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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1838

ISSN1471-2474eISSN1471-2474

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

100

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (4 more)+22

Total100

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?

160

days submission → published

measured · last 20 articles · accept 134d

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Average · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.85

H-Indexi

168

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.197

Total Worksi

11,803

Total Citationsi

282,348

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.47

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Orthopedics; Rheumatology; Orthopedics and Sports Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1838

Annual Volume~ 1,097 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications11,803

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since1999

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewOpen

Review Time~19 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSBritish Library; National Library of the NetherlandsPMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/12 · 83%

✅

Do you know the journal / publisher?

BioMed Central Ltd

✅

Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

1471-2474 / 1471-2474

✅

Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

✅

Peer review process documented?

Open

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

❌

APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

✅

Long-term digital preservation?

LOCKSS, British Library; National Library of the Netherlands, PMC

✅

Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

✅

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

639

19k

2019

843

17k

2020

1.1k

18k

2021

1.2k

14k

2022

986

8.6k

2023

1.1k

2024

1.2k

2.1k

2025

676

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.

Orthopedics and Sports MedicineQ2

RheumatologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

OrthopedicsRheumatology

Scopus Categories

RheumatologyOrthopedics and Sports Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Total Knee Arthroplasty OutcomesMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationSpine and Intervertebral Disc PathologyOsteoarthritis Treatment and MechanismsOrthopaedic implants and arthroplastyShoulder Injury and TreatmentScoliosis diagnosis and treatmentHip and Femur FracturesBone fractures and treatmentsKnee injuries and reconstruction techniques

Frequently asked questions about BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Is BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders a predatory journal?

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

What is the impact factor of BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders?

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 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 2.47.

Is BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders?