Surgical Innovation

Surgical Innovation is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of surgery. Its editors are Adrian E. Park, MD, FRCS and Lee Swanstrom, MD. Founded in 1994, it is currently published by SAGE Publications.

Scope

Surgical Innovation focuses on minimally invasive surgical techniques, new instruments and endoscopes, and new technologies. It aims to help surgeons learn new techniques, understand and adapt to new technologies, maintain surgical competencies, and apply surgical outcomes data to their practices.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in databases including SCOPUS and the Social Sciences Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, its 2018 impact factor is 1.472, ranking it 131 out of 203 journals in the Surgery category.