International Journal of Abdominal Wall and Hernia Surgery (Print ISSN 2589-8736, Online ISSN 2589-8078) is an international, peer-reviewed academic journal published quarterly by Wolters Kluwer Medknow. All articles published by IJAWHS are free to access (Open Access).

IJAWHS aims to promote academic exchanges of hernia and abdominal wall surgery, improve the application of new techniques and materials, and generalize the diagnosis and treatment guidelines in hernia and abdominal wall disease. 

IJAWHS is included in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Scimago Journal Ranking, SCOPUS，Embase，Emerging Sources Citation Index and Web of Science. 

The journal's Impact Factor® is 0.5 as reported in the 2023 Journal Citation Reports® (Clarivate Analytics, 2023).