Journal profile · ORTHOPEDICS
Journal of Knee Surgery
ISSN 1538-8506 · eISSN 1938-2480 · Thieme Medical Publishers · UNITED STATES
Journal of Knee Surgery: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.4; subscription journal; 141 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Knee Surgery is published by Thieme Medical Publishers 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 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques and Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty, together about 56.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Knee Surgery covers a range of issues relating to the orthopaedic techniques of arthroscopy, arthroplasty, and reconstructive surgery of the knee joint. In addition to original peer-review articles, this periodical provides details on emerging surgical techniques, as well as reviews and special focus sections. Topics of interest include cruciate ligament repair and reconstruction, bone grafting, cartilage regeneration, and magnetic resonance imaging.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): ORTHOPEDICS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Total Knee Arthroplasty OutcomesMedicine27%
- Knee injuries and reconstruction techniquesMedicine18%
- Orthopaedic implants and arthroplastyMedicine11.9%
- Orthopedic Infections and TreatmentsMedicine9.2%
- Sports injuries and preventionMedicine5.2%
- Shoulder Injury and TreatmentMedicine4.5%
- Lower Extremity Biomechanics and PathologiesEngineering4.3%
- Osteoarthritis Treatment and MechanismsMedicine4.1%
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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Orthopedics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Orthopedics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- 1.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.74LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.82LetPub ·
- h-index
- 52LetPub ·
- h-index
- 81OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,244OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.19OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 2.46%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 118LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,764 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 129 | 7 | 17 |
| 2025 | 141 | 7 | 141 |
| 2024 | 107 | 20 | 291 |
| 2023 | 90 | 8 | 361 |
| 2022 | 158 | 23 | 976 |
| 2021 | 206 | 36 | 1,753 |
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.
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
- Thieme Medical Publishers
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1538-8506
- Electronic ISSN
- 1938-2480
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Knee Surgery
What CAS zone is Journal of Knee Surgery in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Knee Surgery is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Orthopedics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Knee Surgery?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.4; CiteScore 4.6, h-index 81.
Which databases index Journal of Knee Surgery?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Knee Surgery is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Journal of Knee Surgery open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Knee 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, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .