The American Surgeon
Last updated ISSN 0003-1348
The American Surgeon is published by SAGE Publishing in medicine. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $4,150.
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What it publishes
Recent work in The American Surgeon concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Hernia repair and management
- Trauma Management and Diagnosis
- Abdominal Trauma and Injuries
- Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management
- Esophageal and GI Pathology
- Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders
- Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research
- Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments
- Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments
Key facts
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0003-1348, 1555-9823 |
| Subject area | Medicine |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $4,150 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 11,602 |
| Publishing since | 1913 |
| Journal website | us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/the-american-surgeon/journa |
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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