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Journal of Foot and Ankle Research

John Wiley and Sons Inc · United Kingdom · Est. 1999

ISSN1757-1146eISSN1757-1146

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.653

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.337

Total Worksi

1,762

Total Citationsi

30,192

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.36

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Orthopedics; Orthopedics and Sports Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1999

FrequencyUpdated Irregularly As Articles Are Accepted For Publication

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,762

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2007

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewOpen

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Inc

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1757-1146 / 1757-1146

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Open

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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?

Portico, PMC, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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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

1.6k

2019

2.5k

2020

1.3k

2021

1.2k

2022

791

2023

269

2024

129

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.

Orthopedics and Sports MedicineQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Orthopedics

Scopus Categories

Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and ManagementLower Extremity Biomechanics and PathologiesFoot and Ankle SurgeryTendon Structure and TreatmentPeripheral Artery Disease ManagementSports injuries and preventionBalance, Gait, and Falls PreventionWound Healing and TreatmentsMusculoskeletal Disorders and RehabilitationOsteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Foot and Ankle Research

Is Journal of Foot and Ankle Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Foot and Ankle Research: 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 Journal of Foot and Ankle Research?

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research 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 1.36.

Is Journal of Foot and Ankle Research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Foot and Ankle Research?