819	7.25	2.771
HEPATO-GASTROENTEROLOGY	109	379	3.48	-
BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY	107	2548	23.81	5.676
JOURNAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY	106	1141	10.76	2.573
WORLD JOURNAL OF SURGERY	92	1306	14.2	2.234
HPB	89	458	5.15	3.401
ANTICANCER RESEARCH	84	297	3.54	1.994

IF, Impact Factor. JCR, Journal Citations Reports.