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Journal of Joint Surgery and Research is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.5), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 2949-7051Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surgery | 491 / 597 | 17th | Q4 |
| Orthopedics and Sports Medicine | 305 / 340 | 10th | Q4 |
| Biophysics | 145 / 155 | 6th | Q4 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2024–present, best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.5.
Journal of Joint Surgery and Research is Q4 in Surgery (rank 491 of 597), Q4 in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (rank 305 of 340) and Q4 in Biophysics (rank 145 of 155), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Joint Surgery and Research 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 0.5, which places it in quartile Q4 at the 17th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.244, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 3.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,770 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 Joint Surgery and Research is published by Elsevier B.V. Its ISSN is 2949-7051.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Joint Surgery and Research has an h-index of 10 and a 2-year mean of 1.01 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.5, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #291 of 585 Scopus journals in Surgery.
Journal of Joint Surgery and Research published 42 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 43. 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 88 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from Japan (86.4%), United States (5.3%) and United Kingdom (1.1%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. 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.
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