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Cartilage

SAGE Publications Inc. · United States · Est. 1965

ISSN1947-6035eISSN1947-6043

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.945

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.256

Total Worksi

1,296

Total Citationsi

25,352

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.01

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Orthopedics; Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation; Biomedical Engineering; Immunology and Allergy.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1965

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,296

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?

1947-6035 / 1947-6043

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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

101

2.1k

2019

157

3.4k

2020

127

2.3k

2021

1.3k

2022

837

2023

359

2024

102

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.

Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationQ1

Biomedical EngineeringQ2

Immunology and AllergyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Orthopedics

Scopus Categories

Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationBiomedical EngineeringImmunology and Allergy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Osteoarthritis Treatment and MechanismsTotal Knee Arthroplasty OutcomesKnee injuries and reconstruction techniquesLower Extremity Biomechanics and PathologiesTendon Structure and TreatmentPeriodontal Regeneration and TreatmentsMesenchymal stem cell researchFoot and Ankle SurgeryBone and Joint DiseasesProteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans research

Frequently asked questions about Cartilage

Is Cartilage a predatory journal?

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

Cartilage 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 2.01.

Is Cartilage indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Cartilage is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Cartilage?