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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Osteoarthritis and Cartilage	39
2	Journal of Arthroplasty	38
-	American Journal of Sports Medicine	38
4	Arthroscopy-The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery	37
5	Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy	35
-	Spine Journal	35
7	Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery	34
-	BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders	34
9	Bone & Joint Journal	32
-	Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume	32
11	Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research	31
12	Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research	29
-	Injury-International Journal of the Care of the Injured	29
14	Journal of Orthopaedic Translation	28
-	Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine	28
16	European Spine Journal	26
17	International Orthopaedics	24
-	Gait & Posture	24
-	Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy	24
-	Global Spine Journal	24
21	Physical Therapy	23
22	Orthopaedics & Traumatology-Surgery & Research	22
-	Skeletal Radiology	22
-	Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons	22
-	Bone & Joint Research	22
26	Journal of Orthopaedic Research	21
-	Orthopaedic Surgery	21
-	Spine	21
-	EFORT Open Reviews	21
-	Foot & Ankle International	21
31	Foot and Ankle Surgery	20
-	Journal of Hand Surgery-American Volume	20
-	Cartilage	20
34	Journal of Physiotherapy	19
35	JOR Spine	18
-	Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery	18
-	Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy	18
-	Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma	18
-	Archives of Osteoporosis	18
40	Journal of Hand Surgery-European Volume	16
-	Acta Orthopaedica	16
42	Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery	15
-	Journal of Orthopaedic Science	15
-	Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics	15
-	Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology	15
-	Knee	15
-	Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine	15
48	Indian Journal of Orthopaedics	14
-	Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation	14
50	Physician and Sportsmedicine	13

-	Clinical Biomechanics	13
-	Journal of Hand Therapy	13
-	Clinical Spine Surgery	13
54	Orthopedic Clinics of North America	12
-	Hand Surgery & Rehabilitation	12
-	HSS Journal	12
-	Journal of Foot and Ankle Research	12
-	Prosthetics and Orthotics International	12
59	Journal of Childrens Orthopaedics	11
-	Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery	11
-	Clinics in Orthopedic Surgery	11
-	Connective Tissue Research	11
63	Hip International	10
-	Journal of Knee Surgery	10
-	Orthopedics	10
-	Foot and Ankle Clinics	10
67	Hand Clinics	9
68	Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association	8
-	Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery	8
70	Journal of Hip Preservation Surgery	7
-	Acta Ortopedica Brasileira	7
-	Isokinetics and Exercise Science	7
-	Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics-Part B	7
-	Operative Orthopadie und Traumatologie	7
-	Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery	7
76	Zeitschrift fuer Orthopadie und Unfallchirurgie	6
-	Orthopaedic Nursing	6
-	Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica	6
79	Sportverletzung-Sportschaden	3