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Shoulder and Elbow

SAGE Publications Inc. · United Kingdom · Est. 1996

ISSN1758-5740

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.646

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.936

Total Worksi

1,344

Total Citationsi

11,086

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.90

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Orthopedics; Orthopedics and Sports Medicine; Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation; Rehabilitation; Surgery.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1996

Annual Volume~ 101 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,344

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1758-5740

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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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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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

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

1.2k

2019

2020

116

687

2021

108

557

2022

301

2023

202

2024

118

152

2025

120

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

Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationQ2

RehabilitationQ2

SurgeryQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Orthopedics

Scopus Categories

RehabilitationOrthopedics and Sports MedicinePhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationSurgery

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Shoulder Injury and TreatmentShoulder and Clavicle InjuriesNerve Injury and RehabilitationElbow and Forearm Trauma TreatmentOrthopedic Surgery and RehabilitationTotal Knee Arthroplasty OutcomesTendon Structure and TreatmentAnesthesia and Pain ManagementTrauma Management and DiagnosisSports injuries and prevention

Frequently asked questions about Shoulder and Elbow

Is Shoulder and Elbow a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Shoulder and Elbow: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, 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 Shoulder and Elbow?

Shoulder and Elbow 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 0.90.

Is Shoulder and Elbow indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Shoulder and Elbow is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Shoulder and Elbow?