World Journal of Emergency Surgery is the official publication of the World Society of Emergency Surgery
Articles
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The weekend effect on the provision of Emergency Surgery before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: case–control analysis of a retrospective multicentre database
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Reduction of motorcycle-related deaths over 15 years in a developing country
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The acute phase management of spinal cord injury affecting polytrauma patients: the ASAP study
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Timing of pharmacologic venous thromboembolism prophylaxis initiation for trauma patients with nonoperatively managed blunt abdominal solid organ injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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2019 WSES guidelines for the management of severe acute pancreatitis
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Diagnosis and treatment of acute appendicitis: 2020 update of the WSES Jerusalem guidelines
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Treatment of burns in the first 24 hours: simple and practical guide by answering 10 questions in a step-by-step form
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Acute mesenteric ischemia: guidelines of the World Society of Emergency Surgery
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Splenic trauma: WSES classification and guidelines for adult and pediatric patients
Aims and scope
World Journal of Emergency Surgery is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that encompasses all aspects of clinical and basic research related to traumatic and non-traumatic emergency surgery and its allied subjects. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: emergency surgery, acute care surgery, trauma surgery, intensive care, trauma management and resuscitation.
WSES Guidelines
World Society of Emergency Surgery official guidelines and classifications
Fausto Catena, Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Catena is currently Head of the General and Emergency Surgery Department at Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, having graduated in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Bologna, Italy. He is also General Secretary of the World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES) and Director of the WSES Educational Program.
Walter Biffl, Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Biffl is Medical Director of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery at Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, San Diego, California, USA. He completed his undergraduate training at Duke University, medical training at George Washington University and surgical training at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, where he also completed an NIH-sponsored trauma research fellowship.
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Annual Journal Metrics
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Speed
8 days to first decision for all manuscripts
24 days to first decision for reviewed manuscripts only
51 days from submission to acceptance
18 days from acceptance to publication
Citation Impact
5.469 - 2-year Impact Factor
5.906 - 5-year Impact Factor
3.783 - SNIP (Source-Normalized Impact per Paper)
1.549 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)
Usage
1,641,612 Downloads (2021)
509 Altmetric mentions