Journal rankings · indicator year 2006
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Subfield ranking · 2006
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine journal rankings 2006
54 ranked journals · Subfield in Medicine
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine has 54 ranked journals in 2006. The median OJR rose 0.07 on 2005 to 0.49, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 0.99. The top three are Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, Sports Medicine, and Bone.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2006. 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 2003–2005, the window the 2006 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)
- Surgery428
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine181
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health154
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine150
- Oncology120
- Epidemiology97
- Infectious Diseases95
- Psychiatry and Mental health89
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging86
- Neurology82
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism78
- Physiology75
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine54
Show all 42 subfields
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health54
- Dermatology51
- Hematology48
- Ophthalmology48
- Obstetrics and Gynecology41
- Rheumatology37
- Nephrology34
- Pharmacology29
- Complementary and alternative medicine27
- Reproductive Medicine27
- Emergency Medicine24
- Geriatrics and Gerontology23
- Otorhinolaryngology18
- Rehabilitation18
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine17
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine14
- Immunology and Allergy12
- Genetics9
- Hepatology9
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine8
- Urology7
- Gastroenterology6
- Internal Medicine4
- Transplantation2
- Biochemistry1
- Family Practice1
- Anatomy0
- Health Informatics0
- Microbiology0
54 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 2005. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2003–2005, the window the 2006 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2003–2005 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 2006. | Compare |
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1Journal of Bone and Mineral ResearchOxford University Press · United States | 2.91Q1 | 7.75 1.21 up from 2005 | 809 | 38% | $3,780 | ||
2Sports MedicineSpringer Science+Business Media · Switzerland | 2.80Q1 | 5.55 0.99 up from 2005 | 203 | 3% | $5,790 | ||
3BoneElsevier BV · United States | 2.13Q1 | 4.72 0.20 up from 2005 | 802 | 7% | $3,960 | ||
4Osteoporosis InternationalSpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 2.11Q1 | 4.42 0.57 up from 2005 | 712 | 11% | $5,090 | ||
5Medicine & Science in Sports & ExerciseLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.70Q1 | 3.24 0.03 down from 2005 | 959 | 1% | — | ||
6Calcified Tissue InternationalSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.48Q1 | 3.42 0.68 up from 2005 | 380 | 10% | $3,990 | ||
7Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in SportsWiley · United Kingdom | 1.35Q1 | 2.13 0.57 down from 2005 | 199 | 16% | $4,550 | ||
8British Journal of Sports MedicineBMJ · United Kingdom | 1.23Q1 | 2.44 0.68 up from 2005 | 636 | 99% | — | ||
9Journal of Sports SciencesTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.22Q1 | 1.74 0.29 down from 2005 | 271 | 8% | — | ||
10Pediatric Exercise ScienceHuman Kinetics · United States | 1.22Q1 | 1.02 0.52 down from 2005 | 75 | 7% | — | ||
11The Journal of Strength and Conditioning ResearchLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.12Q1 | 2.23 0.66 up from 2005 | 178 | 4% | — | ||
11Canadian Journal of Applied PhysiologyNRC Research Press · United States | 1.12Q1 | 2.09 0.42 up from 2005 | 170 | — | — | ||
13Journal of Clinical DensitometryElsevier BV · United States | 1.02Q1 | 2.66 0.07 up from 2005 | 166 | 3% | $3,000 | ||
14European Journal of Applied PhysiologySpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 0.99Q1 | 1.89 0.02 down from 2005 | 763 | 9% | $2,890 | ||
15Seminars in Musculoskeletal RadiologyThieme Medical Publishers (Germany) · United States | 0.96Q2 | 1.79 0.51 up from 2005 | 106 | 0% | — | ||
16International Journal of Sports MedicineThieme Medical Publishers (Germany) · Germany | 0.94Q2 | 1.59 0.03 down from 2005 | 368 | 6% | — | ||
17Journal of Bone and Mineral MetabolismSpringer Science+Business Media · Japan | 0.93Q2 | 2.11 0.37 up from 2005 | 253 | 6% | $3,790 | ||
18Current Osteoporosis ReportsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 0.89Q2 | 1.86 1.42 up from 2005 | 72 | 0% | $4,790 | ||
19Research Quarterly for Exercise and SportTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.81Q2 | 1.12 0.09 down from 2005 | 254 | 3% | — | ||
20Foot & Ankle InternationalSAGE Publishing · United States | 0.80Q2 | 1.69 0.07 up from 2005 | 479 | 3% | $4,150 | ||
21Foot and Ankle ClinicsElsevier BV · United States | 0.74Q2 | 1.41 0.28 up from 2005 | 137 | 1% | $3,000 | ||
22Journal of science and medicine in sportElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.71Q2 | 1.70 0.47 up from 2005 | 186 | 7% | $3,720 | ||
23Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise ScienceTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.61Q2 | 0.80 0.10 up from 2005 | 48 | 4% | — | ||
