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Country

United States

Universities and research institutions in United States
Media Ranking in United States

Subject Area and Category

Publisher

American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons

H-Index

68

Publication type

Journals

ISSN

00656895

Coverage

1955-1957, 1960-1961, 1981-2016

Information

Homepage

How to publish in this journal

kyle.overturf@wolterskluwer.com

Scope

Authors of accepted peer-reviewed articles have the choice to pay a fee to allow perpetual unrestricted online access to their published article to readers globally, immediately upon publication. Authors may take advantage of the open access option at the point of acceptance to ensure that this choice has no influence on the peer review and acceptance process. These articles are subject to the journal's standard peer-review process and will be accepted or rejected based on their own merit. Our peer-reviewed articles cover the expanse of orthopaedic medicine: Basic Science Foot and Ankle Hand and Wrist Hip and Knee Musculoskeletal Oncology Pediatrics Shoulder and Elbow Spine Sports Medicine Trauma Surgical Techniques Research. Join the conversation about this journal
Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

CategoryYearQuartile
Medicine (miscellaneous)1999Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)2000Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)2001Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)2002Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)2003Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)2004Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)2005Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)2006Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)2007Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)2008Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)2009Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)2010Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)2011Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)2012Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)2013Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)2014Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)2015Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)2016Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)2017Q2
Medicine (miscellaneous)2018Q3
Medicine (miscellaneous)2019Q2
SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

YearSJR
19990.783
20000.674
20010.623
20020.748
20030.717
20040.989
20050.924
20061.410
20071.034
20080.863
20091.047
20101.049
20110.799
20120.649
20130.563
20140.669
20150.712
20160.531
20170.532
20180.429
20190.551
Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

YearDocuments
199979
200066
200159
200259
200369
200465
200554
200671
200745
200857
200977
201049
201149
201248
201353
201447
201550
201653
20170
20180
20190
Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per documentYearValue
Cites / Doc. (4 years)19990.663
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20001.091
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20011.023
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20021.368
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20031.156
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20041.308
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20051.774
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20062.036
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20072.008
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20081.885
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20091.837
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20101.640
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20111.421
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20121.530
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20131.238
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20141.291
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20151.264
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20160.955
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20171.094
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20180.973
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20191.175
Cites / Doc. (3 years)19990.663
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20001.036
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20011.109
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20021.123
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20031.043
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20041.348
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20051.554
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20062.277
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20071.811
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20081.753
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20091.618
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20101.687
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20111.372
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20121.280
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20131.110
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20141.120
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20151.270
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20160.953
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20170.973
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20181.010
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20191.208
Cites / Doc. (2 years)19990.605
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20001.110
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20010.876
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20021.128
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20031.093
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20041.102
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20051.746
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20061.899
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20071.704
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20081.414
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20091.647
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20101.530
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20111.103
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20121.092
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20130.897
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20141.178
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20151.270
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20160.845
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20170.903
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20181.094
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20190.000
Total Cites 
Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

CitesYearValue
Self Cites19990
Self Cites20000
Self Cites20010
Self Cites20020
Self Cites20030
Self Cites20040
Self Cites20050
Self Cites20060
Self Cites20070
Self Cites20080
Self Cites20090
Self Cites20100
Self Cites20110
Self Cites20120
Self Cites20130
Self Cites20140
Self Cites20150
Self Cites20160
Self Cites20170
Self Cites20180
Self Cites20190
Total Cites1999108
Total Cites2000200
Total Cites2001224
Total Cites2002229
Total Cites2003192
Total Cites2004252
Total Cites2005300
Total Cites2006428
Total Cites2007344
Total Cites2008298
Total Cites2009280
Total Cites2010302
Total Cites2011251
Total Cites2012224
Total Cites2013162
Total Cites2014168
Total Cites2015188
Total Cites2016143
Total Cites2017146
Total Cites2018104
Total Cites201964
External Cites per Doc 
Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

