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International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 2.6), WoS ESCI. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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ISSN 1878-1241Verify ISSN ↗1878-1292Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
Cost to publish: About US$3,160 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced and Specialized Nursing | 17 / 73 | 77th | Q1 |
| Orthopedics and Sports Medicine | 181 / 340 | 46th | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2010–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 2.6.
International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing is Q1 in Advanced and Specialized Nursing (rank 17 of 73) and Q3 in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (rank 181 of 340), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 2.6, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 77th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.412, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 27.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,160 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing is published by Elsevier Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1878-1241 and its online ISSN is 1878-1292.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing has an h-index of 30 and a 2-year mean of 1.16 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.6, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #24 of 71 Scopus journals in Advanced and Specialized Nursing.
International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing published 73 papers in 2025. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 92 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from China (22.8%), Portugal (12%) and Denmark (7.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (1.2 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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