The American Journal of Surgery
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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 | 1890 |
| Frequency of publication | 12 issues a year |
| Web link | Website of the magazine |
| ISSN (print) | 0002-9610 |
The American Journal of Surgery , abbreviated Am. J. Surg. , is a scientific journal published by Elsevier-Verlag on behalf of seven surgical societies. The journal was founded in 1890 under the name American Journal of Surgery and Gynecology . From 1914 to 1926 the journal also published a Quarterly Supplement on Anesthesia edited by Francis Hoeffer McMechan . In 1926 it was shortened to The American Journal of Surgery and the tape count started again. The magazine is published twelve times a year. Works are published that deal with all aspects of surgery.
The impact factor in 2014 was 2.291. According to the statistics of the ISI Web of Knowledge , the journal with this impact factor ranks 59th out of 198 journals in the surgery category.
Individual evidence
- ^ Richard J. Kitz, Leroy D. Vandam: A History and the Scope of Anesthetic Practice. In: Ronald D. Miller (Ed.): Anesthesia. 3 volumes. Churchill Livingstone, New York / Edinburgh / London / Melbourne 1981. 2nd edition ibid. 1986, ISBN 0-443-08328-2 , Volume 1, pp. 3–25, here: pp. 13 f.
- ^ Website of the journal ; Retrieved December 5, 2015.
- ↑ 2014 Journal Citation Reports, Science Edition (Thomson Reuters, 2015).