Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

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| editor = Professor Benedict Rogers

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| impact = 1.220

| impact-year = 2019

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Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England is a medical journal published eight times a year by the College, in January, March, April, May, July, September, October and November. The sister journal of the Annals is the Bulletin of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

The Annals publishes peer reviewed papers on all branches of surgery, with emphasis on clinical research.{{cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/journal/1478-7083_Annals_of_The_Royal_College_of_Surgeons_of_England |title=Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England |date= |accessdate=2014-02-05}}{{cite web|url=http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/publications/annals/editorial-policy |title=Editorial Policy — The Royal College of Surgeons |publisher=Rcseng.ac.uk |date= |accessdate=2014-02-05}} It also includes: letters and comments, a technical section, news from NICE, discussion of controversial topics, CORESS{{cite web|url=http://www.coress.org.uk |title=Confidential Reporting System for Surgery |publisher=CORESS |accessdate=2014-02-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223223717/http://www.coress.org.uk/ |archivedate=2014-02-23 }} feedback, and book reviews. There is in addition a selection of trainee presentations from England and Wales. The editorial board consists of members of the College Council and experts from surgical specialties.{{cite web |url=http://www.portlandpress.com/pcs/journals/journal.cfm?product=ARCS |title=Portland Customer Services - Journals |publisher=Portlandpress.com |date= |accessdate=2014-02-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225193244/http://www.portlandpress.com/pcs/journals/journal.cfm?product=ARCS |archive-date=2014-02-25 |url-status=dead }}

The current Editor-in-Chief of the Annals is Professor Benedict Rogers.{{cite journal|url=http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/publications/annals |title=Publications: Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England |volume=6 |pages=24 |publisher=The Royal College of Surgeons |doi=10.1186/1472-6947-6-24 |pmid=16762051 |pmc=1559602 |journal=BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making |accessdate=21 February 2016|year=2006 |last1=Jones |first1=T. H. |last2=Hanney |first2=S. |last3=Buxton |first3=M. J. |doi-access=free }} Back issues from one year ago or more are archived on PubMed Central and thus may be accessed free of charge.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/journals/386/ |title=Archive of "Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England" |publisher=NCBI |accessdate=21 February 2016}} Current and recent issues can be accessed online via Ingenta Connect.{{cite web|url=http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/rcse |title=ingentaconnect Publications by The Royal College of Surgeons of England |publisher=Ingentaconnect.com |date=2002-07-01 |accessdate=2014-02-05}}

{{As of|2019|}}, the impact factor for the Annals is 1.220.{{cite web|url=http://www.bioxbio.com/if/html/ANN-ROY-COLL-SURG.html |title=Journal info: Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England |publisher=Bioxbio.com |accessdate=21 February 2016}}

The journal is indexed in PubMed and Science Citation Index.