Table 1: Characteristics of journal guidelines.
Scimago Journal & Country Rank |
Journal name |
Impact factor |
Guideline provided to authors |
Word limit (n = 36) |
Deadline for submission (months) (n = 12) |
Maximum tables & figures (n = 23) |
Maximum references (n = 29) |
Maximum authors (n = 8) |
1 |
Annals of Surgery |
10.13 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
2 |
JAMA Surgery |
13.63 |
Letter to the editor |
400 |
1 |
N/A |
5 |
3 |
3 |
The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation |
7.87 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
4 |
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry |
8.26 |
Commentaries/ Correspondence |
500 |
N/A |
N/A |
4 |
N/A |
5 |
European Urology Oncology |
7.48 |
Letter to the editor |
500 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
6 |
Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery |
4.46 |
Commentaries/ Correspondence |
2000 |
N/A |
1 |
20 |
N/A |
7 |
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery |
4.58 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
8 |
American Journal of Surgical Pathology |
4.96 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
9 |
Bone and Joint Journal |
4.31 |
Letter to the editor |
500 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
10 |
Journal of the American College of Surgeons |
4.59 |
Letter to the editor |
500 |
6 |
N/A |
6 |
1 |
11 |
British Journal of Surgery |
5.68 |
Letter to the editor |
600 |
N/A |
1 |
5 |
N/A |
12 |
Journal of Vascular Surgery |
3.41 |
Letter to the editor |
350 |
N/A |
1 |
10 |
N/A |
13 |
Journal of Hand Surgery |
2.12 |
Letter to the editor |
300 |
N/A |
1 |
5 |
3 |
14 |
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery |
4.24 |
Letter to the editor |
500 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
N/A |
15 |
Spine Journal |
3.19 |
Letter to the editor |
500 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
16 |
Liver Transplantation |
4.57 |
Letter to the editor |
500 |
N/A |
1 |
5 |
N/A |
17 |
Acta Orthopaedica |
2.97 |
Letter to the editor |
500 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
18 |
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy |
3.17 |
Letter to the editor |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
19 |
Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery |
2.82 |
Letter to the editor |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
20 |
Annals of Surgical Oncology |
4.06 |
Letter to the editor |
500 |
N/A |
1 |
10 |
N/A |
21 |
Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases |
3.81 |
Letter to the editor |
N/A |
1 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
22 |
Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine |
3.01 |
Letter to the editor |
500 |
24 |
1 |
10 |
N/A |
23 |
Journal of Endovascular Therapy |
3.1 |
Letter to the editor |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
10 |
N/A |
24 |
European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery |
5.33 |
Letter to the editor |
800 |
N/A |
1 |
5 |
N/A |
25 |
Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery |
2.69 |
Letter to the editor |
500 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
N/A |
26 |
Bone and Joint Research |
3.53 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
27 |
Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences |
4.16 |
Letter to the editor |
500 |
N/A |
1 |
5 |
3 |
28 |
Foot and Ankle International |
2.29 |
Letter to the editor |
400 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
3 |
29 |
EFORT Open Reviews |
2.3 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
30 |
JAMA Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery |
3.85 |
Letter to the editor |
400 |
1 |
N/A |
5 |
3 |
31 |
Journal of Neurosurgery |
3.97 |
Letter to the editor |
500 |
24 |
1 |
10 |
N/A |
32 |
The Breast |
3.75 |
Commentaries/Correspondence |
200 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
33 |
World Journal of Emergency Surgery |
4.1 |
Commentaries/Correspondence |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
34 |
Surgery |
3.36 |
Letter to the editor |
500 |
N/A |
0 |
5 |
N/A |
35 |
Aesthetic Surgery Journal |
3.8 |
Letter to the editor |
750 |
12 |
5 |
5 |
N/A |
36 |
Clinical Neurosurgery |
|
Letter to the editor |
850 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
37 |
Obesity Surgery |
3.41 |
Letter to the editor |
1200 |
N/A |
3 |
N/A |
N/A |
38 |
Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery |
4.45 |
Letter to the editor |
500 |
N/A |
1 |
5 |
N/A |
39 |
Surgical Endoscopy and Other Interventional Techniques |
3.17 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
40 |
Neurosurgery |
4.85 |
Letter to the editor |
850 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
41 |
European Spine Journal |
2.46 |
Letter to the editor |
500 |
N/A |
N/A |
4 |
N/A |
42 |
Journal of Refractive Surgery |
2.71 |
Letter to the editor |
500 |
12 |
1 |
5 |
N/A |
43 |
Neurosurgical Focus |
3.64 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
44 |
Global Spine Journal |
2.68 |
Letter to the editor |
500 |
N/A |
0 |
8 |
N/A |
45 |
European Journal of Surgical Oncology |
3.96 |
Letter to the editor |
700 |
N/A |
N/A |
4 |
N/A |
46 |
Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons |
2.29 |
Letter to the editor |
500 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
47 |
Hernia: the Journal of Hernias and Abdominal Wall Surgery |
2.77 |
Letter to the editor |
500 |
N/A |
3 |
5 |
N/A |
48 |
Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery |
2.02 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
49 |
International Journal of Surgery |
3.36 |
Commentaries/Correspondence |
750 |
N/A |
1 |
5 |
3 |
50 |
Annals of Gastroenterological |
5.16 |
Letter to the editor |
500 |
N/A |
1 |
5 |
N/A |
*N/A: Not applicable due to no explicit value provided; SD: Standard deviation