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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	American Journal of Sports Medicine	40
-	Journal of Arthroplasty	40
-	Osteoarthritis and Cartilage	40
4	Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy	37
5	Arthroscopy-The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery	36
-	Spine Journal	36
7	BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders	35
8	Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery	34
9	Injury-International Journal of the Care of the Injured	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
13	European Spine Journal	27
14	Gait & Posture	26
15	Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy	24
-	Physical Therapy	24
-	International Orthopaedics	24
18	Spine	23
-	Orthopaedics & Traumatology-Surgery & Research	23
20	Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons	22
-	Orthopaedic Surgery	22
-	Journal of Hand Surgery-American Volume	22
-	Skeletal Radiology	22
24	Cartilage	21
-	Foot & Ankle International	21
-	Foot and Ankle Surgery	21
-	Journal of Orthopaedic Research	21
28	Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy	20
29	Archives of Osteoporosis	19
-	Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma	19
-	Journal of Physiotherapy	19
32	Journal of Hand Surgery-European Volume	18
-	Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery	18
34	Journal of Orthopaedic Science	17
-	Knee	17
36	Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology	16
-	Acta Orthopaedica	16
-	Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics	16
39	Indian Journal of Orthopaedics	15
40	Clinics in Orthopedic Surgery	14
-	Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation	14
-	Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery	14
-	Clinical Biomechanics	14
44	Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine	13
-	Journal of Childrens Orthopaedics	13
-	Journal of Foot and Ankle Research	13
-	Journal of Hand Therapy	13
48	Prosthetics and Orthotics International	12
-	Orthopedic Clinics of North America	12
-	Physician and Sportsmedicine	12

51	Connective Tissue Research	11
-	Foot and Ankle Clinics	11
-	HSS Journal	11
-	Journal of Knee Surgery	11
-	Orthopedics	11
56	Hand Clinics	10
57	Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery	9
-	Hip International	9
59	Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics-Part B	8
-	Operative Orthopadie und Traumatologie	8
61	Isokinetics and Exercise Science	7
-	Orthopaedic Nursing	7
-	Acta Ortopedica Brasileira	7
-	Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery	7
65	Zeitschrift fuer Orthopadie und Unfallchirurgie	5
66	Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica	4
67	Sportverletzung-Sportschaden	3