The journal is specially related to the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, the Surgical Research Society, the Vascular Surgical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, the British Association of Endocrine Surgeons, Eurosurgery and the Portuguese Surgical Society. The British Journal of Surgery 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.

該雜志特別涉及英國和愛爾蘭外科醫生協會、外科研究學會、英國和愛爾蘭血管外科學會、英國內分泌外科醫生協會、歐洲外科和葡萄牙外科學會。《英國外科雜志》在臨床和實驗室的研究中，對普外科和相關主題的各個方面都做得非常出色。發展領域，如微創治療和介入放射學是強有力的代表。