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JBJS Case Connector

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins · United States · Est. 1948

ISSN2160-3251

SJR Q3✓ 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

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.203

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.221

Total Worksi

2,854

Total Citationsi

7,105

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.32

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Surgery; Medicine (miscellaneous); Orthopedics and Sports Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1948

Annual Volume~ 258 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,854

Publisher OrgLippincott Williams & Wilkins

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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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2160-3251

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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

170

747

2019

326

901

2020

408

852

2021

246

394

2022

291

406

2023

248

174

2024

235

2025

183

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.

SurgeryQ3

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q4

Orthopedics and Sports MedicineQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSurgeryMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Orthopedic Surgery and RehabilitationBone fractures and treatmentsShoulder Injury and TreatmentOrthopaedic implants and arthroplastyOrthopedic Infections and TreatmentsTotal Knee Arthroplasty OutcomesElbow and Forearm Trauma TreatmentShoulder and Clavicle InjuriesHip disorders and treatmentsKnee injuries and reconstruction techniques

Frequently asked questions about JBJS Case Connector

Is JBJS Case Connector a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for JBJS Case Connector: 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 JBJS Case Connector?

JBJS Case Connector is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.203.

Is JBJS Case Connector indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

JBJS Case Connector is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of JBJS Case Connector?