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BJS Academy
BJS Academy
The BJS Academy is the educational arm of the BJS Foundation. A hub to meet, learn, be mentored, discuss, listen and understand the education and accreditation opportunities available
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Continuing surgical education
Young BJS
Cutting edge blog
Surgical news
Scientific surgery
Randomized clinical trials
Surgical trials
Surgical science
Social media
Surgery for all
BJS Journals
BJS Journals
The BJS Foundation owns complementary surgical publications, BJS and BJS Open, renowned for the exceptional quality of their peer review and editorial processes.
Published online, BJS is a monthly subscription journal containing a combination of open access and subscriber only articles. Online publication, BJS Open, is produced bi-monthly and contains only open access articles.
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BJS
BJS Open
BJS Institute
BJS Partners
BJS Partners
The BJS Foundation’s strategic partner collaboration is a fantastic opportunity for like-minded organisations to work together to achieve shared goals and ambitions.
Strategic partners can benefit from a range of financial and non-financial benefits for their organisation and membership, including a heavily discounted subscription to the BJS.

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BJS Award
About
About
The BJS Foundation is a charitable body with a mission to advance and improve education in surgery and to diffuse knowledge on new and improved methods of teaching and practicing surgery in all branches.
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BJS

Established in 1913, BJS is one of the oldest and most respected surgery journals in the world. Focusing on the science of surgery, it includes a mixture of scientific articles, reviews and critical commentary. All published material is subject to rigorous peer review and delivered to the standards expected by a specialist surgeon. BJS received an impact factor of 9.4 in 2025. Explore BJS