BMC Surgery

BMC Surgery is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on surgical research, training, and practice.

BMC Surgery considers clinical studies of observational or interventional design in adult and pediatric populations, including cohort, case-control, cross-sectional studies, clinical trials, case reports, case series, diagnostic and imaging studies, epidemiology, population studies, surgical outcome studies, clinical guidelines, policy updates, healthcare organization and management of surgical practices and operating rooms and other study types related to surgical research, training and practice. Journal sections include: 

• Trauma and orthopedic surgery: this section focuses on topics including, but not limited to acute trauma interventions, management of emergency surgical conditions, surgery in disaster medicine, prosthetic surgery, reconstructive surgery, head & neck surgery, brain surgery and more.
• Vascular and thoracic surgery: this section focuses on cardiovascular surgery, thoracic access procedures, including pulmonary surgical interventions, cardiovascular interventions, flap transfer, microsurgery and lymphatic surgery. 
• Visceral and general surgery: this section focuses on all aspects of visceral surgery, including organ and tissue transplantation, emergency procedures, surgical removal of tumors, acute surgical care, gynecological care, breast surgery, bariatric surgery, minor surgical procedures and more. 
• Cancer surgery: this section focuses on treatment and surgical management of cancers: gynecological, head and neck tumors, breast tumors, abdominal, pelvic, bone, soft tissue tumors and others.                                                                                                                                   
• Collections: BMC Surgery expands outreach for developing areas in research through collections. Our collections are carefully tailored to address important and highly-relevant questions in the surgical field. A full list of our collections open for submission can be found in the Collections tab.

As a BMC Series journal, BMC Surgery does not make editorial decisions based on the perceived interest or potential impact of a study. Manuscripts are considered for publication if they are scientifically valid. For research articles, this includes having a clearly defined and sound research question, appropriate methodology and analysis, and adherence to community-agreed standards relevant to the field. Further details on assessment criteria can be found in our submission guidelines.