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Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 4.1), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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ISSN 2665-9131Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rehabilitation | 39 / 172 | 77th | Q1 |
| Orthopedics and Sports Medicine | 102 / 340 | 70th | Q2 |
| Biomedical Engineering | 185 / 342 | 46th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 4.1.
Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open is Q1 in Rehabilitation (rank 39 of 172), Q2 in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (rank 102 of 340) and Q3 in Biomedical Engineering (rank 185 of 342), by CiteScore 2025.
Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open 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 4.1, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 77th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.884, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 23.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,610 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.
Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open is published by Elsevier Ltd. Its ISSN is 2665-9131.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open has an h-index of 29 and a 2-year mean of 2.93 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.1, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #18 of 168 Scopus journals in Rehabilitation.
Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open published 157 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 94 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (23.1%), Australia (10.7%) and Canada (9.1%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (1.3 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.
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