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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Osteoarthritis and Cartilage	41
2	American Journal of Sports Medicine	40
3	Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy	39
4	Journal of Arthroplasty	38
5	Arthroscopy-The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery	37
6	Spine Journal	36
7	BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders	35
8	Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery	32
-	Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research	32
10	Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-American Volume	31
11	Bone & Joint Journal	30
12	Journal of Orthopaedic Translation	29
13	Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine	28
-	Injury-International Journal of the Care of the Injured	28
15	Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research	27
-	European Spine Journal	27
17	Gait & Posture	26
-	Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy	26
19	Physical Therapy	25
20	International Orthopaedics	24
-	Orthopaedics & Traumatology-Surgery & Research	24
-	Global Spine Journal	24
-	Orthopaedic Surgery	24
-	Spine	24
25	Bone & Joint Research	23
-	Journal of Hand Surgery-American Volume	23
27	Skeletal Radiology	22
-	Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons	22
29	Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy	20
-	Foot and Ankle Surgery	20
-	Journal of Physiotherapy	20
32	Journal of Orthopaedic Research	19
-	Cartilage	19
-	Foot & Ankle International	19
-	Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma	19
36	Journal of Orthopaedics and Traumatology	18
-	Knee	18
38	JOR Spine	17
-	Journal of Hand Surgery-European Volume	17
-	Journal of Orthopaedic Science	17
-	Archives of Osteoporosis	17
-	EFORT Open Reviews	17
43	Acta Orthopaedica	16
-	Clinics in Orthopedic Surgery	16
-	Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics	16
46	Clinical Biomechanics	15
-	Indian Journal of Orthopaedics	15
-	Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation	15
-	Journal of Foot and Ankle Research	15
50	Journal of Childrens Orthopaedics	14

-	Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery	14
-	Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery	14
-	Clinical Spine Surgery	14
-	Hand Surgery & Rehabilitation	14
55	Orthopedic Clinics of North America	13
-	Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine	13
-	Journal of Hand Therapy	13
-	Prosthetics and Orthotics International	13
59	Connective Tissue Research	12
-	Foot and Ankle Clinics	12
61	Physician and Sportsmedicine	11
-	Orthopedics	11
63	Hand Clinics	10
-	HSS Journal	10
-	Journal of Knee Surgery	10
66	Hip International	9
-	Journal of Hip Preservation Surgery	9
68	Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery	8
-	Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association	8
-	Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery	8
-	Operative Orthopadie und Traumatologie	8
72	Acta Ortopedica Brasileira	7
-	Isokinetics and Exercise Science	7
-	Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics-Part B	7
-	Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery	7
-	Orthopaedic Nursing	7
77	Zeitschrift fuer Orthopadie und Unfallchirurgie	5
78	Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica	4
79	Sportverletzung-Sportschaden	3