WORLD J. SURG.

*World Journal of Surgery*
Discipline	Surgery
Language	English
Edited by	John G. Hunter
Publication details
History	1977-present
Publisher	Springer Science+Business Media
Frequency	9/year
Impact factor	2.642 (2014)
Standard abbreviations;
ISO 4	World J. Surg.
Indexing;
CODEN	WJSUDI
ISSN	0364-2313 (print); 1432-2323 (web);
OCLC no.	2991729
Links
	Journal homepage; Online archive;

The World Journal of Surgery is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering research in the field of surgery. It was established in 1977 and is published by Springer Science+Business Media on behalf of the International Society of Surgery, of which it is the official journal. Since July 2004, the editor-in-chief has been John G. Hunter ( Oregon Health & Science University).^[1] According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2014 impact factor of 2.642.^[2]

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