Bibliometric Analysis
Journal Bibliometric Report (2021)
The Journal Bibliometric Report is based on all publications in Medline/Pubmed that were cited by Medline/Pubmed publications in 2021.
Journals for Orthopedics
For each journal, the table below lists the year of the most recent citable publication (Last Year); the total number of times citable publications were cited in 2021 (Total Cites); the average number of times citable publications from 2019 and 2020 were cited by publications in 2021 (Impact Factor); the average number of times citable publications from 2016 through 2020 were cited by publications in 2021 (5-Year Impact); the average number of times citable publications from 2021 were cited by publications in 2021 (Immediacy Index); the number of citable publications in 2021 (Articles); and the median age in years of citable publications that were cited by publications in 2021 (Cited Half-Life). Citable publications are those whose Medline/Pubmed type is "Journal Article", which in general includes things like original research, meta-analysis, and reviews, but does not include editorials or letters. The data in the table below includes self-citations.
| Rank | Journal | Last Year | Total Cites | Impact Factor | 5-Year Impact | Immediacy Index | Articles | CitedHalfLife | JournalDetails |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Acta Chir Orthop Traumatol Cech | 2026 | 268 | 0.096 | 0.204 | 0.029 | 70 | 8 | Details |
| 2 | Acta Orthop | 2026 | 3717 | 2.252 | 2.275 | 0.516 | 91 | 7 | Details |
| 3 | Acta Orthop Belg | 2026 | 1324 | 0.256 | 0.521 | 0.010 | 104 | 11 | Details |
| 4 | Acta Orthop Scand | 2004 | 1949 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 28 | Details |
| 5 | Acta Orthop Scand Suppl | 2004 | 224 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 35 | Details |
| 6 | Acta Orthop Suppl | 2015 | 27 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 11 | Details |
| 7 | Acta Orthop Traumatol Turc | 2026 | 912 | 0.927 | 0.920 | 0.061 | 99 | 5 | Details |
| 8 | Acta Ortop Mex | 2026 | 65 | 0.071 | 0.107 | 0.000 | 89 | 5 | Details |
| 9 | Aktuelle Probl Chir Orthop | 1994 | 4 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 34 | Details |
| 10 | Am J Knee Surg | 2001 | 100 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 23 | Details |
| 11 | Am J Orthop | 1967 | 3 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 58 | Details |
| 12 | Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ) | 2018 | 1185 | 0.000 | 0.810 | 0.000 | 0 | 9 | Details |
| 13 | Am J Orthop Surg | 1970 | 2 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 53 | Details |
| 14 | Arch Orthop Trauma Surg | 2026 | 5567 | 1.796 | 1.779 | 0.319 | 554 | 7 | Details |
| 15 | Arch Orthop Trauma Surg (1978) | 1988 | 184 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 37 | Details |
| 16 | Arch Orthop Unfallchir | 1977 | 25 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 49 | Details |
| 17 | Arch Ortop | 1970 | 6 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 56 | Details |
| 18 | Arch Osteoporos | 2026 | 1633 | 1.688 | 1.866 | 0.354 | 181 | 3 | Details |
| 19 | Arch Putti Chir Organi Mov | 1991 | 4 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 32 | Details |
| 20 | Arthroscopy | 2026 | 11758 | 2.320 | 2.436 | 0.226 | 354 | 8 | Details |
