SICOT-J

EDP Sciences · France · Est. 2005

ISSN2426-8887eISSN2426-8887

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

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1 · Scopus CiteScore 3.4. 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

0.786

H-Indexi

CiteScorei

3.4

SNIPi

1.008

Total Worksi

596

Total Citationsi

8,286

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.47

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

SICOT-J will publish Original articles Review articles Surgical Techniques Case reports Congress Proceedings Editorials Letters to the Editors. It has been developed, as a peer reviewed open access journal, to further widen the educational impact of SICOT on the orthopaedic community. It will focus on original clinical, basic and translational research in the field of orthopaedics surgery and traumatology.

General Information

Country / RegionFrance

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2005

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications596

Publisher OrgEDP Sciences

OA Since2014

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Portico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

EDP Sciences

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2426-8887 / 2426-8887

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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

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Portico

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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

749

2019

706

2020

2021

527

2022

346

2023

325

2024

174

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.

SurgeryQ1

Orthopedics and Sports MedicineQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Orthopedics

Scopus Categories

Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSurgery

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Total Knee Arthroplasty OutcomesOrthopaedic implants and arthroplastyHip and Femur FracturesBone fractures and treatmentsOrthopedic Infections and TreatmentsKnee injuries and reconstruction techniquesShoulder Injury and TreatmentHip disorders and treatmentsOrthopedic Surgery and RehabilitationSarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment

Frequently asked questions about SICOT-J

Is SICOT-J a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for SICOT-J: 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 SICOT-J?

SICOT-J 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. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 3.4.

Is SICOT-J indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

SICOT-J is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.