Language English Publication history 1994-present Impact factor
(2012) 1.537 | Publisher SAGE Publications Frequency Quarterly | |
Edited by Adrian E. Park, MD, FRCS, Lee Swanstrom, MD | ||
Surgical Innovation is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of Surgery. The journal's editors are Adrian E. Park, MD, FRCS (Dalhousie University) and Lee Swanstrom, MD (Legacy Health System). It has been in publication since 1994 and is currently published by SAGE Publications.
Contents
Scope
Surgical Innovation focuses on minimally invasive surgical techniques, new instruments and endoscopes, and new technologies. The journal aims to help surgeons learn new techniques, understand and adapt to new technologies, maintain surgical competencies, and apply surgical outcomes data to their practices.
Abstracting and indexing
Surgical Innovation is abstracted and indexed in, among other databases: SCOPUS, and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2012 impact factor is 1.537, ranking it 88 out of 198 journals in the category ‘Surgery’.