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Manuscript Auditing →01Impact factor
Impact factor of Patient Safety in Surgery (2026)
The impact factor shown here is the 2-year mean citedness: citations received in a year by the papers Patient Safety in Surgery published in the two previous years, divided by the number of those papers. That is the same formula as the Journal Impact Factor, applied to the open citation data of OpenAlex. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so it also has an official Journal Impact Factor published by Clarivate, which can differ because it counts citations from Web of Science journals only.
Rank in its subject categories
- Surgeryrank 10 of 337 journals
Ranks here compare journals of the same Web of Science category in our data by 2-year citedness; they are not the official JCR rank.
Quartile of Patient Safety in Surgery
A journal's quartile (Q1 to Q4) is its position within a subject category: Q1 is the top quarter. The official quartiles are published by Clarivate in Journal Citation Reports (by Journal Impact Factor, in Web of Science categories) and by Scimago as the SJR quartile (in Scopus categories). Patient Safety in Surgery is listed in JCR 2024, so its JCR quartile is in Journal Citation Reports. It is indexed in Scopus, so Scimago shows its SJR quartile. ScholarsColab does not show a quartile until it can show the official one; the impact factor and rank above are calculated from open data.
Citations and papers per year
Open access (listed in DOAJ); article processing charge listed at about US$3,290.
02Review time
Review time of Patient Safety in Surgery
Each paper took a different time. The green box holds the middle half of the papers and the dark line is the median; the whiskers reach the fastest 10% and the slowest 10%. Plan with the whole spread, not only the median.
Half of the research articles Patient Safety in Surgery published between Oct 2024 and Oct 2026 were accepted within 54 days of submission, and the middle half took between 35 and 73 days. This time includes peer review and any revision rounds. Papers that were rejected are not counted, because only published papers carry these dates.
In Surgery, Patient Safety in Surgery ranks 15 of 96 journals by review time (1 = fastest). See the fastest-review journals in Surgery →
03Fee waivers
APC waivers and discounts for Patient Safety in Surgery
Patient Safety in Surgery follows the waiver policy of its publisher, BioMed Central (BMC): BMC follows Springer Nature's waiver list: 100% for low-income and 50% for lower-middle income countries. Only the corresponding author's affiliation counts. Co-authors from other countries do not change the waiver.
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Who funds research published in Patient Safety in Surgery
Funders named most often
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04Indexing
Indexing of Patient Safety in Surgery
- ISSN
- 1754-9493
- Publisher
- BMC
- Country
- England
- Language
- English
- Scopus source type
- Journal
- Web of Science categories
- Surgery
From the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab, updated 1 March 2026. Indexing can change: confirm on the Web of Science Master Journal List or the Scopus source list before submitting. Official Journal Impact Factors and JCR quartiles are published by Clarivate; the impact factor and quartile on this page are calculated from OpenAlex open data (see how the impact factor works).
- Web of Science Master Journal List
- SCImago Journal Rank
- ISSN Portal (ISSN 1754-9493)
- DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)
Each link opens the official record for this journal, searched by its ISSN where we have one.
05How to submit
How to submit to Patient Safety in Surgery
- Read the guide for authors. It sets the article types, word limit, reference style and file format that Patient Safety in Surgery accepts. You find it on the official website of the journal, usually under "For authors" or "Submit".
- Use the journal's template. BMC offers Word and LaTeX templates for many of its journals. If your manuscript is in Word and the journal wants LaTeX, our LaTeX Template Conversion moves it into the template.
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06What it publishes
What Patient Safety in Surgery publishes: real papers
07Published papers
Papers published in Patient Safety in Surgery
Papers from the publication records ScholarsColab tracks, with their year and citations. Author names are not shown.
- Ethical considerations and patient safety concerns for cancelling non-urgent surgeries during the COVID-19 pandemic20210 citations
- Patterns of unexpected in-hospital deaths: a root cause analysis20110 citations
08Reviewer comments
Reviewer comments and rejection reasons for Patient Safety in Surgery
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09Similar journals
Journals similar to Patient Safety in Surgery
Journals that publish the closest work to the papers above, from the indexing lists:
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- PLoS ONESCIEScopusJCR 202444 similar papers
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- PeerJSCIEScopusJCR 202416 similar papers
- Frontiers in Cardiovascular MedicineSCIEScopusJCR 20243 similar papers
10Same subject
Surgery journals with a similar impact factor*
The journals next to Patient Safety in Surgery when the 317 journals of Surgery in our data are ranked by impact factor*:
| Rank | Journal | Impact factor* | Indexing | Open access |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Annals of Surgery | 5.63 | SCIE | Subscription |
| 7 | Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy | 5.53 | SCIE | Subscription |
| 8 | Neurospine | 5.28 | SCIE | Fully open access |
| 9 | The Bone & Joint Journal | 5.24 | SCIE | Subscription |
| 11 | The American Journal of Surgical Pathology | 5.11 | SCIE | Subscription |
| 12 | Wound Repair and Regeneration | 4.20 | SCIE | Subscription |
| 13 | BJS Open | 4.10 | SCIE | Fully open access |
| 14 | International Journal of Surgery | 4.07 | SCIE | Subscription |
*Impact factor calculated from OpenAlex open data (2-year citedness), not the official Clarivate value.
