Journal profile · ORTHOPEDICS
Orthopedic Reviews
ISSN 2035-8237 · eISSN 2035-8164 · Open Medical Publishing · United States
Orthopedic Reviews: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; APC about USD 1,200; median 22 days to acceptance (91 articles, last 24 months); 115 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Orthopedic Reviews is published by Open Medical Publishing 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, Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty and Shoulder Injury and Treatment, together about 25.8% 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
- Total Knee Arthroplasty OutcomesMedicine9.8%
- Orthopaedic implants and arthroplastyMedicine8.5%
- Shoulder Injury and TreatmentMedicine7.6%
- Orthopedic Infections and TreatmentsMedicine6.4%
- Orthopedic Surgery and RehabilitationMedicine6.2%
- Spine and Intervertebral Disc PathologyMedicine5.2%
- Bone fractures and treatmentsMedicine5.1%
- Knee injuries and reconstruction techniquesMedicine5%
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 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 5.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.77LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.46LetPub ·
- h-index
- 51OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 330OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.04OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.59%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 109LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,011 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 165 | 165 | 52 |
| 2025 | 115 | 115 | 294 |
| 2024 | 106 | 106 | 443 |
| 2023 | 30 | 30 | 207 |
| 2022 | 134 | 134 | 1,446 |
| 2021 | 60 | 60 | 1,071 |
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
22 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 12 days – 33 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 41 days (91 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 62 days
- Sample
- 91 articles with submission and acceptance dates (305 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".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 1,200 | No | CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,200 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 1,200 | No | — |
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
- Open Medical Publishing
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2035-8237
- Electronic ISSN
- 2035-8164
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Orthopedic Reviews
What CAS zone is Orthopedic Reviews in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Orthopedic Reviews 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.
How long does peer review take at Orthopedic Reviews?
Based on the dates recorded on 91 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 22 days (interquartile range 12–33 days); authors report an average review time of about 10 weeks. 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 Orthopedic Reviews?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Orthopedic Reviews is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Orthopedic Reviews open access, and what is the APC?
Orthopedic Reviews is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,200.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .