Journal rankings · indicator year 2012
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Subfield ranking · 2012
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine journal rankings 2012
85 ranked journals · Subfield in Medicine
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine has 85 ranked journals in 2012. The median journal has an OJR of 0.55, below the world average of 1.00, down 0.01 on 2011; Q1 starts at OJR 1.16. The top three are Sports Medicine, Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, and Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2012. 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 2009–2011, the window the 2012 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)
- Surgery610
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine245
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health213
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine209
- Oncology153
- Epidemiology147
- Infectious Diseases144
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism124
- Neurology120
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging112
- Physiology110
- Psychiatry and Mental health109
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine85
Show all 42 subfields
- Ophthalmology67
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health67
- Dermatology64
- Hematology60
- Obstetrics and Gynecology55
- Rheumatology53
- Nephrology40
- Pharmacology38
- Complementary and alternative medicine37
- Reproductive Medicine37
- Geriatrics and Gerontology34
- Emergency Medicine32
- Otorhinolaryngology28
- Rehabilitation21
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine20
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine20
- Hepatology16
- Genetics14
- Immunology and Allergy13
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine10
- Urology10
- Gastroenterology6
- Internal Medicine4
- Family Practice2
- Transplantation2
- Anatomy0
- Biochemistry0
- Health Informatics0
- Microbiology0
85 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 2011. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2009–2011, the window the 2012 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2009–2011 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 2003 to 2012. | Compare |
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1Sports MedicineSpringer Science+Business Media · Switzerland | 4.38Q1 | 7.22 0.36 up from 2011 | 194 | 19% | $5,790 | ||
2Journal of Bone and Mineral ResearchOxford University Press · United States | 2.97Q1 | 7.34 0.27 up from 2011 | 839 | 73% | $3,780 | ||
3Medicine & Science in Sports & ExerciseLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 2.76Q1 | 4.81 0.19 up from 2011 | 1,087 | 23% | — | ||
4Osteoporosis InternationalSpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 2.14Q1 | 4.48 0.07 up from 2011 | 927 | 30% | $5,090 | ||
5Journal of science and medicine in sportElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.91Q1 | 2.70 0.44 down from 2011 | 288 | 9% | $3,720 | ||
6Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in SportsWiley · United Kingdom | 1.90Q1 | 3.21 0.33 up from 2011 | 614 | 12% | $4,550 | ||
7British Journal of Sports MedicineBMJ · United Kingdom | 1.83Q1 | 3.25 0.74 down from 2011 | 658 | 37% | — | ||
8Journal of Sports SciencesTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.83Q1 | 3.08 0.42 up from 2011 | 568 | 10% | — | ||
9International Journal of Sports Physiology and PerformanceHuman Kinetics · United States | 1.69Q1 | 3.25 0.65 up from 2011 | 149 | 18% | — | ||
10Current Osteoporosis ReportsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.68Q1 | 3.83 0.40 down from 2011 | 105 | 28% | $4,790 | ||
11Pediatric Exercise ScienceHuman Kinetics · United States | 1.60Q1 | 2.37 0.24 up from 2011 | 120 | 35% | — | ||
12Research Quarterly for Exercise and SportTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.53Q1 | 1.78 0.33 down from 2011 | 288 | 6% | — | ||
13International Journal of Sports MedicineThieme Medical Publishers (Germany) · Germany | 1.48Q1 | 2.39 0.19 down from 2011 | 472 | 20% | — | ||
14Journal of Sport RehabilitationHuman Kinetics · United States | 1.46Q1 | 1.51 0.65 down from 2011 | 110 | 6% | — | ||
15European Journal of Applied PhysiologySpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.44Q1 | 2.49 0.20 down from 2011 | 1,285 | 16% | $2,890 | ||
16BMC Sports Science Medicine and RehabilitationOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.40Q1 | 3.27 1.23 up from 2011 | 57 | — | $2,890 | ||
17Calcified Tissue InternationalSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.37Q1 | 3.20 0.02 down from 2011 | 338 | 34% | $3,990 | ||
18BoneElsevier BV · United States | 1.32Q1 | 2.52 0.30 down from 2011 | 1,655 | 13% | $3,960 | ||
19Research in Sports MedicineTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.27Q1 | 2.33 0.73 up from 2011 | 63 | 10% | — | ||
20Journal of Bone and Mineral MetabolismSpringer Science+Business Media · Japan | 1.23Q1 | 2.48 0.22 down from 2011 | 307 | 13% | $3,790 | ||
21The Journal of Strength and Conditioning ResearchLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.19Q1 | 2.38 0.27 down from 2011 | 1,561 | 13% | — | ||
22Physical Therapy in SportElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.16Q1 | 2.13 0.67 up from 2011 | 106 | 6% | $2,990 | ||
23Seminars in Musculoskeletal RadiologyThieme Medical Publishers (Germany) · United States | 1.11Q2 | 1.94 0.04 up from 2011 | 134 | 6% | — | ||
