Citation analysis of orthopaedic literature; 18 major orthopaedic journals compared for Impact Factor and SCImago

Table 3 Comparative rankings of orthopaedic journals by journal impact factor and SCImago journal rank indicator

Journal Impact Factor					SCImago journal rank indicator
Study rank (n = 18)	Total rank (n = 6426)	Orthopaedic rank (n = 48)	Value	Journal	Value	Orthopaedic rank (n = 120)	Total rank (n = 15922)	Study rank (n = 18)
1	785	2	3.397	*AJSM	0.220	8	788	2
2	1323	3	2.499	*Spine	0.203	-	-	3
3	1330	4	2.487	JBJS [Am]	0.237	7	724	1
4	1514	6	2.296	*Arthroscopy	0.164	13	1080	7
5	1818	10	2.021	*ESJ	0.138	22	1281	10
6	1999	11	1.891	CORR	0.177	11	994	4
7	2023	12	1.868	JBJS [Br]	0.174	12	1017	5
8	2280	13	1.692	OCNA	0.162	15	1101	8
9	2376	16	1.626	*KSSTA	0.111	34	1589	14
10	2406	17	1.609	*JoA	0.141	21	1246	9
11	2719	20	1.429	*JOT	0.129	24	1364	11
12	2868	21	1.348	*JSES	0.116	29	1515	12
13	2907	22	1.323	BMC MD	0.169	-	2907	6
14	2996	25	1.285	Acta	0.113	31	1540	13
15	3541	28	1.036	*JPO	0.103	40	1679	15
16	3757	29	0.956	*FAI	0.093	44	1792	16
17	3856	30	0.913	AOTS	0.089	45	1838	17
18	3882	31	0.903	Int Orthop	0.081	50	1965	18
3	1330	4	2.487	JBJS [Am]	0.237	7	1684	1
1	785	2	3.397	*AJSM	0.220	8	1815	2
2	1323	3	2.499	*Spine	0.203	-	1954	3
6	1999	11	1.891	CORR	0.177	11	2217	4
7	2023	12	1.868	JBJS [Br]	0.174	12	2258	5
13	2907	22	1.323	BMC MD	0.169	-	2907	6
4	1514	6	2.296	*Arthroscopy	0.164	13	2394	7
8	2280	13	1.692	OCNA	0.162	15	2431	8
10	2406	17	1.609	*JoA	0.141	21	2743	9
5	1818	10	2.021	*ESJ	0.138	22	2802	10
11	2719	20	1.429	*JOT	0.129	24	2985	11
12	2868	21	1.348	*JSES	0.116	29	3284	12
14	2996	25	1.285	Acta	0.113	31	3338	13
9	2376	16	1.626	*KSSTA	0.111	34	3432	14
15	3541	28	1.036	*JPO	0.103	40	3655	15
16	3757	29	0.956	*FAI	0.093	44	3979	16
17	3856	30	0.913	AOTS	0.089	45	4121	17
18	3882	31	0.903	Int Orthop	0.081	50	4459	18

Acta Orthopaedica (Acta), American Journal of Sports Medicine (AJSM), Arthroscopy, Archives of Orthopaedics and Trauma (AOTS), BMC Musculoskeleletal Disorders (BMC MD), Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research (CORR), European Spine Journal (ESJ), Foot and Ankle International (FAI), International Orthopaedics (Int Orthop), Journal of Arthroplasty (JOA), the American Volume of Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS [Am]), the British volume of Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS [Br]), Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma (JOT), Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics (JPO), Journal of shoulder and elbow surgery (JSES), Knee surgery sports traumatology arthroscopy (KSSTA), Orthopaedic Clinics of North America (OCNA), and Spine.
*: Specialized journals are marked with an asterisk.
a: Orthopaedic rankings for BMC MD and Spine are not available, as they are not in the same sub-category as the other 16 journals.

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