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Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine

W.B. Saunders · United States · Est. 1993

ISSN1557-9794

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q3+12

Total37

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.284

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.408

Total Works

1,501

Total Citations

11,127

2yr Mean Citedness

0.35

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Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine focuses on single clinical conditions within sports medicine, offering various management approaches. It aims to provide practitioners with timely information by combining textbook authority, atlas usefulness, and journal timeliness.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1993

Annual Volume~ 41 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,501

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

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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?

W.B. Saunders

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1557-9794

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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

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

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Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

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

Orthopedics and Sports MedicineQ3

SurgeryQ3

Sports ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Sport SciencesSurgery

Scopus Categories

Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSports ScienceSurgery

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Shoulder Injury and TreatmentKnee injuries and reconstruction techniquesTotal Knee Arthroplasty OutcomesShoulder and Clavicle InjuriesSports injuries and preventionOrthopedic Surgery and RehabilitationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesLower Extremity Biomechanics and PathologiesTendon Structure and TreatmentNerve Injury and Rehabilitation