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Surgical Endoscopy
H-index 43

Surgical Endoscopy

0930-2794

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/464

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Medicine 342 343 728 41

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 554
Documents by Best Scientists*: 962
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 10
SCIMAGO H-index: 178
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.023
Impact Factor: 2.7

Overview

Top Research Topics at Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques?

The topics of Surgery, Abdominal surgery, Internal medicine, Laparoscopy and Hepatology are the focal point of discussions in Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques. Endoscopy, Laparoscopic surgery, Hernia, Perioperative and Laparotomy are all topics related to Surgery research discussed. Most of the Endoscopy studies addressed also intersect with Esophagus.

Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques focuses on different Hernia studies like Inguinal hernia, Hernia repair and Surgical mesh. The research on Abdominal surgery tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Retrospective cohort study, Radiology, Complication and Cholecystectomy, General surgery. The journal focuses on Cholecystectomy but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Common bile duct and Gallbladder.

The majority of General surgery studies presented zero in on Laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The work on Internal medicine addressed in Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques expands to the thematically related Gastroenterology. The studies in Laparoscopy featured incorporate elements of Anesthesia, Colectomy, Prospective cohort study and Anastomosis.

  • Surgery (72.50%)
  • Abdominal surgery (71.05%)
  • Internal medicine (33.47%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Peroral endoscopic reduction of dilated gastrojejunal anastomosis after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: a possible new option for patients with weight regain (928 citations)
  • ASGE/SAGES Working Group on Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery. October 2005. (751 citations)
  • Laparoscopic laser cholecystectomy. A comparison with mini-lap cholecystectomy. (716 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques:

The published articles cover a variety of subjects, including Surgery, Abdominal surgery, Laparoscopy, Endoscopy and General surgery. The study of Abdominal surgery, which falls within the realm of Internal medicine, was the main focus of the studies in the most cited articles. The most cited articles explore issues in Laparoscopy which can be linked to other research areas like Gastrectomy, Colectomy, Perioperative and Anastomosis.

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 Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Lee L. Swanstrom (102 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Mark A. Talamini (100 papers) published 9 papers at the last edition, 3 more than at the previous edition,
  • Mario Morino (84 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Liane S. Feldman (83 papers) published 6 papers at the last edition, 4 less than at the previous edition,
  • Aurora D. Pryor (82 papers) published 21 papers at the last edition, 11 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 Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Cleveland Clinic (352 papers) published 23 papers at the last edition, 9 more than at the previous edition,
  • Yonsei University (172 papers) published 23 papers at the last edition, 15 more than at the previous edition,
  • Imperial College London (167 papers) published 7 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Washington University in St. Louis (166 papers) published 14 papers at the last edition, 6 more than at the previous edition,
  • Harvard University (166 papers) published 17 papers at the last edition, 8 more 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, 8.32% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 11.32% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 7.01% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 14.11% of all publications and 67.57% 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

  • Indocyanine green fluorescence imaging to reduce the risk of anastomotic leakage in laparoscopic low anterior resection for rectal cancer: a propensity score-matched cohort study

    Jun Watanabe;Atsushi Ishibe;Yusuke Suwa;Hirokazu Suwa

    (2020)
    180 Citations
  • Safe cholecystectomy multi-society practice guideline and state-of-the-art consensus conference on prevention of bile duct injury during cholecystectomy

    (2020)
    173 Citations
  • Effectiveness of the HoloLens mixed-reality headset in minimally invasive surgery: a simulation-based feasibility study.

    Hasaneen Fathy Al Janabi;Abdullatif Aydin;Sharanya Palaneer;Nicola Macchione

    (2020)
    117 Citations
  • Real-time automatic surgical phase recognition in laparoscopic sigmoidectomy using the convolutional neural network-based deep learning approach

    Daichi Kitaguchi;Nobuyoshi Takeshita;Hiroki Matsuzaki;Hiroaki Takano

    (2020)
    116 Citations
  • Video consultation during follow up care: effect on quality of care and patient- and provider attitude in patients with colorectal cancer.

    Esther Z. Barsom;Marilou Jansen;Pieter J. Tanis;Anthony W. H. van de Ven

    (2021)
    95 Citations
  • The risk of COVID-19 transmission by laparoscopic smoke may be lower than for laparotomy: a narrative review.

    Yoav Mintz;Alberto Arezzo;Luigi Boni;Ludovica Baldari

    (2020)
    82 Citations
  • Laparoscopic versus robotic major hepatectomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Ioannis A. Ziogas;Dimitrios Giannis;Stepan M. Esagian;Konstantinos P. Economopoulos

    (2021)
    78 Citations
  • Impact of change in the surgical plan based on indocyanine green fluorescence angiography on the rates of colorectal anastomotic leak: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    (2022)
    71 Citations
  • The first consensus statement on revisional bariatric surgery using a modified Delphi approach

    Kamal Kumar Mahawar;Jacques Himpens;Scott Shikora;Almino Cardoso Ramos

    (2020)
    67 Citations
  • Efficacy of per-oral endoscopic myotomy for the treatment of non-achalasia esophageal motor disorders

    (2020)
    66 Citations

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