Journal of the American College of Surgeons
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| description | Peer-reviewed journal |
| Area of Expertise | Medicine and surgery |
| language | English |
| publishing company | Elsevier ( United States of America ) |
| First edition | 1905 |
| Frequency of publication | 12 issues a year |
| Web link | Website of the journal |
| ISSN (print) | 1072-7515 |
The Journal of the American College of Surgeons , abbreviated J. Am. Coll. Surg. , is a scientific journal published by Elsevier-Verlag. The journal was founded in 1905 under the name Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics , which was changed to the current version in 1994. It is the official publication of the American College of Surgeons ; it is published twelve times a year. Works from all areas of surgery are published.
The impact factor in 2014 was 5,122. According to the statistics of the ISI Web of Knowledge , the journal with this impact factor ranks eighth out of 198 journals in the surgery category.
Individual evidence
- ^ Website of the journal ; Retrieved February 8, 2014.
- ↑ 2014 Journal Citation Reports, Science Edition (Thomson Reuters, 2015).