The Chinese Journal of Surgery is an advanced medical journal sponsored and published by the Chinese Medical Association. It aims to reflect the major research progress in the field of surgery in China and promote academic exchanges at home and abroad. This magazine was first published in January 1951. It is an important carrier and platform to reflect the achievements in surgical field.

The journal has been included in the Biomedical Analysis and Online Retrieval System (MEDLINE) of the US National Library of Medicine. Over the years, itl has always ranked top in the list of total citation frequency of national scientific journals published by Literature and Information Center of Chinese Academy of Sciences and China Science Citation Database, and has always ranked the first among scientific journals of surgery. In 1999 and 2003, Chinese Journal of Surgery won the first National Journal Award and the Second National Journal Award, which represent the highest honors in the periodical industry. In 2009, it won the title of "Influential Journal of New China for 60 Years". It was awarded "One Hundred Outstanding Academic Journals of China" twice in 2011 and 2013. In 2011 and 2014, the journal was selected as "China Quality Science and Technology Journal" twice. The journal was awarded the title of "Excellent Academic Journal of International Influence of China" in 2014, and was supported by the Project of "Excellent Scientific Journals of China Association for Science and Technology" from 2015 to 2017.It won the 5th China Publishing Government Award (Journal Award) in 2021.

The editorial board of this magazine is a team of experts with high academic level. Among this team of experts are the older generation of scientists who are highly respected and have made outstanding achievements, academicians and senior professors of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences who are academic leaders in various fields, and young scholars who are active in academic research and clinical work and have made certain achievements. Under the academic leadership of the editorial board, hundreds of surgeons who are young, enthusiastic about journal work and have deep academic attainments have formed a team of reviewers. This highly qualified team of reviewers plays a very important role in maintaining the authority and the highest academic status of the Journal. Over the years, the journal has been in line with the principles of fairness, justice, quality first, academic supremacy, strict implementation of peer review system, so as to ensure that the journal's academic leading position in the domestic similar journals, won the majority of authors, readers praise.

Audience

Chinese Journal of Surgery is aimed at surgeons at all levels and related researchers, both popularization and improvement, mainly reporting the leading scientific research achievements and clinical diagnosis and treatment experience of various disciplines (specialties) in the field of surgery, as well as the basic theoretical research closely combined with the clinical practice of surgery, which has a guiding role in the clinical work of surgery.

Subject Coverage

It mainly reports the leading scientific research results and clinical diagnosis and treatment experience in the field of surgery, as well as the basic theoretical research that has guiding role in the clinical work of surgery.

Topics of interest for Chinese Journal of Surgery include:

Practical experience and research progress of disease prevention and treatment of various disciplines (specialties) in the field of surgery, new surgical theories and technologies, research on the combination of basic medicine and clinical surgery, academic debates, academic reviews, conference minutes or news reflecting domestic and foreign academic developments, academic lectures, academic reviews, case reports, etc.