With an impact factor of 4.839, BJS is the premier surgical journal in Europe and one of the top six surgical periodicals in the world. Its international readership is reflected in the prestigious international Editorial Board, supported by a panel of over 1200 reviewers worldwide.
BJS features the very best in clinical and laboratory-based research on all aspects of general surgery and related topics. Developing areas such as minimally invasive therapy and interventional radiology are strongly represented.
The inclusion of Leading articles, Reviews and Original Articles means that the BJS offers an appropriate format for any length or type of submission. In addition there are abstracts from key meetings and correspondence.
BJS will be of interest not only to general surgeons, but also to specialty surgeons and those working in related fields.

EDITORIAL TEAM
Editor-in-Chief
J. J. Earnshaw
Gloucester, UK 


Editors 
J. Beynon
Swansea, UK


M. Sund
Umea, Sweden

C. H. C. Dejong
Maastricht, The Netherlands 

B. P. L. Wijnhoven
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
 
R. Hinchliffe
London, UK

K. Soreide
Stavanger, Norway

Associate Editor
M. Evans
Swansea, UK 

 D. C. Winter
Dublin, Ireland

Statistical Consultants 
J. A. Cook
Oxford, UK

 
J. Ranstam
Lund, Sweden

COUNCIL

Chairman
 O. J. Garden 
Edinburgh, UK 

Vice-Chairmen 
A. Bergenfelz
Lund, Sweden


S. Post 
Mannheim, Germany

Company Secretary
 P. R. O'Connell 
Dublin, Ireland

Treasurer 
 M. G. Wyatt
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK

R. Baigrie
Capetown, South Africa

J. De Oca
Barcelona, Spain (Spanish Society for Surgical Research)

M. Besselink
The Netherlands

O. Farges
Paris, France

J. Blazeby 
Bristol, UK

C. Jonsson  
Gothenburg, Sweden (Swedish Surgical Society)

S. Breitenstein 
Winterthur, Switzerland (Swiss Society of Surgery)

J. Mayol  
Madrid, Spain

C. Bruns 
Cologne, Germany

A. Montgomery  
Malmo, Sweden

G. Carlson
Manchester, UK


N. Demartines 
Lausanne, Switzerland 

V. Papalois 
London, UK (Association of Surgeons of Great Britain & Ireland)
M. Sarr 
Rochester, Minnesota, USA
EDITORIAL BOARD

M. Barczynski 
Poland

J. Izbicki 
Germany

D. Bartsch 
Germany

S. Ko
Japan

G. Beets 
The Netherlands

P. B. S. Lai
Hong Kong

G. Belli 
Italy

K. Lassen
Norway

S. Biondo 
Spain

J. Laukkarinen 
Finland

M. Bjork
Sweden

A. Leppaniemi
Finland

J. Brockmann
Switzerland

P. Losty
UK

C. Buskens
The Netherlands

M. Makuuchi 
Japan

D. Candinas
Switzerland

J. Manjer 
Sweden

T. Carrel
Switzerland

J. McK. Manson
UK

D. Cherqui 
France

W. Marti
Switzerland

S. Connor
New Zealand

A. Martling
Sweden

A. de Beaux 
UK

R. Morgan
UK

S. di Saverio 
Italy

D. Morton
UK

F. Dick 
Switzerland

R. Parks
UK

D. Doll 
Germany

T. Pawlik
USA

J. Fawcett
Australia

M. Pera
Spain

C. Ferrone 
USA

X. Rogiers 
Belgium

D. Flum
USA

I. Schipper
The Netherlands

P. J. Friend 
UK

A. Siriwardena 
UK

A. Garcia
Spain

B. M. Smithers
Australia

I. Garcia-Alonso
Spain

A. Tuchmann
Austria

T. Grantcharov
Canada

J. van Lanschot
The Netherlands

J. Herreros 
Spain

C. Vollmer
USA

N. Hiki 
Japan

D. Watson 
Australia

J. Hill
UK

S. Wigmore 
UK

J. Holcomb
USA

J. Windsor 
New Zealand

M. Iacobone
Italy