The pages of "The Surgical Standard" are dedicated to advancing the care of surgical patients by providing surgeons with a dynamic platform to showcase their research and innovations. The journal values every facet of a surgeon’s experience in implementing care towards improved patient outcomes, ensuring the accessible dissemination of research to all, ranging from case reports and reviews to trials and meta-analyses. "The Surgical Standard" prioritises areas critical to enhancing surgical practice and patient care, including Quality Improvement in Surgical Care, Surgical Safety and Risk Management, Evidence-Based Surgical Techniques and Procedures, Surgical Education and Training, Global Surgery and Public Health Initiatives, and Ethical Considerations in Surgical Practice. As a comprehensive and practical resource for the surgical community, "The Surgical Standard" strives to excel in accelerating and amplifying the voice of surgeons under an open-access continuous publication model. Employing a double-blind peer review process, "The Surgical Standard" maintains the highest standards of scholarly rigor for a global readership.