Aesthetic Plastic Surgery is an international peer-reviewed medical journal

Medical journal

A public health journal is a scientific journal devoted to the field of public health, including epidemiology, biostatistics, and health care . Public health journals, like most scientific journals, are peer-reviewed...

 published by Springer

Springer Science+Business Media

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. It is the official journal of the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.
Aesthetic Plastic Surgery publishes original articles advancing the art of aesthetic plastic surgery

Plastic surgery

Plastic surgery is a medical specialty concerned with the correction or restoration of form and function. Though cosmetic or aesthetic surgery is the best-known kind of plastic surgery, most plastic surgery is not cosmetic: plastic surgery includes many types of reconstructive surgery, hand...

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Impact factor

The journal has an impact factor

Impact factor

The impact factor, often abbreviated IF, is a measure reflecting the average number of citations to articles published in science and social science journals. It is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field, with journals with higher impact factors deemed...

 of 0.782 (2008) and is ranked 108 of 148 in the Journal Citation Reports

Journal Citation Reports

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 category "Surgery."

Editors

The Editor-in-Chief of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery is Henry M. Spinelli, MD, PC, FACS of New York, NY.

Complete Editorial Board

International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

The International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS) is the largest international organization representing board certified plastic surgeons. Founded almost 40 years ago at the United Nations in New York, their mission is to provide up-to-date medical education for member surgeons, to disseminate accurate and current information to the public and media, and to promote safe cosmetic surgery worldwide.

External links

• Official Website
• ISAPS
• Springer

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