Journal profile · Medicine-Rehabilitation
Arthroscopy Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation
ISSN 2666-061X · Elsevier · United States
Arthroscopy Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation: fully open access; APC about USD 2,000; median 166 days to acceptance (37 articles, last 24 months); 153 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Arthroscopy Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation is published by Elsevier. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Shoulder Injury and Treatment, Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques and Foot and Ankle Surgery, together about 38% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Rehabilitation
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Shoulder Injury and TreatmentMedicine14.5%
- Knee injuries and reconstruction techniquesMedicine14.5%
- Foot and Ankle SurgeryMedicine8.9%
- Lower Extremity Biomechanics and PathologiesEngineering7.2%
- Orthopedic Surgery and RehabilitationMedicine6.9%
- Tendon Structure and TreatmentMedicine6.4%
- Hip disorders and treatmentsMedicine6.2%
- Sports injuries and preventionMedicine5.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rehabilitation | Q1 | 33/172 | 80th |
| Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation | Q1 | 60/257 | 76th |
| Orthopedics and Sports Medicine | Q2 | 90/340 | 73rd |
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | Q2 | 224/725 | 69th |
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
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 4.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.96LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.33LetPub ·
- h-index
- 35OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 397OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.49OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,363 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 128 | 128 | 2,411 |
| 2025 | 153 | 153 | 2,934 |
| 2024 | 216 | 216 | 2,537 |
| 2023 | 196 | 196 | 1,679 |
| 2022 | 250 | 250 | 1,015 |
| 2021 | 260 | 260 | 445 |
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 Crossref · to
166 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 145 days – 206 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 144 days (37 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 309 days
- Sample
- 37 articles with submission and acceptance dates (279 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 45 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 45 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous 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 2,000 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,000 / EUR 1,870 / GBP 1,600 / JPY 248,060 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,000 | Yes | — |
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
- Elsevier
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2666-061X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Arthroscopy Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation
How long does peer review take at Arthroscopy Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation?
Based on the dates recorded on 37 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 166 days (interquartile range 145–206 days); authors report an average review time of about 45 weeks. 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 Arthroscopy Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Arthroscopy Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Arthroscopy Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation open access, and what is the APC?
Arthroscopy Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,000.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .