Orthopedics: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	American Journal of Sports Medicine	39
2	Journal of Arthroplasty	36
-	Osteoarthritis and Cartilage	36
4	Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery	35
-	Arthroscopy-The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery	35
6	Spine Journal	34
7	Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy	33
8	Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume	32
-	Bone & Joint Journal	32
10	BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders	31
-	Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research	31
12	Injury-International Journal of the Care of the Injured	29
13	Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research	27
-	Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine	27
15	Orthopaedics & Traumatology-Surgery & Research	25
-	Physical Therapy	25
17	European Spine Journal	24
-	Gait & Posture	24
-	Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy	24
-	EFORT Open Reviews	24
-	Global Spine Journal	24
-	Journal of Orthopaedic Translation	24
-	Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons	24
-	Spine	24
25	Bone & Joint Research	23
-	International Orthopaedics	23
27	Foot & Ankle International	22
28	Skeletal Radiology	21
-	Journal of Orthopaedic Research	21
-	Orthopaedic Surgery	21
31	Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery	20
-	Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma	20
33	Journal of Hand Surgery-American Volume	18
-	Cartilage	18
35	Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine	17
-	JOR Spine	17
-	Journal of Orthopaedic Science	17
38	HSS Journal	16
-	Acta Orthopaedica	16
-	Knee	16
41	Physician and Sportsmedicine	15
-	Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery	15
-	Journal of Hand Surgery-European Volume	15
44	Clinical Biomechanics	14
-	Clinics in Orthopedic Surgery	14
-	Journal of Foot and Ankle Research	14
-	Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology	14
-	Indian Journal of Orthopaedics	14
-	Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation	14
-	Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics	14

51	Orthopedics	13
52	Journal of Hand Therapy	12
-	Clinical Spine Surgery	12
54	Connective Tissue Research	11
-	Journal of Knee Surgery	11
-	Orthopedic Clinics of North America	11
-	Hand Surgery & Rehabilitation	11
-	Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery	11
59	Hand Clinics	10
-	Journal of Childrens Orthopaedics	10
-	Prosthetics and Orthotics International	10
62	Zeitschrift fuer Orthopadie und Unfallchirurgie	9
-	Journal of Hip Preservation Surgery	9
-	Operative Orthopadie und Traumatologie	9
65	Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics-Part B	8
-	Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association	8
-	Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery	8
68	Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica	7
-	Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery	7
70	Isokinetics and Exercise Science	6
-	Orthopaedic Nursing	6
72	Sportverletzung-Sportschaden	4