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Orthopaedic Nursing

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · United States

ISSN0744-6020eISSN1542-538X

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · SSCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.229

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.342

Total Worksi

4,847

Total Citationsi

28,862

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.30

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Nursing; Orthopedics; Advanced and Specialized Nursing; Medicine (miscellaneous); Orthopedics and Sports Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive

Total Publications4,847

Publisher OrgLippincott Williams & Wilkins

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0744-6020 / 1542-538X

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

104

599

2019

250

2020

230

2021

256

2022

2023

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.

Advanced and Specialized NursingQ3

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q4

Orthopedics and Sports MedicineQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

NursingOrthopedics

Scopus Categories

Orthopedics and Sports MedicineAdvanced and Specialized NursingMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Hip and Femur FracturesNursing Roles and PracticesMusculoskeletal Disorders and RehabilitationHuman auditory perception and evaluationTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes

Frequently asked questions about Orthopaedic Nursing

Is Orthopaedic Nursing a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Orthopaedic Nursing: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Orthopaedic Nursing?

Orthopaedic Nursing 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 0.30.

Is Orthopaedic Nursing indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Orthopaedic Nursing is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Orthopaedic Nursing?