Formosan Journal of Surgery
The Formosan Journal of Surgery (FJS) is the official international peer-reviewed publication of the Taiwan Surgical Association. The Journal began life in January 1968, when it was called the Taiwan Journal of Surgery, which dealt with all surgical subspecialties, including thoracic surgery, cardiovascular surgery, digestive surgery, neurosurgery, endocrine surgery, pediatric surgery, plastic surgery, and orthopedic surgery.
The Journal welcomes clinical as well as basic research papers on both medical and surgical aspects of various diseases (mainly surgical) from all over the world. It is published every 2 months by Elsevier, with a circulation of about 5400 copies per issue, and is indexed in the ScienceDirect, SCOPUS, Academic Citation Index (ACI) and Taiwan Academic Online (TAO).
Editor-in-Chief: Shin-Han Tsai
Imprint: Elsevier
ISSN: 1682-606X
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Top 10 Cited (articles published in the last five years)
Extracted from Scopus (on Mon May 20)Wang, L.-S. Surgical management of a substernal goiter Formosan Journal of Surgery, Volume 45, Issue 2, 2012-04-01, Pages 41-44 Lam, C.-Y. | Tsai, S.-W. | Chen, C.-H. Foreign body in the urinary bladder causing persistent cystitis Formosan Journal of Surgery, Volume 44, Issue 4, 2011-08-01, Pages 160-162 - View all items
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Mon May 201 Sung-Chuan Chao | Hsiung-Fei Chien | Yuan-Sung Kuo Postauricular flap based on dermal pedicle for reconstruction of congenital earlobe cleft Formosan Journal of Surgery, Available online 18 May 2013 2 Hsien-Ta Hsu | Stephen S. Yang Full-endoscopic interlaminar discectomy for herniation at L3𢀓4 and L4𢀓5: Technical note Formosan Journal of Surgery, Available online 11 May 2013 3 Wen-Shan Liao | Biing-Yir Shen | Cheng-Che Wu Acute scrotal pain associated with urethral foreign bodies Formosan Journal of Surgery, Available online 24 April 2013 4 Han-Lin Yen | Shih-Cheng Tsai Neuroleptic malignant syndrome associated with haloperidol treatment in a patient with head injury Formosan Journal of Surgery, Available online 21 April 2013 5 Yu-Lin Chou | Joon-Khim Loh | Shiuh-Lin Hwang Surgery of spinal cord pilocytic astrocytoma complicated by leptomeningeal dissemination to the brain and spine and rapid progression Formosan Journal of Surgery, Volume 46, Issue 2, April 2013, Pages 65-69 6 Chih-Hsiang Liao | Feng-Chi Chang | Sanford P.C. Hsu | Yi-Chieh Hung | Hsin-Hung Chen | Muh-Lii Liang | Tai-Tong Wong | Yang-Hsin Shih Spinal subdural hematoma following posterior fossa surgery Formosan Journal of Surgery, Volume 46, Issue 2, April 2013, Pages 52-55 7 Shih-Chieh Hung Effects of hypoxic culture on bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells: From bench to bedside Formosan Journal of Surgery, Volume 46, Issue 2, April 2013, Pages 35-38 8 Yeong-Chin Jou | Wei-Hao Chen | Jiann-Der Wu | Shu-Hua Lin | I-Mo Chiu | Bo-Jung Chen Spontaneous rupture of adrenal pheochromocytoma Formosan Journal of Surgery, Volume 46, Issue 2, April 2013, Pages 48-51 9 Wen-Lung Su | Wen-Tsan Chang | Shen-Nien Wang | Shih-Chang Chuang | Kung-Kai Kuo | King-Teh Lee Solitary peribiliary cyst mimicking cholangiocarcinoma Formosan Journal of Surgery, Volume 46, Issue 2, April 2013, Pages 61-64 10 Che-Jui Yang | Sen-Ei Shai | Wan-Shan Li | Chung-Ping Hsu A huge intraluminally growing polypoid tumor of the cervical esophagus: A case report and literature review of spindle cell (undifferentiated pleomorphic) sarcoma Formosan Journal of Surgery, Volume 46, Issue 2, April 2013, Pages 56-60 - View all items