| 21 | Artif Limbs | 1972 | 18 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 57 | Details |
| 22 | Beitr Orthop Traumatol | 1990 | 15 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 44 | Details |
| 23 | BMC Musculoskelet Disord | 2026 | 10345 | 1.580 | 1.786 | 0.260 | 1038 | 5 | Details |
| 24 | Bone | 2026 | 15718 | 2.435 | 2.847 | 0.405 | 326 | 9 | Details |
| 25 | Bone Joint J | 2026 | 5794 | 2.670 | 2.685 | 0.690 | 294 | 4 | Details |
| 26 | Bone Miner | 1994 | 182 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 30 | Details |
| 27 | Bone Res | 2026 | 2161 | 8.890 | 10.109 | 2.125 | 48 | 3 | Details |
| 28 | Bull Hosp Jt Dis | 2006 | 105 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 21 | Details |
| 29 | Bull Hosp Jt Dis Orthop Inst | 1991 | 36 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 33 | Details |
| 30 | Bull NYU Hosp Jt Dis | 2012 | 238 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 12 | Details |
| 31 | Cartilage | 2026 | 1295 | 1.488 | 1.875 | 0.309 | 123 | 4 | Details |
| 32 | Chir Narzadow Ruchu Ortop Pol | 2011 | 44 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 16 | Details |
| 33 | Chir Organi Mov | 2009 | 138 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 16 | Details |
| 34 | Clin Orthop Relat Res | 2026 | 23347 | 1.091 | 1.497 | 0.340 | 403 | 14 | Details |
| 35 | Clin Orthop Surg | 2026 | 1099 | 1.519 | 1.538 | 0.139 | 72 | 5 | Details |
| 36 | Clin Spine Surg | 2026 | 1082 | 0.810 | 1.092 | 0.202 | 178 | 4 | Details |
| 37 | Contemp Orthop | 1995 | 17 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 27 | Details |
| 38 | Curr Osteoporos Rep | 2026 | 2278 | 3.489 | 4.106 | 0.551 | 69 | 4 | Details |
| 39 | Curr Pract Orthop Surg | 1979 | 5 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 55 | Details |
| 40 | Eklem Hastalik Cerrahisi | 2019 | 231 | 1.574 | 0.963 | 0.000 | 0 | 3 | Details |
| 41 | Ergeb Chir Orthop | 1971 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 65 | Details |
| 42 | Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol | 2026 | 1992 | 1.085 | 1.246 | 0.174 | 305 | 4 | Details |
| 43 | Eur Spine J | 2026 | 11037 | 1.508 | 1.828 | 0.290 | 334 | 8 | Details |
| 44 | Foot (Edinb) | 2026 | 407 | 0.533 | 0.599 | 0.065 | 107 | 6 | Details |
| 45 | Foot Ankle | 1993 | 350 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 32 | Details |
| 46 | Foot Ankle Clin | 2026 | 686 | 0.779 | 0.822 | 0.071 | 42 | 9 | Details |
| 47 | Foot Ankle Int | 2026 | 4319 | 0.756 | 1.065 | 0.102 | 186 | 10 | Details |
| 48 | Foot Ankle Spec | 2026 | 481 | 0.318 | 0.500 | 0.079 | 76 | 6 | Details |
| 49 | Foot Ankle Surg | 2026 | 915 | 0.744 | 0.939 | 0.116 | 138 | 4 | Details |
| 50 | Gait Posture | 2026 | 8427 | 1.087 | 1.405 | 0.220 | 400 | 9 | Details |
| 51 | Hand (N Y) | 2026 | 1246 | 0.461 | 0.746 | 0.066 | 166 | 5 | Details |
| 52 | Hand Clin | 2026 | 1190 | 0.600 | 0.880 | 0.118 | 51 | 10 | Details |
| 53 | Head Face Med | 2026 | 619 | 1.231 | 1.351 | 0.294 | 51 | 7 | Details |
| 54 | Hip | 1987 | 22 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 36 | Details |
| 55 | Hip Int | 2026 | 1387 | 0.926 | 1.030 | 0.082 | 85 | 5 | Details |
| 56 | Instr Course Lect | 2026 | 785 | 0.186 | 0.212 | 0.049 | 41 | 18 | Details |
| 57 | Int J Orthop Trauma Nurs | 2026 | 96 | 0.297 | 0.524 | 0.074 | 27 | 4 | Details |
| 58 | Int Orthop | 2026 | 8267 | 2.098 | 2.020 | 0.469 | 303 | 7 | Details |
