International Journal Of Surgical Pathology
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International Journal of Surgical Pathology is a peer-reviewed
Peer review
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 academic journal
Academic journal
An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...

 that publishes papers in the field of Pathology
Pathology
Pathology is the precise study and diagnosis of disease. The word pathology is from Ancient Greek , pathos, "feeling, suffering"; and , -logia, "the study of". Pathologization, to pathologize, refers to the process of defining a condition or behavior as pathological, e.g. pathological gambling....

. The journal's editor is Juan Rosai
Juan Rosai
Juan Rosai, M.D. is an Italian-born American physician who has contributed to clinical research in the subspecialty of surgical pathology. He is the principal author and editor of a major textbook in that field, and he has characterized novel medical conditions such as Rosai-Dorfman disease and...

, M.D. It has been in publication since 1993 and is currently published by SAGE Publications
SAGE Publications
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Scope

International Journal of Surgical Pathology publishes original research and observations in major organ systems. The journal also contains reviews of new techniques and procedures, discussions of controversies in surgical pathology and case reports. International Journal of Surgical Pathology provides an international forum for the discussion and debate of basic and applied human studies.

Abstracting and indexing

International Journal of Surgical Pathology is abstracted and indexed in, among other databases: SCOPUS
Scopus
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, and the Social Sciences Citation Index
Social Sciences Citation Index
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. According to the Journal Citation Reports
Journal Citation Reports
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, its 2010 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...

is 1.134, ranking it 103 out of 187 journals in the category ‘Surgery’. and 56 out of 76 journals in the category ‘Pathology’.
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