Journal rankings · indicator year 2011
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Subfield ranking · 2011
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine journal rankings 2011
78 ranked journals · Subfield in Medicine
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine has 78 ranked journals in 2011. The median journal has an OJR of 0.55, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.04 on 2010; Q1 starts at OJR 1.26. The top three are Sports Medicine, Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, and Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2011. 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 2008–2010, the window the 2011 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)
- Surgery570
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine236
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine200
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health192
- Oncology150
- Epidemiology139
- Infectious Diseases131
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism111
- Neurology109
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging108
- Psychiatry and Mental health107
- Physiology104
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine78
Show all 42 subfields
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health68
- Ophthalmology62
- Dermatology60
- Hematology59
- Rheumatology49
- Obstetrics and Gynecology48
- Nephrology41
- Complementary and alternative medicine36
- Pharmacology36
- Reproductive Medicine36
- Emergency Medicine30
- Geriatrics and Gerontology30
- Otorhinolaryngology28
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine21
- Rehabilitation20
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine18
- Immunology and Allergy14
- Genetics12
- Hepatology12
- Urology11
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine8
- Gastroenterology6
- Internal Medicine4
- Family Practice2
- Transplantation2
- Biochemistry1
- Anatomy0
- Health Informatics0
- Microbiology0
78 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 2010. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2008–2010, the window the 2011 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2008–2010 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 2002 to 2011. | Compare |
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1Sports MedicineSpringer Science+Business Media · Switzerland | 4.13Q1 | 6.85 0.42 down from 2010 | 204 | 18% | $5,790 | ||
2Journal of Bone and Mineral ResearchOxford University Press · United States | 3.16Q1 | 7.07 0.01 up from 2010 | 833 | 70% | $3,780 | ||
3Medicine & Science in Sports & ExerciseLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 2.65Q1 | 4.62 0.47 down from 2010 | 1,123 | 4% | — | ||
4Osteoporosis InternationalSpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 2.35Q1 | 4.42 0.95 down from 2010 | 875 | 28% | $5,090 | ||
5British Journal of Sports MedicineBMJ · United Kingdom | 1.94Q1 | 3.99 0.29 up from 2010 | 703 | 14% | — | ||
6Current Osteoporosis ReportsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.82Q1 | 4.22 0.45 up from 2010 | 90 | 23% | $4,790 | ||
7Journal of science and medicine in sportElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.76Q1 | 3.13 0.62 up from 2010 | 292 | 13% | $3,720 | ||
8Journal of Sports SciencesTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.69Q1 | 2.66 0.31 up from 2010 | 523 | 8% | — | ||
9Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in SportsWiley · United Kingdom | 1.61Q1 | 2.88 0.24 up from 2010 | 521 | 16% | $4,550 | ||
10BoneElsevier BV · United States | 1.56Q1 | 2.82 2.11 down from 2010 | 1,514 | 12% | $3,960 | ||
11Calcified Tissue InternationalSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.56Q1 | 3.22 0.33 down from 2010 | 345 | 40% | $3,990 | ||
12International Journal of Sports MedicineThieme Medical Publishers (Germany) · Germany | 1.46Q1 | 2.58 0.32 up from 2010 | 490 | 11% | — | ||
13Journal of Clinical DensitometryElsevier BV · United States | 1.41Q1 | 1.63 1.88 down from 2010 | 184 | 9% | $3,000 | ||
14Pediatric Exercise ScienceHuman Kinetics · United States | 1.39Q1 | 2.13 0.39 up from 2010 | 103 | 19% | — | ||
15Seminars in Musculoskeletal RadiologyThieme Medical Publishers (Germany) · United States | 1.39Q1 | 1.90 0.08 down from 2010 | 114 | 5% | — | ||
16International Journal of Sports Physiology and PerformanceHuman Kinetics · United States | 1.35Q1 | 2.60 0.92 up from 2010 | 145 | 22% | — | ||
17Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise ScienceTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.34Q1 | 1.16 0.26 down from 2010 | 52 | 8% | — | ||
18European Journal of Applied PhysiologySpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.32Q1 | 2.70 0.34 up from 2010 | 1,094 | 20% | $2,890 | ||
19Research Quarterly for Exercise and SportTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.31Q1 | 2.12 0.61 up from 2010 | 273 | 2% | — | ||
20The Journal of Strength and Conditioning ResearchLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.26Q1 | 2.65 0.06 down from 2010 | 1,276 | 10% | — | ||
21Journal of Sport RehabilitationHuman Kinetics · United States | 1.24Q2 | 2.16 0.55 up from 2010 | 97 | 9% | — | ||
22Journal of Bone and Mineral MetabolismSpringer Science+Business Media · Japan | 1.21Q2 | 2.70 0.15 up from 2010 | 309 | 18% | $3,790 | ||
23BMC Sports Science Medicine and RehabilitationOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.20Q2 | 2.04 0.18 up from 2010 | 57 | — | $2,890 | ||
