Collection
Guest Edited by:
Jun Zou, Peng Yin and Xing Du.
Editors' picks
Articles
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Gunshot injury to the colon by expanding bullets in combat patients wounded in hybrid period of the Russian-Ukrainian war during 2014–2020
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Management of adult renal trauma: a practice management guideline from the eastern association for the surgery of trauma
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Surgical mortality in patients in extremis: futility in emergency abdominal surgery
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Comparison of purse-string suture versus over-the-scope clip for gastric endoscopic full-thickness closure: traction and leak pressure testing in ex vivo porcine model
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Furuncular myiasis of the breast caused by the larvae of the Tumbu fly (Cordylobia anthropophaga)
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Epiploic appendagitis – clinical characteristics of an uncommon surgical diagnosis
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Age and HPV type as risk factors for HPV persistence after loop excision in patients with high grade cervical lesions: an observational study
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Surgical physiology of inguinal hernia repair - a study of 200 cases
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Fistulotomy and drainage of deep postanal space abscess in the treatment of posterior horseshoe fistula
Aims and scope
BMC Surgery is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on surgical research, training, and practice.
The journal welcomes manuscripts in the following broad areas of research:
- Trauma surgery and general orthopedic surgery.
- Peripheral vascular surgery and thoracic surgery.
- Visceral surgery and general surgery.
- Head and neck surgery.
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Please note that BMC Surgery no longer considers submissions of case reports. We would like to encourage you to submit your manuscripts to the Journal of Medical Case Reports instead.
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Citation Impact
2.030 - 2-year Impact Factor (2021)
2.446 - 5-year Impact Factor (2021)
1.152 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
0.463 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)Speed
58 days to first decision for all manuscripts (Median)
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The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal:
Identity transparency: Single anonymized
Reviewer interacts with: Editor
Review information published: Review reports. Reviewer Identities reviewer opt in. Author/reviewer communication