TableĀ 4

Top 10 most published orthopaedics journals in the five countries

USANUKNJapanNGermanyNMCN
1CORR2789BJR981JOC856AOTS555Spine390
2Spine2088Injury547Spine677KSSTA351ESJ318
3JBJS1729JHS-E271ESJ269ESJ335Int Orthop283
4Orthopedics1657HIP INT263KSSTA267Int Orthop294Orthopade238
5AJSM1424Knee260JA228Injury240Orthopedics176
6JFAR1420ESJ237JHS-A213Spine205AOTS175
7SPINE J1166SR234AOTS206BMD186Injury152
8JHT1086BMD226JOR200JOR174JSDT124
9JAAOS914BJJ216CORR182AJSM155BMD113
10Arthroscopy902Int Orthop208JSDT177Arthroscopy136JOR88
  • AJSM, Am J Sports Med, IF=4.362; AOTS, Arch Orthop Trauma Surg, IF=1.597; Arthroscopy, IF=3.206; BJJ, Bone Joint J, IF=1.961; BJR, Bone Joint Res, IF=1.64; BMD, BMC Musculoskelet Disord; IF=1.717; CORR, Clin Orthop Relat Res, IF=2.765; ESJ, Eur Spine J, IF=2.066; Hip Int, IF=0.756; Injury, IF=2.137; Int Orthop, IF=2.11; JA, J Arthroplasty, IF=2.666; JAAOS, J Am Acad Orthop Surg, IF=2.527; JBJS, J Bone Joint Surg Am, IF=5.28; JFAR, J Foot Ankle Res, IF=1.462; JHS-A, J Hand Surg Am, IF=1.667; JHS-E, J Hand Surg Eur Vol, IF=2.037; JHT, J Hand Ther, IF=2; JOC, J Orthop Sci, IF=0.941; JOR, J Orthop Res, IF=2.986; JSDT, J Spinal Disord Tech, IF=2.202; Knee, IF=1.936; KSSTA, Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc, IF=3.053; Orthopade, IF=0.359; Orthopedics, IF=0.962; Spine, IF=2.297; SPINE J, IF=2.426; SR, Skeletal Radiol, IF=1.51.

  • IF, impact factor; MC, Mainland China.