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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Journal of Arthroplasty	43
-	Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy	43
3	American Journal of Sports Medicine	40
4	Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research	38
5	Arthroscopy-The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery	37
6	Spine Journal	36
7	BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders	33
8	Bone & Joint Journal	31
-	European Spine Journal	31
-	Injury-International Journal of the Care of the Injured	31
11	Journal of Orthopaedic Translation	30
-	Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume	30
-	Osteoarthritis and Cartilage	30
14	Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research	28
-	Spine	28
-	Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine	28
17	Gait & Posture	27
18	International Orthopaedics	26
-	Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy	26
20	Orthopaedic Surgery	25
21	Bone & Joint Research	24
-	Global Spine Journal	24
-	Journal of Hand Surgery-American Volume	24
24	Skeletal Radiology	23
25	Orthopaedics & Traumatology-Surgery & Research	22
26	Foot and Ankle Surgery	21
-	Knee	21
-	Physical Therapy	21
-	Journal of Physiotherapy	21
30	JOR Spine	20
-	Journal of Orthopaedic Research	20
32	Journal of Orthopaedic Science	19
-	Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics	19
-	Cartilage	19
-	Foot & Ankle International	19
-	Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma	19
-	Acta Orthopaedica	19
38	Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy	18
-	Journal of Hand Surgery-European Volume	18
40	Clinical Biomechanics	16
-	Clinics in Orthopedic Surgery	16
-	Indian Journal of Orthopaedics	16
-	Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation	16
44	Journal of Childrens Orthopaedics	15
-	Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery	15
46	Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery	14
-	Archives of Osteoporosis	14
-	Clinical Spine Surgery	14
-	Hand Surgery & Rehabilitation	14
-	Journal of Hand Therapy	14

51	Foot and Ankle Clinics	13
-	HSS Journal	13
-	Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology	13
-	Orthopedic Clinics of North America	13
55	Prosthetics and Orthotics International	12
-	Journal of Foot and Ankle Research	12
57	Connective Tissue Research	11
-	Orthopedics	11
-	Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine	11
-	Journal of Knee Surgery	11
-	Physician and Sportsmedicine	11
62	Hand Clinics	10
-	Hip International	10
-	Journal of Hip Preservation Surgery	10
-	Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica	10
66	Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery	9
67	Operative Orthopadie und Traumatologie	8
-	Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association	8
69	Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery	6
-	Isokinetics and Exercise Science	6
-	Zeitschrift fuer Orthopadie und Unfallchirurgie	6
-	Acta Ortopedica Brasileira	6
73	Orthopaedic Nursing	5
-	EFORT Open Reviews	5
75	Sportverletzung-Sportschaden	3