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Acta Orthopaedica

Medical Journals Sweden AB · United Kingdom · Est. 1959

ISSN1745-3682

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.228

H-Indexi

135

SNIPi

1.281

Total Worksi

2,959

Total Citationsi

108,237

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.59

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Orthopedics; Medicine (miscellaneous); Orthopedics and Sports Medicine; Surgery.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1959

FrequencyBiannual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,959

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

OA Since2008

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

PKP PNPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Medical Journals Sweden AB

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1745-3682

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

PKP PN, PMC, CLOCKSS

❌

Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

123

4.6k

2019

165

3.9k

2020

122

2.1k

2021

109

1.1k

2022

971

2023

110

698

2024

134

332

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)Q1

Orthopedics and Sports MedicineQ1

SurgeryQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Orthopedics

Scopus Categories

Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSurgeryMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Orthopaedic implants and arthroplastyTotal Knee Arthroplasty OutcomesOrthopedic Infections and TreatmentsHip and Femur FracturesBone fractures and treatmentsHip disorders and treatmentsShoulder Injury and TreatmentOrthopedic Surgery and RehabilitationKnee injuries and reconstruction techniquesBone health and osteoporosis research

Frequently asked questions about Acta Orthopaedica

Is Acta Orthopaedica a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Acta Orthopaedica: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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?

Acta Orthopaedica 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 2.59.

Is Acta Orthopaedica indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

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

What is the aims and scope of Acta Orthopaedica?