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Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

ARSMB-KVBMG · Belgium

ISSN0001-6462eISSN0001-6462

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.341

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.407

Total Worksi

685

Total Citationsi

1,923

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.55

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica is a peer-reviewed journal covering many aspects of Orthopedic Surgery and Research. It provides a forum mainly for clinical orthopaedic topics and publishes in the area(s) of Medicine and Arthroplasty.

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General Information

Country / RegionBelgium

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyFive No. A Year, 2000-

StatusActive

Total Publications685

Publisher OrgActa Medica Belgica

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

ARSMB-KVBMG

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

0001-6462 / 0001-6462

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2016

2019

111

998

2021

112

366

2022

109

275

2023

107

131

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

Orthopedics and Sports MedicineQ3

SurgeryQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Orthopedics

Scopus Categories

Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSurgeryMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Orthopaedic implants and arthroplastyTotal Knee Arthroplasty OutcomesOrthopedic Surgery and RehabilitationBone fractures and treatmentsOrthopedic Infections and TreatmentsHip and Femur FracturesShoulder Injury and TreatmentKnee injuries and reconstruction techniquesHip disorders and treatmentsElbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment

Frequently asked questions about Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Is Acta Orthopaedica Belgica a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Acta Orthopaedica Belgica: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Acta Orthopaedica Belgica?

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.55.

Is Acta Orthopaedica Belgica indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.