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Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine

SAGE Publications Inc. · United Kingdom · Est. 1965

ISSN2325-9671eISSN2325-9671

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.148

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.278

Total Worksi

9,156

Total Citationsi

82,466

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.20

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Orthopedics; Sport Sciences; Orthopedics and Sports Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1965

Annual Volume~ 907 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications9,156

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

OA Since2012

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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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?

2325-9671 / 2325-9671

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

844

11k

2019

978

11k

2020

968

11k

2021

934

5.9k

2022

876

4.3k

2023

906

2.5k

2024

938

1.2k

2025

720

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.

Orthopedics and Sports MedicineQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

OrthopedicsSport Sciences

Scopus Categories

Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Knee injuries and reconstruction techniquesShoulder Injury and TreatmentTotal Knee Arthroplasty OutcomesSports injuries and preventionShoulder and Clavicle InjuriesLower Extremity Biomechanics and PathologiesHip disorders and treatmentsOsteoarthritis Treatment and MechanismsTendon Structure and TreatmentOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation

Frequently asked questions about Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine

Is Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine?

Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine 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 1.20.

Is Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine?