Surgical Endoscopy is an international peer-reviewed medical journal

Medical journal

A public health journal is a scientific journal devoted to the field of public health, including epidemiology, biostatistics, and health care . Public health journals, like most scientific journals, are peer-reviewed...

 published by Springer

Springer Science+Business Media

- Selected publications :* Encyclopaedia of Mathematics* Ergebnisse der Mathematik und ihrer Grenzgebiete * Graduate Texts in Mathematics * Grothendieck's Séminaire de géométrie algébrique...

. It is the official journal of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons

Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons

The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons is a non-profit organization of surgeons. It describes itself thus: SAGES represents a worldwide community of surgeons that can bring minimal access surgery, endoscopy and emerging techniques to patients in every country...

 (SAGES) and the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES).

Surgical Endoscopy covers the surgical aspects of interventional endoscopy

Endoscopy

Endoscopy means looking inside and typically refers to looking inside the body for medical reasons using an endoscope , an instrument used to examine the interior of a hollow organ or cavity of the body. Unlike most other medical imaging devices, endoscopes are inserted directly into the organ...

, ultrasound

Ultrasound

Ultrasound is cyclic sound pressure with a frequency greater than the upper limit of human hearing. Ultrasound is thus not separated from "normal" sound based on differences in physical properties, only the fact that humans cannot hear it. Although this limit varies from person to person, it is...

, and other techniques in gastroenterology

Gastroenterology

Gastroenterology is the branch of medicine whereby the digestive system and its disorders are studied. The name is a combination of three Ancient Greek words gaster , enteron , and logos...

, obstetrics

Obstetrics

Obstetrics is the medical specialty dealing with the care of all women's reproductive tracts and their children during pregnancy , childbirth and the postnatal period...

, gynecology, and urology

Urology

Urology is the medical and surgical specialty that focuses on the urinary tracts of males and females, and on the reproductive system of males. Medical professionals specializing in the field of urology are called urologists and are trained to diagnose, treat, and manage patients with urological...

. Also, the fields of gastroenterologic, thoracic, traumatic, orthopedic, and pediatric surgery

Surgery

Surgery is an ancient medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, or to help improve bodily function or appearance.An act of performing surgery may be called a surgical...

 are represented. It offers a worldwide forum to discuss all topcis related to interventional endoscopy and ultrasound as integral elements of surgical practice.

Impact Factor

The journal has an impact factor

Impact factor

The impact factor, often abbreviated IF, is a measure reflecting the average number of citations to articles published in science and social science journals. It is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field, with journals with higher impact factors deemed...

 of 3.231 (2008) and is ranked 18 from 148 in the category "surgery"

Impact Factor: 3.307 (2009) * Rank 17 of 166 in subject category Surgery

• Journal Citation Reports, Thomson Reuters

Editorial Board

The Editor-in-Chiefs of Surgical Endoscopy are Professor Sir Alfred Cuschieri of Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, Dundee

Dundee

Dundee is the fourth-largest city in Scotland and the 39th most populous settlement in the United Kingdom. It lies within the eastern central Lowlands on the north bank of the Firth of Tay, which feeds into the North Sea...

, Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 and starting July 2009 Dr. Mark Talamini from the University of California

University of California

The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...

, San Diego will replace Dr. Bruce MacFadyen

Complete Editorial Board

Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)

SAGES has a membership of over 6,000 surgeons and allied health professionals. It strives to bring minimal access surgery, endoscopy and emerging techniques to patients worldwide.
SAGES & CAGS host the 12th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery on April 14–17, 2010 in Landover, MD

European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES)

EAES was founded in 1990 and plays a leading role in endoscopic surgery and allied interventional techniques.

External links

• EAES
• SAGES
• Springer