Journal rankings · indicator year 2002
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Subfield ranking · 2002
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine journal rankings 2002
47 ranked journals · Subfield in Medicine
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine has 47 ranked journals in 2002. The median OJR rose 0.10 on 2001 to 0.38, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 0.91. The top three are Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, Osteoporosis International, and Bone.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2002. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 1999–2001, the window the 2002 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Medicine (42)
- Surgery358
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine133
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health125
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine124
- Oncology96
- Epidemiology87
- Infectious Diseases78
- Psychiatry and Mental health74
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging65
- Neurology64
- Physiology62
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism57
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine47
Show all 42 subfields
- Dermatology47
- Hematology47
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health46
- Ophthalmology42
- Obstetrics and Gynecology36
- Nephrology26
- Pharmacology26
- Rheumatology25
- Emergency Medicine23
- Reproductive Medicine22
- Otorhinolaryngology18
- Complementary and alternative medicine16
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine15
- Rehabilitation15
- Geriatrics and Gerontology13
- Immunology and Allergy13
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine11
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine9
- Genetics8
- Hepatology7
- Gastroenterology6
- Urology5
- Internal Medicine3
- Transplantation2
- Biochemistry1
- Family Practice1
- Anatomy0
- Health Informatics0
- Microbiology0
47 ranked journals
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Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2001. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 1999–2001, the window the 2002 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 1999–2001 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2000 to 2002. | Compare |
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1Journal of Bone and Mineral ResearchOxford University Press · United States | 2.59Q1 | 5.73 0.24 up from 2001 | 846 | 34% | $3,780 | ||
2Osteoporosis InternationalSpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 2.42Q1 | 3.74 0.55 down from 2001 | 381 | 5% | $5,090 | ||
3BoneElsevier BV · United States | 1.84Q1 | 3.83 0.28 up from 2001 | 613 | 4% | $3,960 | ||
4Sports MedicineSpringer Science+Business Media · Switzerland | 1.68Q1 | 2.52 0.23 up from 2001 | 204 | 0% | $5,790 | ||
5Medicine & Science in Sports & ExerciseLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.40Q1 | 2.65 0.69 up from 2001 | 966 | 1% | — | ||
6Calcified Tissue InternationalSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.36Q1 | 2.28 0.03 up from 2001 | 450 | 7% | $3,990 | ||
7Research Quarterly for Exercise and SportTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.22Q1 | 1.80 0.27 up from 2001 | 168 | 1% | — | ||
8European Journal of Applied PhysiologySpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.03Q1 | 1.88 0.70 up from 2001 | 187 | 2% | $2,890 | ||
9International Journal of Sports MedicineThieme Medical Publishers (Germany) · Germany | 1.00Q1 | 1.39 0.34 up from 2001 | 334 | 2% | — | ||
10Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in SportsWiley · United Kingdom | 0.98Q1 | 2.75 1.51 up from 2001 | 65 | 12% | $4,550 | ||
11Journal of Bone and Mineral MetabolismSpringer Science+Business Media · Japan | 0.93Q1 | 1.62 0.13 up from 2001 | 145 | 2% | $3,790 | ||
12Journal of Clinical DensitometryElsevier BV · United States | 0.91Q1 | 1.33 0.41 down from 2001 | 136 | 0% | $3,000 | ||
13Journal of Sports SciencesTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.77Q2 | 1.03 0.19 up from 2001 | 218 | 6% | — | ||
14Foot & Ankle InternationalSAGE Publishing · United States | 0.76Q2 | 1.05 0.22 down from 2001 | 413 | 3% | $4,150 | ||
15Canadian Journal of Applied PhysiologyNRC Research Press · United States | 0.71Q2 | 1.23 0.30 up from 2001 | 82 | 0% | — | ||
16British Journal of Sports MedicineBMJ · United Kingdom | 0.67Q2 | 1.02 0.03 up from 2001 | 362 | 99% | — | ||
17Pediatric Exercise ScienceHuman Kinetics · United States | 0.60Q2 | 0.69 0.01 down from 2001 | 124 | 10% | — | ||
18Journal of science and medicine in sportElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.54Q2 | 0.92 0.33 up from 2001 | 153 | 2% | $3,720 | ||
19Seminars in Musculoskeletal RadiologyThieme Medical Publishers (Germany) · United States | 0.48Q2 | 0.89 0.53 up from 2001 | 113 | 0% | — | ||
20Women in Sport and Physical Activity JournalHuman Kinetics · United States | 0.46Q2 | 0.30 0.01 down from 2001 | 58 | 0% | — | ||
21The Journal of Foot & Ankle SurgeryElsevier BV · United States | 0.44Q2 | 0.81 0.29 up from 2001 | 171 | 4% | $3,900 | ||
22Der UnfallchirurgSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 0.39Q2 | 0.49 0.18 up from 2001 | 196 | 3% | $3,090 | ||
23Physical Therapy in SportElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.39Q2 | 0.71 0.03 down from 2001 | 34 | 2% | $2,990 | ||
24Journal of the American Podiatric Medical AssociationAmerican Podiatric Medical Association · United States | 0.38Q2 | 0.51 0.16 down from 2001 | 169 | 2% | — | ||
