Journal profile · ORTHOPEDICS
Bulletin of the Hospital for Joint Diseases
ISSN 2328-4633 · eISSN 2328-5273 · J.Michael Ryan Publishing Inc.
Bulletin of the Hospital for Joint Diseases: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; median 98 days to acceptance (20 articles, last 24 months); 35 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Bulletin of the Hospital for Joint Diseases is published by J.Michael Ryan Publishing Inc. 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, Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques and Foot and Ankle Surgery, together about 27.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): ORTHOPEDICS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Bone fractures and treatmentsMedicine11%
- Knee injuries and reconstruction techniquesMedicine8.7%
- Foot and Ankle SurgeryMedicine7.9%
- Orthopaedic implants and arthroplastyMedicine7.9%
- Total Knee Arthroplasty OutcomesMedicine7.9%
- Lower Extremity Biomechanics and PathologiesEngineering7.9%
- Shoulder Injury and TreatmentMedicine7.1%
- Orthopedic Surgery and RehabilitationMedicine4.7%
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 | Q3 | 402/597 | 32nd |
| Orthopedics and Sports Medicine | Q4 | 263/340 | 22nd |
| Rheumatology | Q4 | 64/77 | 17th |
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
- 1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.26LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.36LetPub ·
- h-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 0OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.2OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 2.35%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 2LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 62 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26 | 26 | 12 |
| 2025 | 35 | 35 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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
98 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 72 days – 125 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 46 days (20 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 141 days
- Sample
- 20 articles with submission and acceptance dates (67 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
- J.Michael Ryan Publishing Inc.
- ISSN
- 2328-4633
- Electronic ISSN
- 2328-5273
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Bulletin of the Hospital for Joint Diseases
What CAS zone is Bulletin of the Hospital for Joint Diseases in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Bulletin of the Hospital for Joint Diseases 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 Bulletin of the Hospital for Joint Diseases?
Based on the dates recorded on 20 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 98 days (interquartile range 72–125 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 Bulletin of the Hospital for Joint Diseases?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Bulletin of the Hospital for Joint Diseases is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Bulletin of the Hospital for Joint Diseases open access, and what is the APC?
Bulletin of the Hospital for Joint Diseases 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, OpenAlex; 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: .