Journal profile · ORTHOPEDICS
Archives of Bone and Joint Surgery-ABJS
ISSN 2345-4644 · eISSN 2345-461X · Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
Archives of Bone and Joint Surgery-ABJS: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; median 111 days to acceptance (88 articles, last 24 months); 96 articles a year; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surgery | Q2 | 187/597 | 68th |
| Orthopedics and Sports Medicine | Q2 | 151/340 | 55th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.69LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.01LetPub ·
- Self-citation rate
- 18.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 96LetPub ·
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
111 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 79 days – 168 days
- Acceptance to online
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- Submission to online
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- Sample
- 88 articles with submission and acceptance dates (195 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".
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
- ISSN
- 2345-4644
- Electronic ISSN
- 2345-461X
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Archives of Bone and Joint Surgery-ABJS
What CAS zone is Archives of Bone and Joint Surgery-ABJS in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Archives of Bone and Joint Surgery-ABJS 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.
How long does peer review take at Archives of Bone and Joint Surgery-ABJS?
Based on the dates recorded on 88 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 111 days (interquartile range 79–168 days). 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.
Which databases index Archives of Bone and Joint Surgery-ABJS?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Archives of Bone and Joint Surgery-ABJS is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Archives of Bone and Joint Surgery-ABJS open access, and what is the APC?
Archives of Bone and Joint Surgery-ABJS is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub; 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: .