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International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2009

ISSN1878-1241eISSN1878-1292

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.412

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.939

Total Worksi

822

Total Citationsi

4,272

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.91

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Nursing; Advanced and Specialized Nursing; Orthopedics and Sports Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2009

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications822

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1878-1241 / 1878-1292

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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

337

2019

545

2020

262

2021

197

2022

231

2023

105

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.

Advanced and Specialized NursingQ2

Orthopedics and Sports MedicineQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Nursing

Scopus Categories

Orthopedics and Sports MedicineAdvanced and Specialized Nursing

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Hip and Femur FracturesTotal Knee Arthroplasty OutcomesHuman auditory perception and evaluationEducational Robotics and EngineeringDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesBone health and osteoporosis researchMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationNursing Roles and PracticesAnesthesia and Pain Management

Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing

Is International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing: 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 International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing?

International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing 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 0.91.

Is International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing?