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Bone Reports

Elsevier Inc. · United States · Est. 1979

ISSN2352-1872eISSN2352-1872

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q266

✓ Corroboration (4 more)+22

Total88

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Average · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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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SJR Scorei

0.8

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.811

Total Worksi

1,835

Total Citationsi

11,380

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.33

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Endocrinology & Metabolism; Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism; Orthopedics and Sports Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1979

Annual Volume~ 79 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,835

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2014

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~20 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2352-1872 / 2352-1872

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Portico, PMC, CLOCKSS

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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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

931

2019

485

1.9k

2020

398

1.3k

2021

444

2022

718

2023

382

2024

133

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.

Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismQ2

Orthopedics and Sports MedicineQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Endocrinology & Metabolism

Scopus Categories

Orthopedics and Sports MedicineEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Bone health and osteoporosis researchBone health and treatmentsBone Metabolism and DiseasesParathyroid Disorders and TreatmentsBone and Joint DiseasesConnective tissue disorders researchBone fractures and treatmentsVitamin D Research StudiesHip and Femur FracturesOsteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms

Frequently asked questions about Bone Reports

Is Bone Reports a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Bone Reports: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 88/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Bone Reports?

Bone Reports 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 2.33.

Is Bone Reports indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Bone Reports is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Bone Reports?