24Journal of Clinical DensitometryElsevier BV · United States | 1.11Q2 | 2.28 0.65 up from 2011 | 190 | 4% | $3,000 | ||
25Foot & Ankle InternationalSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.10Q2 | 2.01 0.03 up from 2011 | 577 | 2% | $4,150 | ||
26Sports BiomechanicsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.04Q2 | 1.31 0.85 down from 2011 | 101 | 14% | — | ||
27The Physician and SportsmedicineTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.02Q2 | 2.10 0.38 up from 2011 | 213 | 5% | — | ||
28Journal of OsteoporosisOAHindawi Publishing Corporation · United Kingdom | 1.02Q2 | 2.00 0.29 down from 2011 | 64 | 100% | $1,000 | ||
29Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise ScienceTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.99Q2 | 1.20 0.05 up from 2011 | 59 | 4% | — | ||
30Archives of OsteoporosisSpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 0.97Q2 | 1.75 0.39 up from 2011 | 42 | 24% | $3,990 | ||
31Sports EngineeringSpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 0.93Q2 | 1.51 0.15 up from 2011 | 68 | 22% | $3,990 | ||
32Foot and Ankle ClinicsElsevier BV · United States | 0.92Q2 | 1.66 0.08 down from 2011 | 142 | 2% | $3,000 | ||
33Journal of Bodywork and Movement TherapiesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.83Q2 | 1.82 0.80 up from 2011 | 170 | 12% | $3,070 | ||
34European Journal of Sport ScienceOATaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.82Q2 | 1.06 0.84 down from 2011 | 245 | 14% | $2,680 | ||
35International Journal of Sports Science & CoachingSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.79Q2 | 0.61 0.37 down from 2011 | 209 | 15% | $3,650 | ||
36International Journal of Performance Analysis in SportTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.76Q2 | 0.68 0.55 down from 2011 | 92 | 12% | — | ||
37Asian Journal of Sports MedicineOAIran | 0.75Q2 | 1.44 0.81 up from 2011 | 66 | 100% | — | ||
38The Journal of Foot & Ankle SurgeryElsevier BV · United States | 0.68Q2 | 1.41 0.26 up from 2011 | 482 | 17% | $3,900 | ||
39Journal of the American Podiatric Medical AssociationAmerican Podiatric Medical Association · United States | 0.68Q2 | 1.35 0.39 up from 2011 | 225 | 1% | — | ||
40The Open Sports Sciences JournalOABentham Science Publishers · Netherlands | 0.64Q2 | 0.71 0.08 up from 2011 | 50 | 96% | — | ||
41Foot & Ankle SpecialistSAGE Publishing · United States | 0.60Q2 | 0.95 0.06 down from 2011 | 135 | 5% | $3,900 | ||
42The FootElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.56Q2 | 1.08 0.11 up from 2011 | 120 | 5% | $3,250 | ||
43Foot and Ankle SurgeryElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.55Q2 | 0.72 0.20 down from 2011 | 211 | 1% | $4,300 | ||
44Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part P Journal of Sports Engineering and TechnologySAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.51Q3 | 1.02 0.16 up from 2011 | 70 | 20% | $4,150 | ||
45Isokinetics and Exercise ScienceIOS Press · United Kingdom | 0.51Q3 | 1.07 0.36 up from 2011 | 83 | 2% | $4,150 | ||
46Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and SurgeryElsevier BV · United States | 0.49Q3 | 0.82 0.39 down from 2011 | 149 | 1% | $3,000 | ||
47Der UnfallchirurgSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 0.49Q3 | 0.77 0.11 down from 2011 | 475 | 11% | $3,090 | ||
48Journal of Human KineticsOADe Gruyter Open · Poland | 0.47Q3 | 0.73 0.14 up from 2011 | 170 | 100% | — | ||
49Journal of Human Sport and ExerciseOAUniversity of Alicante · Spain | 0.45Q3 | 0.70 0.11 down from 2011 | 136 | 100% | $215 | ||
50International journal of exercise scienceOABerkeley Electronic Press · United States | 0.43Q3 | 0.45no change | 79 | 100% | — |
Subfields of Medicine, with Orthopedics and Sports Medicine highlighted.
- Surgery610
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine245
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health213
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine209
- Oncology153
- Epidemiology147
- Infectious Diseases144
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism124
- Neurology120
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging112
- Physiology110
- Psychiatry and Mental health109
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine85
- Ophthalmology67
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health67
- Dermatology64
- Hematology60
- Obstetrics and Gynecology55
- Rheumatology53
- Nephrology40
- Pharmacology38
- Complementary and alternative medicine37
- Reproductive Medicine37
- Geriatrics and Gerontology34
- Emergency Medicine32
- Otorhinolaryngology28
- Rehabilitation21
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine20
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine20
- Hepatology16
- Genetics14
- Immunology and Allergy13
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine10
- Urology10
- Gastroenterology6
- Internal Medicine4
- Family Practice2
- Transplantation2
- Anatomy0
- Biochemistry0
- Health Informatics0
- Microbiology0
Journals
Citations made in 2012. Corpus-wide, 75.7% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
20 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 2009–2011, 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: 2012. Publication window: 2009–2011. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 85
- Window papers (baseline)
- 22,242 +25.8% from indicator year 2009
- Median OJR
- 0.546 +2.9% from indicator year 2009
- Rising journals (2025)
- 7
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2009–2011 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.