25Sports EngineeringSpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 0.33Q3 | 0.39 0.06 up from 2001 | 73 | 7% | $3,990 | ||
26Sportverletzung · SportschadenThieme Medical Publishers (Germany) · Germany | 0.32Q3 | 0.37 0.11 up from 2001 | 64 | 5% | — | ||
27The Physician and SportsmedicineTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.28Q3 | 0.55 0.17 up from 2001 | 241 | 0% | — | ||
28The Journal of Strength and Conditioning ResearchLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 0.26Q3 | 0.57 0.21 up from 2001 | 195 | 3% | — | ||
29Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise ScienceTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.26Q3 | 0.31 0.11 down from 2001 | 48 | 0% | — | ||
30German Journal of Exercise and Sport ResearchSpringer Nature · Germany | 0.25Q3 | 0.11 0.08 up from 2001 | 91 | 16% | $2,590 | ||
31European Journal of Sport ScienceOATaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.24Q3 | 0.38no 2001 value | 37 | 0% | $2,680 | — | |
32Journal of Sport RehabilitationHuman Kinetics · United States | 0.21Q3 | 0.30 0.07 down from 2001 | 92 | 12% | — | ||
33Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and SurgeryElsevier BV · United States | 0.19Q3 | 0.29 0.05 up from 2001 | 110 | 0% | $3,000 | ||
34Motriz Revista de Educação FísicaOASão Paulo State University · Brazil | 0.17Q3 | 0.10 0.10 up from 2001 | 31 | 0% | $350 | ||
35Foot and Ankle SurgeryElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.13Q3 | 0.19no change | 121 | 0% | $4,300 | ||
36Foot and Ankle ClinicsElsevier BV · United States | 0.13Q3 | 0.24 0.03 up from 2001 | 92 | 2% | $3,000 | ||
37The FootElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.11Q4 | 0.18 0.05 down from 2001 | 140 | 0% | $3,250 | ||
38Journal of Bodywork and Movement TherapiesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.11Q4 | 0.24 0.05 down from 2001 | 105 | 1% | $3,070 | ||
39Isokinetics and Exercise ScienceIOS Press · United Kingdom | 0.09Q4 | 0.28 0.09 up from 2001 | 50 | 5% | $4,150 | ||
| 0.05Q4 | 0.03 0.09 down from 2001 | 43 | — | — | |||
41Strength and conditioning journalLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 0.05Q4 | 0.17 0.12 up from 2001 | 286 | 0% | — | ||
42Revista Brasileira de Medicina do EsporteSociedade Brasileira de Medicina do Esporte · Brazil | 0.05Q4 | 0.18 0.04 down from 2001 | 108 | 100% | — | ||
43BiomecánicaOASociedad Ibérica de Biomecánica y Biomateriales · Spain | 0.02Q4 | 0.04 0.03 down from 2001 | 37 | 100% | — | ||
44Science & SportsElsevier BV · France | 0.01Q4 | 0.03 0.01 down from 2001 | 128 | 0% | $2,400 | ||
45Journal of Bone MetabolismThe Korean Society for Bone and Mineral Research · South Korea | 0.01Q4 | 0.00no change | 174 | 0% | — | ||
46Revista Española de PodologíaOACIG Media Group · Spain | 0.00Q4 | 0.00 0.02 down from 2001 | 158 | 0% | — | ||
46Apunts Sports MedicineOAGeneralitat of Catalonia · Spain | 0.00Q4 | 0.00 0.02 down from 2001 | 74 | 0% | $2,190 |
Subfields of Medicine, with Orthopedics and Sports Medicine highlighted.
- Surgery358
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine133
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health125
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine124
- Oncology96
- Epidemiology87
- Infectious Diseases78
- Psychiatry and Mental health74
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging65
- Neurology64
- Physiology62
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism57
- Dermatology47
- Hematology47
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine47
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health46
- Ophthalmology42
- Obstetrics and Gynecology36
- Nephrology26
- Pharmacology26
- Rheumatology25
- Emergency Medicine23
- Reproductive Medicine22
- Otorhinolaryngology18
- Complementary and alternative medicine16
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine15
- Rehabilitation15
- Geriatrics and Gerontology13
- Immunology and Allergy13
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine11
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine9
- Genetics8
- Hepatology7
- Gastroenterology6
- Urology5
- Internal Medicine3
- Transplantation2
- Biochemistry1
- Family Practice1
- Anatomy0
- Health Informatics0
- Microbiology0
Journals
Citations made in 2002. Corpus-wide, 69.2% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
14 additional Orthopedics and Sports Medicine journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 1999–2001, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2002. Publication window: 1999–2001. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 47
- Window papers (baseline)
- 9,282 Change unavailable from indicator year 1999
- Median OJR
- 0.38 Change unavailable from indicator year 1999
- Rising journals (2025)
- 7
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 1999–2001 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 45 | 44 | 47 | 47 | 51 | 54 | 54 | 60 | 60 | 63 | 72 | 78 | 85 | 88 | 89 | 95 | 102 | 107 | 115 | 120 | 123 | 124 | 123 | 124 | 125 | 121 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 7,949 | 8,737 | 9,282 | 9,896 | 10,548 | 11,907 | 13,366 | 14,821 | 15,878 | 17,676 | 19,144 | 20,968 | 22,242 | 23,741 | 25,227 | 26,663 | 27,721 | 28,850 | 30,205 | 32,070 | 33,837 | 36,063 | 38,759 | 40,063 | 40,334 | 40,972 | |
| Median OJR | 0.283 | 0.279 | 0.38 | 0.4313 | 0.4315 | 0.42 | 0.4931 | 0.47 | 0.571 | 0.53 | 0.51 | 0.553 | 0.546 | 0.59 | 0.572 | 0.574 | 0.4933 | 0.563 | 0.566 | 0.60 | 0.63 | 0.569 | 0.62 | 0.61 | 0.565 | 0.558 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.