Journal profile · Orthopedics
Acta Ortopedica Brasileira
ISSN 1413-7852 · eISSN 1809-4406 · Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia · Brazil · Bimonthly · Founded 1993
Acta Ortopedica Brasileira: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.58; fully open access; APC about USD 600; median 141 days to acceptance (101 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 94 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Acta Ortopedica Brasileira is published by Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Bone fractures and treatments, Shoulder Injury and Treatment and Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, together about 21.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Acta Ortopédica Brazileira aims to publish predominantly original articles in orthopedics and traumatology arising from master’s and doctoral research conducted at national and international universities and institutions. The journal considers submissions for the following sections: Original Article, Update Article, Review, Editorial, and Preprints. Update and Review articles are accepted by invitation of the Editorial Board only. Manuscripts may be written in Portuguese and/or English. The concepts and statements contained in the papers are the sole responsibility of the authors. Articles published in the journal follow the Uniform Requirements proposed by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. (https://www.icmje.org/)
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Orthopedics
Editor-in-chief Olavo Pires de CamargoPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Brazil 98, Portugal 2, United Kingdom 1 (101 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Bone fractures and treatmentsMedicine7.5%
- Shoulder Injury and TreatmentMedicine7.1%
- Orthopedic Surgery and RehabilitationMedicine6.7%
- Total Knee Arthroplasty OutcomesMedicine6.5%
- Orthopaedic implants and arthroplastyMedicine5.8%
- Hip and Femur FracturesMedicine5.7%
- Lower Extremity Biomechanics and PathologiesEngineering5.1%
- Knee injuries and reconstruction techniquesMedicine5.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Orthopedics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Orthopedics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Orthopedics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePMCSciELOPublisher website
Other: Index Medicus, Latindex
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 0.58LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.27LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.55LetPub ·
- h-index
- 15LetPub ·
- h-index
- 41OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 430OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.54OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 97.7%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 94LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,722 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 60 | 60 | 1 |
| 2025 | 94 | 94 | 29 |
| 2024 | 71 | 71 | 92 |
| 2023 | 93 | 93 | 233 |
| 2022 | 102 | 102 | 371 |
| 2021 | 65 | 65 | 394 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
141 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 90 days – 191 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 196 days (101 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 355 days
- Sample
- 101 articles with submission and acceptance dates (188 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 25 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 25 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer review, Open peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 600 | No | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 600 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 600 | No | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted1
- articleEconomic studies in brazilian orthopedics: a scoping reviewLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest Policy
Authors are required to disclose any potential conflicts of interest. Conflicts may be personal, commercial, political, academic, or financial in nature. Conflicts of interest can arise when authors, reviewers, or editors have interests that may influence the preparation or evaluation of manuscripts. Upon submission, authors are responsible for identifying and disclosing any financial or other rel…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics
Acta Ortopédica Brazileira is committed to upholding best practices in moral conduct consistent with scholarly journal publishing, based on the COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) (https://publicationethics.org/files/u7141/1999pdf13.pdf). Studies involving humans must comply with ethical standards and obtain duly documented informed consent from participants, in accordance with Resolution 466/2…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Authors of articles published in Acta Ortopédica Brazileira retain the copyright of their work, which is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.pt), which allows for unrestricted reuse and distribution of the articles, as long as the original work is appropriately cited. The authors grant Acta Ortopédica Brazileira the right of fir…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
This journal follows the Open Access model, allowing unrestricted virtual access (including financial restrictions) to all scientific texts published by the journal. Open access is a condition in which the copyright holder of an academic work grants usage rights to third parties through an open license (Creative Commons Attribution, CC-BY), allowing free and immediate access to the work and author…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Peer Review Following a comprehensive verification by the editorial office, manuscripts will be forwarded for evaluation by two independent reviewers with professional expertise and competence in the respective field. These reviewers will provide opinions regarding the potential acceptance of the manuscript. Manuscripts that lack scientific merit or do not align with the editorial policy of the jo…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
A Preprint is a complete scientific manuscript deposited by the authors on a platform. It is published after being accepted by Acta Ortopédica Brazileira and simultaneously on the SciELO Preprints Platform "https://preprints.scielo.org/index.php/scielo/user/register". Preprints are freely accessible, allowing scientists to directly control the dissemination of their work within the global scientif…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- English, Portuguese
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1993
- ISSN
- 1413-7852
- Electronic ISSN
- 1809-4406
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Acta Ortopedica Brasileira
What CAS zone is Acta Ortopedica Brasileira in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Acta Ortopedica Brasileira is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Orthopedics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Acta Ortopedica Brasileira?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.58; CiteScore 1.1, h-index 41.
How long does peer review take at Acta Ortopedica Brasileira?
Based on the dates recorded on 101 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 141 days (interquartile range 90–191 days); authors report an average review time of about 25 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of Acta Ortopedica Brasileira based?
Of the 101 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Brazil (98), Portugal (2) and United Kingdom (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Acta Ortopedica Brasileira?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Acta Ortopedica Brasileira is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, PMC and SciELO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Acta Ortopedica Brasileira open access, and what is the APC?
Acta Ortopedica Brasileira is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 600.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .