British journal of surgery
Last updated ISSN 0007-1323
British journal of surgery is published by Oxford University Press in medicine. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $5,007.
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What it publishes
Recent work in British journal of surgery concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments
- Hernia repair and management
- Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders
- Diverticular Disease and Complications
- History of Medical Practice
- Esophageal and GI Pathology
- Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management
- Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
- Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
Key facts
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0007-1323, 1365-2168 |
| Subject area | Medicine |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $5,007 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 54,213 |
| Publishing since | 1913 |
| Journal website | www.bjs.co.uk/ |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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