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Asian Journal of Surgery
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Asian Journal of Surgery

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Medicine 2806 34 36 7

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 256
Documents by Best Scientists*: 312
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 9
SCIMAGO H-index: 44
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.603
Impact Factor: 3.8

Overview

Top Research Topics at Asian Journal of Surgery?

The primary areas of discussion in the journal are Surgery, Internal medicine, Radiology, General surgery and Retrospective cohort study. Asian Journal of Surgery served as a forum through which researchers explored different topics like Surgery and In patient. The studies on Internal medicine discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Gastroenterology and Oncology.

  • Surgery (51.82%)
  • Internal medicine (16.53%)
  • Radiology (11.04%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Effects of Vacuum-assisted Closure on Wound Microcirculation: An Experimental Study (247 citations)
  • Esophageal cancer: Risk factors, genetic association, and treatment (187 citations)
  • Retained Surgical Sponges (Gossypiboma) (152 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Asian Journal of Surgery:

The main points discussed in the most cited papers deal with Surgery, Internal medicine, Randomized controlled trial, Prospective cohort study and Retrospective cohort study. The journal publications are mostly focused on Surgery, specifically Perioperative. While work presented in the journal publications provide substantial information on Internal medicine, it also covers topics in Gastroenterology and Oncology.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Surgery
  • Internal medicine
  • Cancer

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Surgery, Internal medicine, Foot (unit), Radiology and Gastroenterology are the subjects of interest in Asian Journal of Surgery. The work on Surgery tackled in Asian Journal of Surgery brings together disciplines like Colorectal cancer and Incidence (epidemiology). The journal connects the study in Internal medicine with the closely related area of Oncology.

It tackles research works in Foot (unit) as well as other disciplines like Teaching method, Orthodontics and General surgery. Studies on Meta-analysis discussed in the journal link to the field of Randomized controlled trial.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Prevalence and characteristics of gastric remnant cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis. (8 citations)
  • Does signet ring cell carcinoma component signify worse outcomes for patients with colorectal cancer (5 citations)
  • A scientometric study of the top 100 most-cited publications based on Web-of-Science regarding robotic versus laparoscopic surgery. (4 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Asian Journal of Surgery (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Rui Liu (62 papers) published 58 papers at the last edition, 54 more than at the previous edition,
  • Jianmin Zhao (18 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 10 more than at the previous edition,
  • Sheung Tat Fan (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Chung Mau Lo (15 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Qiang Li (13 papers) published 10 papers at the last edition, 7 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Asian Journal of Surgery (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Inner Mongolia Medical University (96 papers) published 82 papers at the last edition, 77 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Hong Kong (56 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 more than at the previous edition,
  • Sichuan University (46 papers) published 37 papers at the last edition, 31 more than at the previous edition,
  • National Taiwan University (45 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Singapore General Hospital (38 papers) published 3 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 12.88% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 30.11% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 12.77% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 20.07% of all publications and 37.04% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

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Top Publications

  • Outcomes of pulmonary resection in non-small cell lung cancer patients older than 70 years old.

    (2020)
    14 Citations
  • Comparison of changes in body fat mass and reflux esophagitis between reconstruction methods after proximal gastrectomy.

    (2022)
    9 Citations
  • Impact of preoperative biliary drainage on postoperative outcomes in hilar cholangiocarcinoma.

    Wong Hoi She;Tan To Cheung;Ka Wing Ma;Simon Hing Yin Tsang

    (2021)
    9 Citations
  • Trends of robotic-assisted surgery for thyroid, colorectal, stomach and hepatopancreaticobiliary cancer: 10 year Korea trend investigation.

    Liang An;Kyo Sun Hwang;Shin-Hoo Park;You Na Kim

    (2021)
    9 Citations
  • Effects of preoperative oral carbohydrate administration combined with postoperative early oral intake in elderly patients undergoing hepatectomy with acute-phase inflammation and subjective symptom burden: A prospective randomized controlled study.

    Jinhua Feng;Ruihua Xu;Ka Li;Fuyu Li

    (2021)
    8 Citations
  • Comparison of long-term survival outcome after curative hepatectomy between selected patients with non-colorectal and colorectal liver metastasis: A propensity score matching analysis.

    Hon-Ting Lok;Andrew K.Y. Fung;Charing C.N. Chong;Kit-Fai Lee

    (2021)
    8 Citations
  • Risk factors of positive resection margin differ in pancreaticoduodenectomy and distal pancreatosplenectomy for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma undergoing upfront surgery.

    (2022)
    8 Citations
  • Risk factors and management of stoma-related obstruction after laparoscopic colorectal surgery with diverting ileostomy

    (2021)
    7 Citations
  • The external oblique muscle flap technique for the reconstruction of abdominal wall defects

    (2022)
    5 Citations
  • Desmoid tumor of the abdominal wall: A case report

    (2021)
    4 Citations

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