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Hernia

The World Journal of Hernia and Abdominal Wall Surgery

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Overview

Hernia promotes clinical studies and basic research as they apply to groin hernias, internal hernias, the abdominal wall, the diaphragm and the perineum and provides a forum to all surgeons in the exchange of new ideas, results, and important research that is the basis of professional activity.

  • Publishes specific topical issues and collections on recent topics
  • Affiliated with the European Hernia Society (EHS), with the Asia-Pacific Hernia Society (APHS), and the American Hernia Society (AHS).

Editor-in-Chief
  • Giampiero Campanelli
Impact factor
2.3 (2022)
5 year impact factor
2.9 (2022)
Submission to first decision (median)
12 days
Downloads
481,636 (2023)

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Journal updates

  • Call for Papers

    Call for papers for Special Issue on Hot Topics in Hiatal Hernia. For further information please click here.

  • Call for Papers

    Call for papers for Special Issue on Complex Incisional Hernia. 
    For further information please click here.

Journal information

Electronic ISSN
1248-9204
Print ISSN
1265-4906
Abstracted and indexed in
  1. BFI List
  2. Baidu
  3. CLOCKSS
  4. CNKI
  5. CNPIEC
  6. Current Contents/Clinical Medicine
  7. Dimensions
  8. EBSCO
  9. EMBASE
  10. EMCare
  11. Google Scholar
  12. Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
  13. Medline
  14. Naver
  15. Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals and Series
  16. OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
  17. Portico
  18. ProQuest
  19. Reaxys
  20. SCImago
  21. SCOPUS
  22. Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
  23. Semantic Scholar
  24. TD Net Discovery Service
  25. UGC-CARE List (India)
  26. Wanfang
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