24German Journal of Exercise and Sport ResearchSpringer Nature · Germany | 0.55Q2 | 0.10 0.10 down from 2005 | 114 | 6% | $2,590 | ||
25Physical Therapy in SportElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.54Q2 | 0.83 0.13 up from 2005 | 73 | 0% | $2,990 | ||
26Der UnfallchirurgSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 0.53Q2 | 1.01 0.31 up from 2005 | 366 | 3% | $3,090 | ||
27The Journal of Foot & Ankle SurgeryElsevier BV · United States | 0.52Q2 | 1.12 0.21 up from 2005 | 216 | 15% | $3,900 | ||
28Journal of the American Podiatric Medical AssociationAmerican Podiatric Medical Association · United States | 0.47Q3 | 0.85no change | 235 | 5% | — | ||
29Sports BiomechanicsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.47Q3 | 0.69 0.15 up from 2005 | 54 | 4% | — | ||
30Women in Sport and Physical Activity JournalHuman Kinetics · United States | 0.44Q3 | 0.35 0.03 up from 2005 | 56 | 0% | — | ||
31Journal of Sport RehabilitationHuman Kinetics · United States | 0.43Q3 | 0.79 0.60 up from 2005 | 80 | 0% | — | ||
32Sports EngineeringSpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 0.38Q3 | 0.51 0.19 up from 2005 | 63 | 4% | $3,990 | ||
33European Journal of Sport ScienceOATaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.37Q3 | 0.64 0.19 up from 2005 | 66 | 6% | $2,680 | ||
34Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and SurgeryElsevier BV · United States | 0.34Q3 | 0.61 0.07 up from 2005 | 128 | 0% | $3,000 | ||
35The Physician and SportsmedicineTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.28Q3 | 0.47 0.02 down from 2005 | 166 | — | — | ||
| 0.27Q3 | 0.40 0.02 up from 2005 | 91 | 99% | — | |||
37Sportverletzung · SportschadenThieme Medical Publishers (Germany) · Germany | 0.27Q3 | 0.43 0.03 up from 2005 | 74 | 0% | — | ||
38Journal of Bodywork and Movement TherapiesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.25Q3 | 0.65 0.31 up from 2005 | 137 | 5% | $3,070 | ||
39International Journal of Performance Analysis in SportTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.24Q3 | 0.43 0.31 up from 2005 | 53 | 6% | — | ||
40Revista Brasileira de Medicina do EsporteSociedade Brasileira de Medicina do Esporte · Brazil | 0.22Q3 | 0.39 0.02 down from 2005 | 158 | 100% | — | ||
41Techniques in Foot & Ankle SurgeryLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 0.18Q3 | 0.32 0.11 up from 2005 | 109 | 0% | — | ||
42Research in Sports MedicineTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.17Q4 | 0.38 0.21 up from 2005 | 60 | 8% | — | ||
43Revista Española de PodologíaOACIG Media Group · Spain | 0.13Q4 | 0.30 0.23 up from 2005 | 108 | 0% | — | ||
44Isokinetics and Exercise ScienceIOS Press · United Kingdom | 0.13Q4 | 0.28 0.07 up from 2005 | 85 | 8% | $4,150 | ||
45Strength and conditioning journalLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 0.12Q4 | 0.38 0.16 up from 2005 | 72 | 1% | — | ||
46The FootElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.11Q4 | 0.26 0.27 down from 2005 | 137 | 0% | $3,250 | ||
47Foot and Ankle SurgeryElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.09Q4 | 0.19 0.08 up from 2005 | 147 | 2% | $4,300 | ||
48Clinical Reviews in Bone and Mineral MetabolismSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 0.07Q4 | 0.17 0.27 down from 2005 | 64 | 3% | $4,490 | ||
49South African Journal for Research in Sport Physical Education and RecreationOAStellenbosch University · South Africa | 0.07Q4 | 0.18 0.11 up from 2005 | 44 | 100% | — | ||
50Science & SportsElsevier BV · France | 0.06Q4 | 0.22 0.08 down from 2005 | 164 | 3% | $2,400 |
Subfields of Medicine, with Orthopedics and Sports Medicine highlighted.
- Surgery428
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine181
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health154
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine150
- Oncology120
- Epidemiology97
- Infectious Diseases95
- Psychiatry and Mental health89
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging86
- Neurology82
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism78
- Physiology75
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine54
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health54
- Dermatology51
- Hematology48
- Ophthalmology48
- Obstetrics and Gynecology41
- Rheumatology37
- Nephrology34
- Pharmacology29
- Complementary and alternative medicine27
- Reproductive Medicine27
- Emergency Medicine24
- Geriatrics and Gerontology23
- Otorhinolaryngology18
- Rehabilitation18
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine17
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine14
- Immunology and Allergy12
- Genetics9
- Hepatology9
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine8
- Urology7
- Gastroenterology6
- Internal Medicine4
- Transplantation2
- Biochemistry1
- Family Practice1
- Anatomy0
- Health Informatics0
- Microbiology0
Journals
Citations made in 2006. Corpus-wide, 71.3% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
19 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 2003–2005, 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: 2006. Publication window: 2003–2005. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 54
- Window papers (baseline)
- 13,366 +35.1% from indicator year 2003
- Median OJR
- 0.4931 +14.3% from indicator year 2003
- Rising journals (2025)
- 7
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2003–2005 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.