CitesYearValue
External Cites per document19990.663
External Cites per document20001.036
External Cites per document20011.109
External Cites per document20021.123
External Cites per document20031.043
External Cites per document20041.348
External Cites per document20051.554
External Cites per document20062.277
External Cites per document20071.811
External Cites per document20081.753
External Cites per document20091.618
External Cites per document20101.687
External Cites per document20111.372
External Cites per document20121.280
External Cites per document20131.110
External Cites per document20141.120
External Cites per document20151.270
External Cites per document20160.953
External Cites per document20170.973
External Cites per document20181.010
External Cites per document20191.208
Cites per document19990.663
Cites per document20001.036
Cites per document20011.109
Cites per document20021.123
Cites per document20031.043
Cites per document20041.348
Cites per document20051.554
Cites per document20062.277
Cites per document20071.811
Cites per document20081.753
Cites per document20091.618
Cites per document20101.687
Cites per document20111.372
Cites per document20121.280
Cites per document20131.110
Cites per document20141.120
Cites per document20151.270
Cites per document20160.953
Cites per document20170.973
Cites per document20181.010
Cites per document20191.208
% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

YearInternational Collaboration
19990.00
20000.00
20010.00
20020.00
20030.00
20040.00
20050.00
20060.00
20070.00
20080.00
20090.00
20100.00
20110.00
20120.00
20130.00
20140.00
20150.00
20160.00
20170
20180
20190
Citable documents 
Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

DocumentsYearValue
Non-citable documents19990
Non-citable documents20000
Non-citable documents20010
Non-citable documents20020
Non-citable documents20030
Non-citable documents20040
Non-citable documents20050
Non-citable documents20060
Non-citable documents20070
Non-citable documents20080
Non-citable documents20090
Non-citable documents20100
Non-citable documents20110
Non-citable documents20120
Non-citable documents20130
Non-citable documents20140
Non-citable documents20150
Non-citable documents20160
Non-citable documents20171
Non-citable documents20181
Non-citable documents20191
Citable documents1999163
Citable documents2000193
Citable documents2001202
Citable documents2002204
Citable documents2003184
Citable documents2004187
Citable documents2005193
Citable documents2006188
Citable documents2007190
Citable documents2008170
Citable documents2009173
Citable documents2010179
Citable documents2011183
Citable documents2012175
Citable documents2013146
Citable documents2014150
Citable documents2015148
Citable documents2016150
Citable documents2017149
Citable documents2018102
Citable documents201952
Cited documents 
Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

DocumentsYearValue
Uncited documents199997
Uncited documents200094
Uncited documents200199
Uncited documents2002102
Uncited documents200386
Uncited documents200472
Uncited documents200574
Uncited documents200647
Uncited documents200758
Uncited documents200852
Uncited documents200958
Uncited documents201064
Uncited documents201183
Uncited documents201275
Uncited documents201369
Uncited documents201463
Uncited documents201560
Uncited documents201671
Uncited documents201771
Uncited documents201840
Uncited documents201923
Cited documents199966
Cited documents200099
Cited documents2001103
Cited documents2002102
Cited documents200398
Cited documents2004115
Cited documents2005119
Cited documents2006141
Cited documents2007132
Cited documents2008118
Cited documents2009115
Cited documents2010115
Cited documents2011100
Cited documents2012100
Cited documents201377
Cited documents201487
Cited documents201588
Cited documents201679
Cited documents201779
Cited documents201863
Cited documents201930
% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

YearFemale Percent
19994.69
200012.04
20013.51
20026.67
20037.50
20047.80
20057.09
20066.67
200713.51
200810.49
20098.79
201014.47
20117.87
20124.55
201316.91
201412.05
20159.94
20167.18
20170.00
20180.00
20190.00
Documents cited by public policy (Overton)

Evolution of the number of documents cited by public policy documents according to Overton database.

DocumentsYearValue
Overton19990
Overton20000
Overton20010
Overton20020
Overton20030
Overton20040
Overton20050
Overton20060
Overton20070
Overton20080
Overton20090
Overton20100
Overton20110
Overton20120
Overton20130
Overton20140
Overton20150
Overton20160
Overton20170
Overton20180
Overton20190
Documents related to SDGs (UN)

Evoution of the number of documents related to Sustainable Development Goals defined by United Nations. Available from 2018 onwards.

DocumentsYearValue
SDG20180
SDG20190
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