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Annals of Joint

AME Publishing Company · China · Est. 2005

ISSN2415-6809eISSN2415-6809

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

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 ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.591

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.441

Total Worksi

560

Total Citationsi

2,533

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.93

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Annals of Joint is an interdisciplinary forum for the publication of articles on clinical, translational, and basic aspects of bone and joint. Its scope includes knee injuries, hip replacement, spine surgery, elbow arthroscopy, shoulder instability, osteoarthritis, trauma, and osteosarcoma.

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General Information

Country / RegionChina

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2005

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications560

Publisher OrgAME Publishing Company

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2019

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Reviewdouble-blind

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

AME Publishing Company

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2415-6809 / 2415-6809

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

double-blind

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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?

Yes

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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

256

2019

234

2020

551

2021

113

2022

275

2023

191

2024

106

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.

Orthopedics and Sports MedicineQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Orthopedics

Scopus Categories

Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Total Knee Arthroplasty OutcomesOrthopaedic implants and arthroplastyKnee injuries and reconstruction techniquesShoulder Injury and TreatmentOrthopedic Infections and TreatmentsShoulder and Clavicle InjuriesOsteoarthritis Treatment and MechanismsSports injuries and preventionHip disorders and treatmentsOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation

Frequently asked questions about Annals of Joint

Is Annals of Joint a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Annals of Joint: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Annals of Joint?

Annals of Joint 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 1.93.

Is Annals of Joint indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Annals of Joint is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.