Bone

Elsevier Inc. · United States · Est. 1400

ISSN8756-3282eISSN1873-2763

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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. 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

1.338

H-Indexi

268

SNIPi

1.193

Total Worksi

19,202

Total Citationsi

596,859

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.97

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Endocrinology & Metabolism; Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism; Histology; Physiology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1400

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications19,202

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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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?

8756-3282 / 1873-2763

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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?

N/A

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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

386

11k

2019

493

14k

2020

359

2021

237

3.8k

2022

221

2.3k

2023

285

2.1k

2024

301

755

2025

242

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 MetabolismQ1

HistologyQ1

PhysiologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Endocrinology & Metabolism

Scopus Categories

PhysiologyEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismHistology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Bone health and osteoporosis researchBone health and treatmentsBone Metabolism and DiseasesBone and Joint DiseasesParathyroid Disorders and TreatmentsVitamin D Research StudiesBone fractures and treatmentsHip and Femur FracturesConnective tissue disorders researchBone and Dental Protein Studies

Frequently asked questions about Bone

Is Bone a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Bone: 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 Bone?

Bone 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 2.97.

Is Bone indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Bone is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Bone?