BMC Surgery is committed to the advancement of surgical research, education, and clinical practise on a global scale. Its goal is to promote continued advancements in surgery by sharing knowledge, ideas, and best practises across all surgical specialties. The IJS provides readers with critically peer-reviewed, carefully selected/edited, and up-to-date publications on relevant advances in surgery.
The journal aims to develop and uphold the highest research standards, to provide a scope for evidence-based treatments through the publication of quick review papers and special issues, and to contextualise the findings through the publication of editorials, commentaries, and letters from the surgical community. We enforce reporting guidelines and require that all research involving human participants be registered in a public access research database.