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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Journal of Arthroplasty	40
-	Osteoarthritis and Cartilage	40
-	American Journal of Sports Medicine	40
4	Arthroscopy-The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery	37
-	Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy	37
6	Spine Journal	34
-	BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders	34
8	Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery	33
9	Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research	32
10	Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume	30
11	Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research	28
-	Injury-International Journal of the Care of the Injured	28
13	European Spine Journal	27
14	Gait & Posture	26
-	Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy	26
16	International Orthopaedics	25
17	Physical Therapy	24
18	Journal of Hand Surgery-American Volume	23
-	Orthopaedics & Traumatology-Surgery & Research	23
-	Skeletal Radiology	23
-	Orthopaedic Surgery	23
-	Spine	23
23	Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons	22
24	Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy	20
-	Foot and Ankle Surgery	20
-	Journal of Orthopaedic Research	20
-	Cartilage	20
-	Foot & Ankle International	20
29	Journal of Physiotherapy	19
30	Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery	18
-	Archives of Osteoporosis	18
-	Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma	18
33	Journal of Orthopaedic Science	17
-	Knee	17
-	Journal of Hand Surgery-European Volume	17
36	Acta Orthopaedica	16
-	Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics	16
-	Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology	16
39	Clinical Biomechanics	15
-	Indian Journal of Orthopaedics	15
41	Journal of Hand Therapy	14
-	Clinics in Orthopedic Surgery	14
-	Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation	14
-	Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery	14
45	Journal of Foot and Ankle Research	13
-	Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine	13
47	Orthopedic Clinics of North America	12
-	Connective Tissue Research	12
-	HSS Journal	12
-	Journal of Childrens Orthopaedics	12

-	Prosthetics and Orthotics International	12
52	Physician and Sportsmedicine	11
-	Foot and Ankle Clinics	11
-	Hand Clinics	11
-	Journal of Knee Surgery	11
-	Orthopedics	11
57	Hip International	9
-	Operative Orthopadie und Traumatologie	9
-	Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery	9
60	Acta Ortopedica Brasileira	8
-	Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery	8
-	Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics-Part B	8
63	Isokinetics and Exercise Science	7
-	Orthopaedic Nursing	7
65	Zeitschrift fuer Orthopadie und Unfallchirurgie	5
-	Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica	5
67	Sportverletzung-Sportschaden	3