Journal profile · ORTHOPEDICS
Current Orthopaedic Practice
ISSN 1940-7041 · eISSN 1941-7551 · Wolters Kluwer Health
Current Orthopaedic Practice: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.4 (journal website); JCR Q4 (journal website); subscription journal; median 239 days to acceptance (11 articles, last 24 months); 55 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Current Orthopaedic Practice is published by Wolters Kluwer Health 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 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes and Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, together about 25.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ORTHOPEDICS
Editor-in-chief Anand M. MurthiPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Orthopaedic implants and arthroplastyMedicine8.8%
- Total Knee Arthroplasty OutcomesMedicine8.5%
- Orthopedic Surgery and RehabilitationMedicine8%
- Shoulder Injury and TreatmentMedicine7.8%
- Bone fractures and treatmentsMedicine6.9%
- Orthopedic Infections and TreatmentsMedicine5.6%
- Hip disorders and treatmentsMedicine4.4%
- Elbow and Forearm Trauma TreatmentMedicine4.3%
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.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q4 · ORTHOPEDICS · rank 136/147
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
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
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 0.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.18LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.18LetPub ·
- h-index
- 24OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 114OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.2OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 4.76%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 47LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,152 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 41 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 55 | 1 | 4 |
| 2024 | 37 | 2 | 23 |
| 2023 | 57 | 8 | 66 |
| 2022 | 116 | 13 | 155 |
| 2021 | 136 | 4 | 183 |
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
239 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 172 days – 302 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 26 days (4 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 286 days
- Sample
- 11 articles with submission and acceptance dates (9 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
- Wolters Kluwer Health
- ISSN
- 1940-7041
- Electronic ISSN
- 1941-7551
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 37, Issue 5 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Current Orthopaedic Practice
What CAS zone is Current Orthopaedic Practice in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Current Orthopaedic Practice 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 Current Orthopaedic Practice?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.4; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 0.6, h-index 24.
How long does peer review take at Current Orthopaedic Practice?
Based on the dates recorded on 11 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 239 days (interquartile range 172–302 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.
What JCR quartile is Current Orthopaedic Practice in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q4; by category, ORTHOPEDICS Q4 (136/147). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Medicine.
Which databases index Current Orthopaedic Practice?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Current Orthopaedic Practice is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Current Orthopaedic Practice open access, and what is the APC?
Current Orthopaedic Practice 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, 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: .