Journal profile · Medicine-Surgery
JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY
ISSN 0375-9229 · eISSN 1535-1386 · Wolters Kluwer Health · Bimonthly
JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY: CAS Zone 1 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); subscription journal; community-reported acceptance: easy; indexed in Scopus.
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Orthopedics | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Orthopedics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Orthopedics | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Surgery | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
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
- 6.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.42LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
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
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- ISSN
- 0375-9229
- Electronic ISSN
- 1535-1386
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY
What CAS zone is JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY is in Zone 1 of Medicine, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Orthopedics / Surgery; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
Which databases index JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY is indexed in Scopus.
Is JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY open access, and what is the APC?
JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .