Spine

Wolters Kluwer Health · United States

ISSN0362-2436eISSN1528-1159

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.406

H-Indexi

391

SNIPi

1.475

Total Worksi

23,763

Total Citationsi

1,408,718

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.07

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Clinical Neurology; Orthopedics; Neurology (clinical); Orthopedics and Sports Medicine; Sports Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyBiweekly

StatusActive

Total Publications23,763

Publisher OrgLippincott Williams & Wilkins

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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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wolters Kluwer Health

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0362-2436 / 1528-1159

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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

424

10k

2019

576

9.1k

2020

417

4.9k

2021

256

3.7k

2022

337

2.9k

2023

335

1.7k

2024

362

732

2025

228

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.

Neurology (clinical)Q1

Orthopedics and Sports MedicineQ1

Sports ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Clinical NeurologyOrthopedics

Scopus Categories

Orthopedics and Sports MedicineNeurology (clinical)Sports Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Spine and Intervertebral Disc PathologySpinal Fractures and Fixation TechniquesMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationScoliosis diagnosis and treatmentCervical and Thoracic Myelopathy

Frequently asked questions about Spine

Is Spine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Spine: 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 Spine?

Spine 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 2.07.

Is Spine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Spine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Spine?