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Orthopaedics and Trauma

Churchill Livingstone · United Kingdom · Est. 2009

ISSN1877-1335

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.222

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.239

Total Worksi

1,495

Total Citationsi

5,888

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.50

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Orthopaedics and Trauma presents a unique collection of International review articles summarizing the current state of knowledge in orthopaedics. Each issue begins with a focus on a specific area of the orthopaedic knowledge syllabus, covering several related topics in a mini-symposium. The journal publishes articles related to Medicine.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2009

Annual Volume~ 139 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,495

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

Visit Journal Website

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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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Churchill Livingstone

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1877-1335

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

271

2019

349

2020

166

2021

192

2022

105

2023

255

163

2024

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 MedicineQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Orthopedic Surgery and RehabilitationOrthopaedic implants and arthroplastyTotal Knee Arthroplasty OutcomesShoulder Injury and TreatmentBone fractures and treatmentsOrthopedic Infections and TreatmentsMusculoskeletal Disorders and RehabilitationElbow and Forearm Trauma TreatmentHip disorders and treatmentsHip and Femur Fractures

Frequently asked questions about Orthopaedics and Trauma

Is Orthopaedics and Trauma a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Orthopaedics and Trauma: it is indexed in 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 Orthopaedics and Trauma?

Orthopaedics and Trauma is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.222.

Is Orthopaedics and Trauma indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Orthopaedics and Trauma is indexed in Scopus.