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OTA International

Wolters Kluwer Health · United Kingdom · Est. 2003

ISSN2574-2167

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

0.597

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.787

Total Worksi

481

Total Citationsi

2,652

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.19

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine; Surgery.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2003

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications481

Publisher OrgWolters Kluwer

OA Since2017

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wolters Kluwer Health

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2574-2167

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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?

✅

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

567

2019

558

2020

688

2021

450

2022

319

2023

210

2024

105

114

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

SurgeryQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSurgery

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Bone fractures and treatmentsHip and Femur FracturesTrauma and Emergency Care StudiesOrthopedic Infections and TreatmentsPelvic and Acetabular InjuriesOrthopaedic implants and arthroplastyOrthopedic Surgery and RehabilitationBone health and osteoporosis researchFoot and Ankle SurgeryTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes

Frequently asked questions about OTA International

Is OTA International a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for OTA International: 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 OTA International?

OTA International is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.597.

Is OTA International indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

OTA International is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of OTA International?