11Journal Finder
Find the right journal for your paper
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No AI or language model is used. Your words are matched against the titles of 156,724 real published journal papers, by our mentors and by other researchers (shown without names); journals are ranked by how many closely matching papers they published. Indexing comes from the SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI, Scopus and JCR 2024 lists, matched by journal name; the impact factor is calculated from OpenAlex open data, not the official Clarivate value, and no quartile is shown until the official JCR or SJR quartile can be; review time comes from the dates publishers deposit in Crossref (not every publisher deposits them). Always check a journal’s scope and current indexing before submitting.
12Questions
Frequently asked questions
How long is the review time of Patient Safety in Surgery?
Based on 98 research articles Patient Safety in Surgery published from Oct 2024 to Oct 2026, the median time from submission to acceptance was 54 days, and half of them were accepted between 35 and 73 days. After acceptance, papers appeared online after a median of 18 days. Source: received and accepted dates deposited by the publisher in Crossref, retrieved October 2026. Individual papers can take longer, especially with major revisions.
What is the impact factor of Patient Safety in Surgery?
Based on OpenAlex citation data (October 2026), the 2-year impact factor of Patient Safety in Surgery is 5.20: papers it published in the two previous years were cited 5.20 times on average in a year. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so Clarivate also publishes an official Journal Impact Factor, which can differ.
What is the h-index of Patient Safety in Surgery?
The h-index of Patient Safety in Surgery is 50 (OpenAlex, October 2026): 50 of its papers have each been cited at least 50 times. Its i10-index is 360.
What is the APC of Patient Safety in Surgery?
OpenAlex lists an article processing charge (APC) of about US$3,290 for Patient Safety in Surgery, an open access journal (data from October 2026). APCs change and can differ by article type, country or discounts, so confirm the current charge on the journal’s website before submitting.
What is the quartile of Patient Safety in Surgery?
A journal's quartile (Q1 to Q4) is its position within a subject category: Q1 is the top quarter. The official quartiles are published by Clarivate in Journal Citation Reports (by Journal Impact Factor, in Web of Science categories) and by Scimago as the SJR quartile (in Scopus categories). Patient Safety in Surgery is listed in JCR 2024, so its JCR quartile is in Journal Citation Reports. It is indexed in Scopus, so Scimago shows its SJR quartile. ScholarsColab does not show a quartile until it can show the official one; the impact factor and rank above are calculated from open data.
Is Patient Safety in Surgery indexed in Scopus?
Yes. Patient Safety in Surgery appears in the Scopus list, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Patient Safety in Surgery an SCIE journal?
Patient Safety in Surgery is listed in ESCI of the Web of Science Core Collection, but not in SCIE, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Patient Safety in Surgery in Journal Citation Reports (JCR)?
Yes. Patient Safety in Surgery is listed in JCR 2024, so it has a Journal Impact Factor. For the current impact factor and quartile, check Journal Citation Reports.
How many papers published in Patient Safety in Surgery does ScholarsColab track?
We track 2 papers published in Patient Safety in Surgery between 2011 and 2021, cited 0 times in total, with a median of 0 citations per paper.
Does Patient Safety in Surgery offer an APC waiver?
Patient Safety in Surgery follows the policy of BioMed Central (BMC): BMC follows Springer Nature's waiver list: 100% for low-income and 50% for lower-middle income countries. Only the corresponding author's affiliation counts. Co-authors from other countries do not change the waiver. Rules verified 27 October 2026; confirm on the publisher's page.
Who funds research published in Patient Safety in Surgery?
25% of 101 recent research articles in Patient Safety in Surgery name a funder in Crossref; the funders named most often are University of Zurich, SRM Institute of Science & Technology, Universitätsklinikum Münster.
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