ISJ

What ISJ does

International Surgery Journal (ISJ) is an open-access, peer-reviewed academic surgery journal established in 2014 and published monthly by Medip Academy, a private Indian publishing organization. The journal publishes across 19 surgical subspecialties — including general, robotic, orthopedic, gastrointestinal, neurosurgery, plastic, cardiothoracic, vascular, urological, and surgical oncology — and accepts original research, reviews, case reports, editorials, short communications, and similar article types. ISJ operates on the open-source Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform maintained by the Public Knowledge Project, with DOI assignment via CrossRef under PILA membership using prefix 10.18203, and uses PKP PN, LOCKSS, and CLOCKSS for digital preservation.

ISJ's business model is the standard open-access journal model: revenue is generated through article processing charges (APCs) paid by authors or their institutions, supplemented by institutional and library subscriptions for the print version. Specific APC rates are not publicly disclosed. The journal is indexed in Science Citation Index (reported Impact Factor 2.09), Index Copernicus, Scilit, WHO Index Medicus for South-East Asia Region, CrossRef, Google Scholar, J-Gate, SHERPA/RoMEO, and 10+ additional abstracting services. It targets individual academic medical researchers, clinical surgeons, and medical faculty globally — with the Indian medical-academic segment emphasized through alignment with the National Medical Commission's Teachers Eligibility Qualifications publication criteria. ISJ also offers a fast-track publication service with approximately two-week turnaround from acceptance. Medip Academy serves as the parent/operating entity; there is no disclosed external funding, no management team publicly listed, and no app, API, or AI capabilities in evidence.

Name

ISJ

Legal name

International Surgery Journal

Website

https://ijsurgery.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Short description

International Surgery Journal is an open-access, peer-reviewed surgery journal published monthly by Medip Academy since 2014, serving academic researchers, clinical surgeons, and medical faculty globally across 19 surgical subspecialties via indexed open-access publication.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Academic Medical Journal Publishing

NAICS

Document Preparation Services (56141)

SIC

Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731)

akta.pro primary industry

Medical, Clinical & Biomedical Scholarly Publishing (EDAGAFAB)

Keywords

• Peer-reviewed journals
• Surgical research publishing
• Open access journals
• Medical journal publishing
• Academic publishing

Headquarters

HQ city

Not specified

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Open Access Publication (APC Model): Open access journal model allowing free access to published content; revenue generated through article processing charges or institutional fees paid by authors or their institutions for publication
2. Institutional/ Library Subscriptions: Libraries and institutions encouraged to list journal among electronic holdings; may include print subscription revenue

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

International Surgery Journal (ISJ) is an open-access, international, peer-reviewed monthly surgery journal that publishes original research, reviews, case reports, editorials, short communications, and other article types across 19 surgical subspecialties including General, Robotic, Orthopedic, GI, Neurosurgery, Plastic, Cardiothoracic, Vascular, Urology, and Surgical Oncology. Published by Medip Academy via the Open Journal Systems platform, the journal assigns DOIs through CrossRef and offers a fast-track publication service that publishes accepted manuscripts online within two weeks of acceptance.

Product overview

The International Surgery Journal (ISJ) is a single product offering — a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal focused on surgery and surgical subspecialties. It is published by Medip Academy using the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform and offers open access publication with DOI assignment through CrossRef. The journal accepts various article types including original research, reviews, case reports, and editorials, with articles published online within short timeframes after acceptance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• International Surgery Journal (ISJ) An open access, international, peer-reviewed monthly surgery journal that publishes original research articles, review articles, editorials, case reports, short communications, point of technique, correspondence, and images in surgery. Covers 19 surgical subspecialties including General Surgery, Robotic Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, GI Surgery, Neurosurgery, Plastic Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Urology, Surgical Oncology, Radiology, Ophthalmology, Pediatric Surgery, Anaesthesia, Trauma Services, Minimal Access Surgery, Endocrine Surgery, ENT, Colorectal Surgery, and laparoscopic/endoscopic procedures. Available in print and online versions, assigned DOI prefix 10.18203 via CrossRef. Targeted at academic medical researchers, clinical surgeons, medical faculty, and institutional libraries.
• Fast-Track Publication Service A premium publication service that enables accepted manuscripts to be published online within approximately 2 weeks of submission, providing accelerated dissemination for time-sensitive surgical research. Targeted at authors who require rapid publication for clinical priority findings, career advancement timelines, or NMC regulatory compliance deadlines.

