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BONE & JOINT JOURNAL

BRITISH EDITORIAL SOC BONE & JOINT SURGERY · GB · Est. 1955

ISSN2049-4394eISSN2049-4394

✓ WOS SCIE

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (1 more)+6

Total84

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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 ↗

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H-Indexi

131

SNIPi

2.121

Total Worksi

3,732

Total Citationsi

125,599

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.05

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Orthopedics; Surgery.

General Information

Country / RegionGB

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1955

Annual Volume~ 223 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,732

Publisher OrgBritish Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

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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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BRITISH EDITORIAL SOC BONE & JOINT SURGERY

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2049-4394 / 2049-4394

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

❌

Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

✅

Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

304

12k

2019

326

10k

2020

323

2021

163

3.4k

2022

194

2.5k

2023

260

1.9k

2024

215

757

2025

127

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.

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

OrthopedicsSurgery

Frequently asked questions about BONE & JOINT JOURNAL

Is BONE & JOINT JOURNAL a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for BONE & JOINT JOURNAL: it is indexed in Web of Science, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 84/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of BONE & JOINT JOURNAL?

BONE & JOINT JOURNAL 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 4.05.

Is BONE & JOINT JOURNAL indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

BONE & JOINT JOURNAL is indexed in Web of Science.

What is the aims and scope of BONE & JOINT JOURNAL?