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Journal of Children's Orthopaedics is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 4), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by SAGE Publications Inc..
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ISSN 1863-2521Verify ISSN ↗1863-2548Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc.
Cost to publish: Checking DOAJ for article charges…
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health | 86 / 351 | 75th | Q1 |
| Orthopedics and Sports Medicine | 105 / 340 | 69th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2007–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 4.
Journal of Children's Orthopaedics is Q1 in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (rank 86 of 351) and Q2 in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (rank 105 of 340), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Children's Orthopaedics is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, 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 4, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 75th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.603, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 59.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,000 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.
Journal of Children's Orthopaedics is published by SAGE Publications Inc. Its print ISSN is 1863-2521 and its online ISSN is 1863-2548.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Children's Orthopaedics has an h-index of 70 and a 2-year mean of 1.75 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #86 of 344 Scopus journals in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health.
Journal of Children's Orthopaedics published 68 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2018 with 96. 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 97 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from United States (15.5%), Türkiye (8.6%) and China (7.2%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 6 retracted papers are recorded (3.8 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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