Journal profile · Nursing
Orthopaedic Nursing
ISSN 0744-6020 · eISSN 1542-538X · Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly
Orthopaedic Nursing: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.88; JCR Q4 (journal website); hybrid open access; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 88 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Orthopaedic Nursing is published by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. 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 Hip and Femur Fractures, Nursing Roles and Practices and Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, together about 21.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Orthopaedic Nursing is an international journal providing continuing education for orthopaedic nurses. Focusing on a wide variety of clinical settings - hospital unit, physician"s office, ambulatory care centers, emergency room, operating room, rehabilitation facility, community service programs, the client"s home, and others – Orthopaedic Nursing provides departmental sections on current events, organizational activities, research, product and drug information, and literature findings. Articles reflect a commitment to professional development and the nursing profession as well as clinical, administrative, academic, and research areas of the orthopaedic specialty. Official Journal of the National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses (NAON)
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Nursing
Editor-in-chief Mary F. RodtsPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Hip and Femur FracturesMedicine8.2%
- Nursing Roles and PracticesHealth Professions7.7%
- Total Knee Arthroplasty OutcomesMedicine6%
- Musculoskeletal Disorders and RehabilitationMedicine5.7%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering5.7%
- Bone fractures and treatmentsMedicine5.1%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.9%
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesMedicine4.7%
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 | Nursing | 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 | Nursing | Zone 4 |
| 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 | Nursing | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Orthopedics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q4 · NURSING · rank 158/194
- JCR Q4 · ORTHOPEDICS · rank 118/147
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
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
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
- 0.88LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 0.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.23LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- h-index
- 34LetPub ·
- h-index
- 59OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 576OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.38OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 9.26%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 35LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,888 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 72 | 2 | 6 |
| 2025 | 88 | 5 | 24 |
| 2024 | 87 | 8 | 63 |
| 2023 | 84 | 5 | 93 |
| 2022 | 95 | 5 | 265 |
| 2021 | 87 | 6 | 241 |
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 review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- 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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- ISSN
- 0744-6020
- Electronic ISSN
- 1542-538X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 45, Issue 4 (August 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Orthopaedic Nursing
What CAS zone is Orthopaedic Nursing in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Orthopaedic Nursing is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Nursing / 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 Orthopaedic Nursing?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.88; CiteScore 0.9, h-index 59.
How long does peer review take at Orthopaedic Nursing?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 Orthopaedic Nursing in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q4; by category, NURSING Q4 (158/194), ORTHOPEDICS Q4 (118/147). 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 Orthopaedic Nursing?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Orthopaedic Nursing is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is Orthopaedic Nursing open access, and what is the APC?
Orthopaedic Nursing is a hybrid 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .