《世界外科雜志》發表了一些原創文章，對臨床外科、實驗外科和相關科學、外科教育和歷史以及外科護理的社會經濟方面的知識做出了重大貢獻。該雜志具有國際發行量，旨在作為一種媒介，在全世界迅速傳播有關外科科學和藝術的新的重要信息。為了廣泛的國際讀者的利益，需要使用英語。文章或其實質內容過去和將來都沒有提交任何其他出版物可被期刊接收。

World Journal of Surgery publishes original articles that offer significant contributions to knowledge in the broad fields of clinical surgery, experimental surgery and related sciences, surgical education and history, and the socioeconomic aspects of surgical care. The Journal has an international circulation and is designed to serve as a medium for rapid dissemination of new and important information about the science and art of surgery throughout the world. In the interests of a wide international readership, use of the English language is required. Articles that are accepted for publication are done so with the understanding that they, or their substantive contents, have not been and will not be submitted to any other publication.