About this journal
Aims and scope
Computer Assisted Surgery is an online, open access, international journal publishing original research and reviews on the central role of digital technologies in surgery, therapy and medical interventions. All aspects of the treatment process are addressed with the key aim of improving patient care, from basic research and surgical strategy planning to guidance and post-operative assessment, including surgical skill evaluation and training.
Computer Assisted Surgery provides an interdisciplinary forum for scientists, engineers and physicians to present and validate new concepts and integration of new technologies into clinical workflows, and for clinicians to stay abreast of the latest principles and techniques.
These are key focus areas for the journal:
• Image guided surgery and interventional imaging systems
• Surgical robotics and instrumentation
• Minimal access surgery
• Endoscopy
• Radiation therapy and interventional radiology
• Virtual and augmented reality for planning and guidance
• Surgical data science and artificial intelligence
• Surgical simulation for training and skill analysis
• Economic, societal, ethical and policy issues surrounding computer assisted technologies
Computer Assisted Surgery publishes original research articles including position papers and white papers, reviews, and brief reports.
Peer Review Statement
Submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor-in-Chief and, if found suitable for further consideration, to single anonymized peer review by independent, expert referees.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 122K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 1.5 (2023) Impact Factor
- 3.0 (2023) 5 year IF
- 2.3 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 0.546 (2023) SNIP
- 0.297 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 44 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 34% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
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We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
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Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
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Editor-in-Chief:
Pierre Jannin, Ph.D, INSERM, University of Rennes, Rennes, France ( https://medicis.univ-rennes1.fr/)
Associate Editors:
Xiaojun Chen, Ph.D. Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Louis Collins, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Guillaume Dardenne, Ph.D., University Hospital of Brest (CHU Brest), France
Qi Dou, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong KongCaroline Essert, Ph.D. Associate Professor, University of Strasbourg / ICUBE lab, France
Daniel Hashimoto, M.D., M.S. Instructor, Department of Surgery, UH Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USAMakoto Hashizume, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S. Professor Emeritus, Kyushu University, Japan
Jaesung Hong, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Robotics Engineering, DGIST, Daegu, South KoreaLeo Joskowicz, Ph.D. Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Marta Kersten-Oertel, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Dept. Computer Science and Software Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaShlomi Laufer, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
Hongen Liao, Ph.D. Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, ChinaCristian A. Linte, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
Mamoru Mitsuishi, Ph.D. Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, JapanKensaku Mori, Ph.D. Director of Information Technology Center and Director of Strategy Office, Information and Communications, Graduate School of Informatics, Nagoya University, Japan
Parvin Mousavi, Ph.D. Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, CanadaArya Nabavi, M.D., Ph.D., Ma.H.M., I.F.A.A.N.S. Director, Department of Neurosurgery, KRH Klinikum Nordstadt, Hannover, Germany
David Putzer, M.Sc., Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Experimental Orthopedics, Medical University of Innsbruck, AustriaKlaus Radermacher, Ph.D. Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
Stefanie Speidel, Head of Translational Surgical Oncology, National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT/UCC), Dresden, GermanyDanail Stoyanov, E.Eng., Ph.D. Director, Wellcome/EPSRC Centre for Interventional & Surgical Sciences (WEISS); Professor of Robot Vision, UCL Department of Computer Science, London, UK
Russell H. Taylor, Ph.D. John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USASandrine Voros, TIMC-IMAG, CAMI group, Pavillon Taillefer, Faculté de Médecine, La Tronche, France
Guoyan Zheng, M.S., Ph.D. Director, Center for Robot Vision and Image Guidance; Deputy Dean, Institute of Medical Robotics, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, ChinaAdvisory Board:
Nicholas Ayache, Ph.D. French Research Institute for Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, Sophia-Antipolis, France
Adrian Park, M.D., F.R.C.S.C., F.A.C.S., F.C.S.(E.C.S.A.) Chairman, Department of Surgery, Anne Arundel Health System, Annapolis, MD, USA; Professor of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Frederic Picard, M.D., F.R.C.S. Orthopaedics, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Glasgow, UKCarla M Pugh, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Surgery; Director of the Technology Enabled Clinical Improvement (TECI) Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA
Abstracting and indexing
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Current Contents / Clinical Medicine; EMBASE/Excerpta Medica; Med Index; Medicus/MEDLINE; Modern Medicine; Science Citation Index Expanded; DOAJ.
Open access
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- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
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News, offers and calls for papers
1 issue per year
Currently known as:
- Computer Assisted Surgery (2016 - current)
Formerly known as
- Computer Aided Surgery (1997 - 2015)
- Journal of Image Guided Surgery (1995 - 1996)
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