Knee

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 1954

ISSN1873-5800

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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.

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📊 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

0.862

H-Indexi

118

SNIPi

0.999

Total Worksi

5,209

Total Citationsi

102,913

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.45

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Orthopedics; Sport Sciences; Surgery; Orthopedics and Sports Medicine; Sports Science.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1954

Annual Volume~ 245 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications5,209

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1873-5800

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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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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

219

3.8k

2019

340

3.6k

2020

301

2.9k

2021

179

1.7k

2022

211

1.5k

2023

243

827

2024

282

513

2025

240

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 MedicineQ1

Sports ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

OrthopedicsSport SciencesSurgery

Scopus Categories

Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSports Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Total Knee Arthroplasty OutcomesKnee injuries and reconstruction techniquesOrthopaedic implants and arthroplastyLower Extremity Biomechanics and PathologiesOsteoarthritis Treatment and MechanismsOrthopedic Infections and TreatmentsShoulder Injury and TreatmentSports injuries and preventionTendon Structure and TreatmentDiverse Scientific and Economic Studies

Frequently asked questions about Knee

Is Knee a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Knee: 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 Knee?

Knee 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 1.45.

Is Knee indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Knee is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Knee?