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Foot and Ankle Orthopaedics

SAGE Publications Inc. · United States · Est. 2001

ISSN2473-0114

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.69

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.834

Total Worksi

5,587

Total Citationsi

6,047

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.31

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2001

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications5,587

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

OA Since2015

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

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?

2473-0114

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

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

509

1.1k

2019

568

955

2020

651

2021

1.1k

1.3k

2022

594

900

2023

656

474

2024

632

210

2025

209

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

Scopus Categories

Orthopedics and Sports Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Foot and Ankle SurgeryOrthopedic Surgery and RehabilitationTendon Structure and TreatmentLower Extremity Biomechanics and PathologiesDiabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and ManagementBone fractures and treatmentsSports injuries and preventionPeripheral Artery Disease ManagementMusculoskeletal Disorders and RehabilitationShoulder Injury and Treatment

Frequently asked questions about Foot and Ankle Orthopaedics

Is Foot and Ankle Orthopaedics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Foot and Ankle Orthopaedics: it is indexed in 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 Foot and Ankle Orthopaedics?

Foot and Ankle Orthopaedics is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.69.

Is Foot and Ankle Orthopaedics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Foot and Ankle Orthopaedics is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Foot and Ankle Orthopaedics?