Quantifiable outcome

• Published within short time after acceptance through fast-track service (2 weeks)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Medip AcademycoreOthersMedip Academy is the publisher of International Surgery Journal. As publisher, Medip Academy provides the publishing infrastructure, editorial support, and business operations for the journal. The journal website is hosted at ijsurgery.com with content mirrored at medipacademy.com.
• CrossRefcoreTechnology or IntegrationCrossRef provides DOI (Digital Object Identifier) assignment services through Publishers International Linking Association (PILA). ISJ uses DOI prefix 10.18203 for all published articles, enabling permanent identification and citation tracking across academic databases.
• Public Knowledge Project (PKP)coreTechnology or IntegrationPKP provides Open Journal Systems (OJS) software platform used by ISJ for manuscript management, peer review, and publication. PKP also operates the PKP Preservation Network (PKP PN) for digital archiving alongside LOCKSS and CLOCKSS.
• Clarivate Analytics (Science Citation Index)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJournal is indexed in Science Citation Index with reported Impact Factor of 2.09, providing international visibility and credibility for published research.
• World Health Organization (Index Medicus for SEAR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndexed with WHO's Index Medicus for South-East Asia Region, enabling visibility in global health research databases and meeting NMC publication criteria for Indian medical academics.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Journal of Surgical Research: Peer-reviewed journal publishing original surgical research across multiple subspecialties with a moderate Impact Factor; comparable in scope and indexed positioning to ISJ for broad-coverage surgical manuscripts.
• BMC Surgery: Open-access, peer-reviewed surgery journal from BMC/Springer Nature covering general and subspecialty surgery; the most direct open-access competitor to ISJ in the surgery publishing category.
• World Journal of Surgery: Official journal of the International Society of Surgery, publishing peer-reviewed research across all surgical subspecialties with a strong global readership; comparable to ISJ in subject breadth and international author base.
• Surgical Endoscopy: Springer-published peer-reviewed journal focused on minimally invasive and endoscopic surgery; comparable in OA/hybrid model and indexed status, with overlapping scope on laparoscopic/endoscopic procedures ISJ covers.
• International Journal of Surgery: Open-access, international, peer-reviewed surgery journal publishing across general and subspecialty surgery with an Impact Factor in the higher range; directly comparable to ISJ as a broad-coverage, OA surgery journal competing for the same author and reader pool.

Regional players

• Indian Journal of Surgery: Official journal of the Association of Surgeons of India, serving Indian surgical researchers with similar faculty-author demand drivers as ISJ; the most direct regional incumbent competing for Indian NMC-eligible submissions.

Broad incumbents

• Annals of Surgery: Premier peer-reviewed surgery journal with a high Impact Factor published by Wolters Kluwer; sets the prestige benchmark ISJ competes against for top-tier surgical research submissions.
• Journal of the American College of Surgeons: Official journal of the American College of Surgeons with broad surgical coverage and high Impact Factor; competes for global surgical research submissions in similar subspecialties as ISJ.
• JAMA Surgery: High-impact, broad-scope surgery journal from the JAMA Network (American Medical Association); comparable target audience and subject scope but operates with substantially higher Impact Factor and prestige.

Others

• Medip Academy portfolio journals: Other journal titles published by Medip Academy (ISJ's parent publisher) on the same OJS platform; operate as part of the same publishing infrastructure and represent potential portfolio expansion or cannibalization dynamics for ISJ.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Investors

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