International Journal of Surgery
Encyclopedia
Originally founded in 1888 in New York, The International Journal of Surgery is a peer-reviewed
scientific journal
covering all aspects of clinical surgery
, experimental surgery, surgical education, and history. It appears eight times a year and contains research papers, editorials, and review articles, as well as a forum for the exchange of ideas through a correspondence section. It was restored by Dr Riaz Agha in London in 2003.
/PubMed
, EMBASE
, Scopus
and Google Scholar.
to be outstanding".
. The content is geared towards surgeons and their patients.
Peer review
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scientific journal
Scientific journal
In academic publishing, a scientific journal is a periodical publication intended to further the progress of science, usually by reporting new research. There are thousands of scientific journals in publication, and many more have been published at various points in the past...
covering all aspects of clinical surgery
Surgery
Surgery is an ancient medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, or to help improve bodily function or appearance.An act of performing surgery may be called a surgical...
, experimental surgery, surgical education, and history. It appears eight times a year and contains research papers, editorials, and review articles, as well as a forum for the exchange of ideas through a correspondence section. It was restored by Dr Riaz Agha in London in 2003.
Indexing
The journal is indexed and abstracted in MedlineMEDLINE
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/PubMed
PubMed
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, EMBASE
EMBASE
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, Scopus
Scopus
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and Google Scholar.
Award
The journal annually awards the Harold Ellis Prize "in recognition of scientific papers judgedto be outstanding".
WikiSurgery
The International Journal of Surgery hosts the website WikiSurgery. WikiSurgery is a collaboratively built online surgical wiki based encyclopedia launched in September of 2006. The text is available under a GNU free documentation licenseGNU Free Documentation License
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. The content is geared towards surgeons and their patients.