Discipline | Surgery |
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Language | English |
Publication details | |
History | 1926-present |
Publisher | Elsevier (United States) |
Frequency | Monthly |
2.403 (2015) | |
Standard abbreviations | |
ISO 4 | Am. J. Surg. |
Indexing | |
ISSN | 0002-9610 (print) 1879-1883 (web) |
OCLC no. | 01480194 |
Links | |
The American Journal of Surgery is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Elsevier on behalf of 6 major surgical societies:
Elsevier's former sister company Cahners Publishing acquired The American Journal of Surgery's publisher Technical Publishing in 1986.[2]
The journal publishes articles describing original research on abdominal, cancer, vascular, head and neck, breast, and colorectal surgeries.
According to Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2015 impact factor of 2.403. The journal's editor in chief is Kirby I. Bland of the University of Alabama.[3]