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Overview

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery, reputed as the world’s oldest medical Surgery Journal is focused on publishing relevant clinical and basic surgical research.

  • Presents the best results in the field of clinical surgery and basic surgical research.
  • Original articles and reviews report clinical data from general, gastrointestinal, endocrine and transplantation surgery.
  • Published exclusively in English, providing an international discussion forum for its global readership.
  • Accepted articles published in final citable form in a yearly issue an average of 2 weeks post-acceptance as the Journal operates the Continous Article Publishing (CAP) system

 

Editors-in-Chief
  • Christoph Michalski MD
  • Pascal Probst MD
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Journal metrics

Journal Impact Factor
2.2 (2025)
5-year Journal Impact Factor
2.3 (2025)
Submission to first decision (median)
8 days
Downloads
1.2M (2025)

Calls for papers

Collection

Surgical Education and Training Transformations

This Collection highlights the evolving landscape of surgical training and the urgent need for modern, effective, and technology-supported...

Status
Open for submissions
Submission deadline
28 May 2027
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Latest articles

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Journal updates

  • Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery is now fully open access!

    We are excited to announce that Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery has now become a fully open access (OA) journal as of January 2025. This means that we will only be publishing articles as Open Access meaning content will be and freely available to readers worldwide, enabling the widest possible dissemination and reuse.

  • Call for papers: Trauma Surgery and Critical Care

    This Collection invites submissions focused on the latest advancements and research in trauma surgery and critical care. We seek to explore various aspects, including surgical techniques, patient safety, postoperative complications, and the impact of innovative technologies on treatment outcomes. By gathering insights from diverse research efforts, we aim to contribute to the ongoing improvement of trauma care and enhance the overall quality of patient management.

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Journal information

Electronic ISSN
1435-2451
Abstracted and indexed in
  1. ANVUR
  2. BIOSIS
  3. Baidu
  4. Biological Abstracts
  5. CLOCKSS
  6. CNKI
  7. CNPIEC
  8. Chinese Academy of Medical Science (CAMS)
  9. Current Contents/Clinical Medicine
  10. Dimensions
  11. EBSCO
  12. EMBASE
  13. Google Scholar
  14. Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
  15. Medline
  16. Naver
  17. OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
  18. Ovid Discovery
  19. Pathway Studio
  20. Portico
  21. ProQuest
  22. Reaxys
  23. SCImago
  24. SCOPUS
  25. Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
  26. Semantic Scholar
  27. TD Net Discovery Service
  28. Wanfang
  29. eLibrary.ru
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