| 59 | Iowa Orthop J | 2026 | 637 | 0.625 | 0.947 | 0.000 | 46 | 10 | Details |
| 60 | Ital J Orthop Traumatol | 1993 | 49 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 36 | Details |
| 61 | J Am Acad Orthop Surg | 2026 | 5254 | 2.271 | 2.269 | 0.312 | 285 | 7 | Details |
| 62 | J Am Acad Orthop Surg Glob Res Rev | 2026 | 310 | 0.804 | 1.003 | 0.112 | 134 | 2 | Details |
| 63 | J Arthroplasty | 2026 | 15365 | 1.837 | 2.270 | 0.259 | 482 | 6 | Details |
| 64 | J Bone Joint Surg Am | 2026 | 27759 | 2.513 | 2.513 | 0.261 | 387 | 14 | Details |
| 65 | J Bone Joint Surg Br | 2012 | 9940 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 19 | Details |
| 66 | J Bone Miner Res | 2026 | 18944 | 3.800 | 3.934 | 0.735 | 181 | 10 | Details |
| 67 | J Clin Densitom | 2026 | 1328 | 1.342 | 1.434 | 0.129 | 62 | 7 | Details |
| 68 | J Clin Rheumatol | 2026 | 1440 | 0.626 | 0.705 | 0.255 | 525 | 7 | Details |
| 69 | J Foot Ankle Res | 2026 | 789 | 1.142 | 1.298 | 0.367 | 60 | 5 | Details |
| 70 | J Foot Ankle Surg | 2026 | 1928 | 0.436 | 0.616 | 0.046 | 303 | 7 | Details |
| 71 | J ISAKOS | 2026 | 27 | 0.615 | 0.839 | 0.026 | 39 | 1 | Details |
| 72 | J Knee Surg | 2026 | 1934 | 0.954 | 1.189 | 0.126 | 190 | 4 | Details |
| 73 | J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact | 2026 | 1324 | 1.103 | 1.357 | 0.171 | 70 | 10 | Details |
| 74 | J Orthop Res | 2026 | 10513 | 1.781 | 2.048 | 0.323 | 251 | 10 | Details |
| 75 | J Orthop Sci | 2026 | 2908 | 0.825 | 0.982 | 0.097 | 259 | 8 | Details |
| 76 | J Orthop Sports Phys Ther | 2026 | 4813 | 1.667 | 1.879 | 0.394 | 66 | 10 | Details |
| 77 | J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong) | 2026 | 1463 | 0.768 | 0.834 | 0.156 | 128 | 4 | Details |
| 78 | J Orthop Surg Res | 2026 | 4279 | 1.650 | 1.785 | 0.375 | 717 | 3 | Details |
| 79 | J Orthop Trauma | 2026 | 6568 | 1.531 | 1.539 | 0.234 | 273 | 8 | Details |
| 80 | J Orthop Traumatol | 2026 | 841 | 2.957 | 2.476 | 0.182 | 55 | 6 | Details |
| 81 | J Pediatr Orthop | 2026 | 5250 | 1.096 | 1.155 | 0.141 | 290 | 12 | Details |
| 82 | J Pediatr Orthop B | 2026 | 1220 | 0.742 | 0.695 | 0.158 | 114 | 9 | Details |
| 83 | J Shoulder Elbow Surg | 2026 | 11109 | 1.633 | 2.029 | 0.206 | 335 | 8 | Details |
| 84 | J South Orthop Assoc | 2003 | 46 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 21 | Details |
| 85 | J Spinal Disord | 2001 | 501 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 25 | Details |
| 86 | J Spinal Disord Tech | 2015 | 1575 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 11 | Details |
| 87 | J Surg Orthop Adv | 2026 | 227 | 0.179 | 0.283 | 0.019 | 52 | 8 | Details |
| 88 | JBJS Case Connect | 2026 | 310 | 0.233 | 0.271 | 0.025 | 407 | 3 | Details |
| 89 | JBJS Rev | 2026 | 816 | 1.202 | 1.558 | 0.172 | 116 | 3 | Details |
| 90 | Jt Dis Relat Surg | 2026 | 140 | 1.046 | 1.046 | 0.227 | 119 | 1 | Details |
| 91 | Knee | 2026 | 3483 | 1.127 | 1.377 | 0.172 | 244 | 7 | Details |
| 92 | Magy Traumatol Orthop Helyreallito Seb | 1992 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 30 | Details |
| 93 | Magy Traumatol Ortop Kezseb Plasztikai Seb | 1994 | 2 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 27 | Details |
| 94 | Metab Bone Dis Relat Res | 1984 | 31 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 39 | Details |
