Journal rankings · indicator year 2014
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Subfield ranking · 2014
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine journal rankings 2014
89 ranked journals · Subfield in Medicine
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine has 89 ranked journals in 2014. The median journal has an OJR of 0.57, below the world average of 1.00, down 0.02 on 2013; 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: 2014. 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 2011–2013, the window the 2014 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)
- Surgery734
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine283
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health244
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine227
- Oncology179
- Infectious Diseases173
- Epidemiology166
- Neurology138
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism136
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging136
- Physiology127
- Psychiatry and Mental health119
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine89
Show all 42 subfields
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health80
- Ophthalmology75
- Dermatology74
- Hematology69
- Rheumatology59
- Obstetrics and Gynecology58
- Nephrology51
- Pharmacology43
- Reproductive Medicine43
- Complementary and alternative medicine41
- Emergency Medicine36
- Geriatrics and Gerontology35
- Otorhinolaryngology34
- Rehabilitation25
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine22
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine21
- Genetics19
- Hepatology18
- Immunology and Allergy16
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine12
- Urology12
- Gastroenterology6
- Internal Medicine5
- Transplantation3
- Family Practice2
- Health Informatics1
- Anatomy0
- Biochemistry0
- Microbiology0
89 ranked journals
Filters
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 2013. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2011–2013, the window the 2014 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2011–2013 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 2005 to 2014. | Compare |
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1Sports MedicineSpringer Science+Business Media · Switzerland | 3.23Q1 | 6.16 0.05 down from 2013 | 289 | 38% | $5,790 | ||
2Journal of Bone and Mineral ResearchOxford University Press · United States | 2.96Q1 | 7.03 0.40 down from 2013 | 862 | 71% | $3,780 | ||
3Medicine & Science in Sports & ExerciseLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 2.89Q1 | 4.38 1.27 down from 2013 | 951 | 5% | — | ||
4International Journal of Sports Physiology and PerformanceHuman Kinetics · United States | 2.09Q1 | 3.60 0.41 up from 2013 | 203 | 20% | — | ||
5British Journal of Sports MedicineBMJ · United Kingdom | 2.06Q1 | 4.75 0.42 up from 2013 | 922 | 26% | — | ||
6Osteoporosis InternationalSpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 2.00Q1 | 4.43 0.78 down from 2013 | 883 | 27% | $5,090 | ||
7Archives of OsteoporosisSpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 2.00Q1 | 3.02no change | 101 | 19% | $3,990 | ||
8Physical Therapy in SportElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.94Q1 | 4.41 2.42 up from 2013 | 134 | 12% | $2,990 | ||
9Journal of Sports SciencesTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.90Q1 | 3.01 0.06 up from 2013 | 645 | 19% | — | ||
10BoneElsevier BV · United States | 1.90Q1 | 4.46 0.13 up from 2013 | 1,143 | 38% | $3,960 | ||
11Journal of science and medicine in sportElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.87Q1 | 3.13 0.03 down from 2013 | 411 | 18% | $3,720 | ||
12Current Osteoporosis ReportsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.77Q1 | 4.03 0.38 down from 2013 | 129 | 42% | $4,790 | ||
13Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in SportsWiley · United Kingdom | 1.72Q1 | 2.84 0.01 down from 2013 | 429 | 28% | $4,550 | ||
14Calcified Tissue InternationalSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.60Q1 | 4.01 0.50 up from 2013 | 364 | 34% | $3,990 | ||
15Pediatric Exercise ScienceHuman Kinetics · United States | 1.50Q1 | 2.09 0.15 down from 2013 | 138 | 23% | — | ||
16European Journal of Applied PhysiologySpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.43Q1 | 2.65no change | 969 | 27% | $2,890 | ||
17Foot & Ankle InternationalSAGE Publishing · United States | 1.41Q1 | 2.66 0.08 down from 2013 | 671 | 6% | $4,150 | ||
18The Journal of Strength and Conditioning ResearchLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 1.38Q1 | 2.52 0.33 up from 2013 | 1,469 | 20% | — | ||
19Journal of Sport RehabilitationHuman Kinetics · United States | 1.35Q1 | 2.20 0.58 up from 2013 | 136 | 13% | — | ||
20Research in Sports MedicineTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.33Q1 | 2.89 0.65 up from 2013 | 69 | 22% | — | ||
21International Journal of Sports MedicineThieme Medical Publishers (Germany) · Germany | 1.29Q1 | 2.24 0.19 up from 2013 | 562 | 21% | — | ||
22Journal of OsteoporosisOAHindawi Publishing Corporation · United Kingdom | 1.28Q1 | 2.89 0.20 up from 2013 | 86 | 100% | $1,000 | ||
23The Physician and SportsmedicineTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.26Q1 | 1.98 0.47 down from 2013 | 148 | 16% | — | ||
24Research Quarterly for Exercise and SportTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.24Q2 | 2.07 0.32 up from 2013 | 311 | 19% | — | ||
