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JOURNAL OF WRIST SURGERY

THIEME MEDICAL PUBL INC · US · Est. 1987

ISSN2163-3916eISSN2163-3924

✓ WOS ESCI

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

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H-Indexi

Total Worksi

1,344

Total Citationsi

11,834

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.34

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Orthopedics.

General Information

Country / RegionUS

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1987

Annual Volume~ 110 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,344

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?

THIEME MEDICAL PUBL INC

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2163-3916 / 2163-3924

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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

1.2k

2019

779

2020

131

721

2021

386

2022

110

255

2023

109

100

2024

112

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.

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Orthopedics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Orthopedic Surgery and RehabilitationElbow and Forearm Trauma TreatmentBone fractures and treatmentsMusculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatmentsShoulder Injury and TreatmentPeripheral Nerve DisordersMedical Malpractice and Liability IssuesCongenital limb and hand anomaliesFoot and Ankle SurgerySurgical Sutures and Adhesives

Frequently asked questions about JOURNAL OF WRIST SURGERY

Is JOURNAL OF WRIST SURGERY a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for JOURNAL OF WRIST SURGERY: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 WRIST SURGERY?

JOURNAL OF WRIST 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 0.34.

Is JOURNAL OF WRIST SURGERY indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

JOURNAL OF WRIST SURGERY is indexed in Web of Science.

What is the aims and scope of JOURNAL OF WRIST SURGERY?