| 95 | Minerva Ortop | 1972 | 2 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 53 | Details |
| 96 | Musculoskelet Surg | 2026 | 675 | 1.069 | 1.361 | 0.282 | 39 | 5 | Details |
| 97 | Musculoskeletal Care | 2026 | 481 | 0.674 | 0.869 | 0.300 | 70 | 5 | Details |
| 98 | Nihon Seikeigeka Gakkai Zasshi | 1997 | 57 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 34 | Details |
| 99 | ONA J | 1979 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 42 | Details |
| 100 | Oper Orthop Traumatol | 2026 | 375 | 0.764 | 0.643 | 0.036 | 55 | 8 | Details |
| 101 | Orthop Clin North Am | 2026 | 2047 | 1.523 | 1.812 | 0.104 | 48 | 13 | Details |
| 102 | Orthop Nurs | 2026 | 341 | 0.259 | 0.265 | 0.048 | 62 | 10 | Details |
| 103 | Orthop Rev | 1994 | 90 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 29 | Details |
| 104 | Orthop Surg | 2026 | 1327 | 1.623 | 1.631 | 0.195 | 302 | 2 | Details |
| 105 | Orthop Traumatol Surg Res | 2026 | 3282 | 0.948 | 1.304 | 0.084 | 321 | 5 | Details |
| 106 | Orthopade | 2022 | 913 | 0.529 | 0.577 | 0.151 | 185 | 7 | Details |
| 107 | Orthopedics | 2026 | 3573 | 0.611 | 0.881 | 0.036 | 140 | 9 | Details |
| 108 | Ortop Traumatol Rehabil | 2026 | 274 | 0.226 | 0.285 | 0.109 | 46 | 8 | Details |
| 109 | Ortop Travmatol Protez | 1991 | 18 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 41 | Details |
| 110 | Osteoarthritis Cartilage | 2026 | 12836 | 3.838 | 3.963 | 0.603 | 184 | 8 | Details |
| 111 | Osteoporos Int | 2026 | 12346 | 2.347 | 2.775 | 0.395 | 248 | 9 | Details |
| 112 | Pol Orthop Traumatol | 2014 | 19 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 8 | Details |
| 113 | Prosthet Orthot Int | 2026 | 982 | 0.756 | 0.894 | 0.190 | 84 | 9 | Details |
| 114 | Rev Chir Orthop Reparatrice Appar Mot | 2008 | 479 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 23 | Details |
| 115 | Rev Esp Cir Ortop Traumatol | 2026 | 106 | 0.000 | 0.466 | 0.000 | 48 | 6 | Details |
| 116 | Rev Esp Cir Ortop Traumatol (Engl Ed) | 2021 | 79 | 0.270 | 0.364 | 0.130 | 23 | 3 | Details |
| 117 | Seikei Geka | 1972 | 7 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 52 | Details |
| 118 | Semin Arthroplasty | 2026 | 22 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 3 | 28 | Details |
| 119 | Semin Musculoskelet Radiol | 2026 | 596 | 0.802 | 0.880 | 0.099 | 81 | 6 | Details |
| 120 | Skeletal Radiol | 2026 | 3929 | 0.950 | 0.942 | 0.250 | 240 | 10 | Details |
| 121 | Spine (Phila Pa 1976) | 2026 | 25545 | 1.382 | 1.668 | 0.272 | 474 | 14 | Details |
| 122 | Spine Deform | 2026 | 782 | 0.714 | 0.841 | 0.124 | 177 | 3 | Details |
| 123 | Spine J | 2026 | 6617 | 1.722 | 1.827 | 0.322 | 227 | 7 | Details |
| 124 | Sports Med Arthrosc Rev | 2026 | 661 | 1.159 | 1.395 | 0.263 | 38 | 7 | Details |
| 125 | Sportverletz Sportschaden | 2026 | 165 | 0.395 | 0.480 | 0.095 | 21 | 8 | Details |
| 126 | Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol | 2026 | 558 | 0.418 | 0.534 | 0.021 | 47 | 8 | Details |
| 127 | Z Orthop Ihre Grenzgeb | 2007 | 226 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0 | 23 | Details |
| 128 | Z Orthop Unfall | 2026 | 383 | 0.402 | 0.326 | 0.156 | 90 | 4 | Details |
| 129 | Zhongguo Gu Shang | 2026 | 291 | 0.143 | 0.142 | 0.013 | 224 | 4 | Details |
Note: the data used by the tools on this page are derived from MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.