25Journal of Bone and Mineral MetabolismSpringer Science+Business Media · Japan | 1.20Q2 | 2.45 0.43 down from 2013 | 292 | 13% | $3,790 | ||
26Journal of Clinical DensitometryElsevier BV · United States | 1.12Q2 | 2.30 0.21 up from 2013 | 276 | 12% | $3,000 | ||
27Seminars in Musculoskeletal RadiologyThieme Medical Publishers (Germany) · United States | 1.11Q2 | 1.93 0.22 up from 2013 | 145 | 9% | — | ||
28Journal of Human KineticsOADe Gruyter Open · Poland | 1.09Q2 | 2.09 0.88 up from 2013 | 259 | 100% | — | ||
29European Journal of Sport ScienceOATaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.05Q2 | 1.99 0.79 up from 2013 | 340 | 25% | $2,680 | ||
30Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise ScienceTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.05Q2 | 1.47 0.45 up from 2013 | 68 | 11% | — | ||
31Foot and Ankle ClinicsElsevier BV · United States | 1.04Q2 | 1.92 0.18 down from 2013 | 146 | 1% | $3,000 | ||
32Sports BiomechanicsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.04Q2 | 2.23 0.99 up from 2013 | 112 | 9% | — | ||
33Asian Journal of Sports MedicineOAIran | 0.91Q2 | 1.53 0.38 down from 2013 | 133 | 100% | — | ||
34Open Access Journal of Sports MedicineOADove Medical Press · New Zealand | 0.88Q2 | 1.84 0.14 down from 2013 | 71 | 100% | $2,320 | ||
35International Journal of Sports Science & CoachingSAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.84Q2 | 1.22 0.30 up from 2013 | 194 | 19% | $3,650 | ||
36Sports EngineeringSpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 0.73Q2 | 1.24 0.13 down from 2013 | 86 | 21% | $3,990 | ||
37Foot & Ankle SpecialistSAGE Publishing · United States | 0.73Q2 | 1.20 0.10 up from 2013 | 177 | 7% | $3,900 | ||
38The Journal of Foot & Ankle SurgeryElsevier BV · United States | 0.73Q2 | 1.36 0.24 down from 2013 | 547 | 5% | $3,900 | ||
39Foot and Ankle SurgeryElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.69Q2 | 1.11 0.02 up from 2013 | 176 | 6% | $4,300 | ||
40The FootElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.66Q2 | 1.23 0.12 up from 2013 | 138 | 5% | $3,250 | ||
41Journal of Bodywork and Movement TherapiesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.66Q2 | 1.39 0.06 up from 2013 | 261 | 15% | $3,070 | ||
42International Journal of Performance Analysis in SportTaylor & Francis · United States | 0.62Q2 | 0.97 0.21 down from 2013 | 137 | 8% | — | ||
43Journal of Human Sport and ExerciseOAUniversity of Alicante · Spain | 0.62Q2 | 0.73no change | 235 | 100% | $215 | ||
44Journal of the American Podiatric Medical AssociationAmerican Podiatric Medical Association · United States | 0.60Q2 | 0.98 0.23 down from 2013 | 234 | 1% | — | ||
45Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and SurgeryElsevier BV · United States | 0.57Q2 | 1.16 0.09 down from 2013 | 144 | 0% | $3,000 | ||
46Biology of SportOATermedia Publishing House · Poland | 0.55Q3 | 1.24 0.14 up from 2013 | 91 | 94% | $480 | ||
47The Open Sports Sciences JournalOABentham Science Publishers · Netherlands | 0.54Q3 | 0.81 0.11 up from 2013 | 40 | 100% | — | ||
48Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part P Journal of Sports Engineering and TechnologySAGE Publishing · United Kingdom | 0.54Q3 | 1.21 0.29 up from 2013 | 97 | 14% | $4,150 | ||
49Isokinetics and Exercise ScienceIOS Press · United Kingdom | 0.53Q3 | 0.84 0.12 up from 2013 | 102 | 7% | $4,150 | ||
50Der UnfallchirurgSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 0.51Q3 | 0.91 0.03 up from 2013 | 462 | 13% | $3,090 |
Subfields of Medicine, with Orthopedics and Sports Medicine highlighted.
- Surgery734
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine283
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health244
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine227
- Oncology179
- Infectious Diseases173
- Epidemiology166
- Neurology138
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism136
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging136
- Physiology127
- Psychiatry and Mental health119
- Orthopedics and Sports Medicine89
- Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health80
- Ophthalmology75
- Dermatology74
- Hematology69
- Rheumatology59
- Obstetrics and Gynecology58
- Nephrology51
- Pharmacology43
- Reproductive Medicine43
- Complementary and alternative medicine41
- Emergency Medicine36
- Geriatrics and Gerontology35
- Otorhinolaryngology34
- Rehabilitation25
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine22
- Pathology and Forensic Medicine21
- Genetics19
- Hepatology18
- Immunology and Allergy16
- Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine12
- Urology12
- Gastroenterology6
- Internal Medicine5
- Transplantation3
- Family Practice2
- Health Informatics1
- Anatomy0
- Biochemistry0
- Microbiology0
Journals
Citations made in 2014. Corpus-wide, 77.7% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
28 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 2011–2013, 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: 2014. Publication window: 2011–2013. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 89
- Window papers (baseline)
- 25,227 +20.3% from indicator year 2011
- Median OJR
- 0.572 +3.4% from indicator year 2011
- Rising journals (2025)
- 7
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2011–2013 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.