24Sports BiomechanicsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.13Q2 | 2.16 0.82 up from 2010 | 86 | 8% | — | ||
25Foot & Ankle InternationalSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.02Q2 | 1.98 0.08 up from 2010 | 597 | 4% | $4,150 | ||
26Foot and Ankle ClinicsElsevier BV · United States | 0.94Q2 | 1.74 0.07 down from 2010 | 131 | 0% | $3,000 | ||
27European Journal of Sport ScienceOATaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.92Q2 | 1.89 0.61 up from 2010 | 130 | 13% | $2,680 | ||
28Physical Therapy in SportElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.91Q2 | 1.46 0.01 down from 2010 | 85 | 7% | $2,990 | ||
29The Physician and SportsmedicineTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.89Q2 | 1.72 0.84 up from 2010 | 165 | 6% | — | ||
30Research in Sports MedicineTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.83Q2 | 1.60 0.17 up from 2010 | 71 | 6% | — | ||
31Archives of OsteoporosisSpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 0.80Q2 | 1.36 0.73 up from 2010 | 33 | 36% | $3,990 | ||
32Journal of Bodywork and Movement TherapiesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.77Q2 | 1.02 0.36 down from 2010 | 193 | 16% | $3,070 | ||
33Sports EngineeringSpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 0.77Q2 | 1.36 0.30 up from 2010 | 55 | 17% | $3,990 | ||
34The Journal of Foot & Ankle SurgeryElsevier BV · United States | 0.63Q2 | 1.14 0.12 up from 2010 | 372 | 6% | $3,900 | ||
35International Journal of Performance Analysis in SportTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.59Q2 | 1.23 0.32 up from 2010 | 82 | 7% | — | ||
36Journal of the American Podiatric Medical AssociationAmerican Podiatric Medical Association · United States | 0.59Q2 | 0.96 0.22 down from 2010 | 225 | 5% | — | ||
37The Open Sports Sciences JournalOABentham Science Publishers · Netherlands | 0.57Q2 | 0.63 0.05 down from 2010 | 56 | 100% | — | ||
38International Journal of Sports Science & CoachingSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.57Q2 | 0.98 0.19 down from 2010 | 235 | 21% | $3,650 | ||
39Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and SurgeryElsevier BV · United States | 0.55Q2 | 1.21 0.23 up from 2010 | 138 | 0% | $3,000 | ||
40Foot and Ankle SurgeryElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.55Q3 | 0.92 0.22 up from 2010 | 211 | 3% | $4,300 | ||
41The FootElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.54Q3 | 0.97 0.35 up from 2010 | 126 | 0% | $3,250 | ||
42Journal of Human Sport and ExerciseOAUniversity of Alicante · Spain | 0.53Q3 | 0.81 0.34 up from 2010 | 80 | 100% | $215 | ||
43Foot & Ankle SpecialistSAGE Publishing · United States | 0.53Q3 | 1.01 0.32 up from 2010 | 136 | 3% | $3,900 | ||
44Human MovementOADe Gruyter Open · Poland | 0.53Q3 | 0.80 0.27 up from 2010 | 71 | 100% | — | ||
45Der UnfallchirurgSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 0.53Q3 | 0.88 0.18 down from 2010 | 437 | 10% | $3,090 | ||
46Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part P Journal of Sports Engineering and TechnologySAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.47Q3 | 0.86 0.13 up from 2010 | 49 | 30% | $4,150 | ||
47Clinical Reviews in Bone and Mineral MetabolismSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 0.41Q3 | 0.98 0.36 down from 2010 | 63 | 20% | $4,490 | ||
48Revista Brasileira de Medicina do EsporteSociedade Brasileira de Medicina do Esporte · Brazil | 0.40Q3 | 0.61 0.11 down from 2010 | 259 | 100% | — | ||
49Isokinetics and Exercise ScienceIOS Press · United Kingdom | 0.38Q3 | 0.71 0.43 up from 2010 | 65 | 5% | $4,150 | ||
50South African Journal for Research in Sport Physical Education and RecreationOAStellenbosch University · South Africa | 0.37Q3 | 0.38 0.14 up from 2010 | 72 | 100% | — |
Subfields of Medicine, with Orthopedics and Sports Medicine highlighted.
- Surgery570
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine236
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine200
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health192
- Oncology150
- Epidemiology139
- Infectious Diseases131
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism111
- Neurology109
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging108
- Psychiatry and Mental health107
- Physiology104
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine78
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health68
- Ophthalmology62
- Dermatology60
- Hematology59
- Rheumatology49
- Obstetrics and Gynecology48
- Nephrology41
- Complementary and alternative medicine36
- Pharmacology36
- Reproductive Medicine36
- Emergency Medicine30
- Geriatrics and Gerontology30
- Otorhinolaryngology28
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine21
- Rehabilitation20
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine18
- Immunology and Allergy14
- Genetics12
- Hepatology12
- Urology11
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine8
- Gastroenterology6
- Internal Medicine4
- Family Practice2
- Transplantation2
- Biochemistry1
- Anatomy0
- Health Informatics0
- Microbiology0
Journals
Citations made in 2011. Corpus-wide, 75.1% 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 2008–2010, 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: 2011. Publication window: 2008–2010. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 78
- Window papers (baseline)
- 20,968 +32.1% from indicator year 2008
- Median OJR
- 0.553 -3.1% from indicator year 2008
- Rising journals (2025)
- 7
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2008–2010 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.