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Journal of Knee Surgery

Georg Thieme Verlag · Germany · Est. 1977

ISSN1938-2480

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.742

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.776

Total Worksi

2,705

Total Citationsi

43,421

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.95

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Orthopedics; Surgery; Orthopedics and Sports Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1977

FrequencyMonthly, 2019-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,705

Publisher OrgThieme Medical Publishers (Germany)

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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?

Georg Thieme Verlag

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1938-2480

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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

292

4.9k

2019

254

3.2k

2020

206

1.7k

2021

158

961

2022

355

2023

107

269

2024

141

128

2025

114

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.

SurgeryQ1

Orthopedics and Sports MedicineQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Orthopedics

Scopus Categories

Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSurgery

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Total Knee Arthroplasty OutcomesKnee injuries and reconstruction techniquesOrthopaedic implants and arthroplastyOrthopedic Infections and TreatmentsSports injuries and preventionShoulder Injury and TreatmentLower Extremity Biomechanics and PathologiesOsteoarthritis Treatment and MechanismsOrthopedic Surgery and RehabilitationBone fractures and treatments

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Knee Surgery

Is Journal of Knee Surgery a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Knee Surgery: 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 Journal of Knee Surgery?

Journal of Knee Surgery 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 0.95.

Is Journal of Knee Surgery indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Knee Surgery is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Knee Surgery?