''Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery'' (or in German, ''Langenbeck's Archiv für Chirurgie''), established in 1860 as ''Archiv für Klinische Chirurgie'' by founding editor Bernhard von Langenbeck, is the oldest

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in the world. It is the official journal of several European surgical societies:

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, German Society of General and Visceral Surgery,

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Surgical Associations for Minimal Invasive Surgery. The journal is currently published by Springer Science+Business Media and the editor-in-chief is Markus W. Büchler ( University of Heidelberg). The journal was original published in German, but is exclusively in English since 1998, when it obtained its current English title.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is indexed and abstracted in: According to the '' Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 3.445.

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* Surgery journals Publications established in 1860 8 times per year journals Springer Science+Business Media academic journals 1860 establishments in Germany German-language journals {{surgery-journal-stub