Journal profile · Orthopedics
Osteologie
ISSN 1019-1291 · eISSN 2567-5818 · Georg Thieme Verlag · SWITZERLAND · Quarterly · Founded 1992
Osteologie: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 133 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Osteologie is published by Georg Thieme Verlag 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 Bone health and osteoporosis research, Bone Metabolism and Diseases and Bone fractures and treatments, together about 44.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Die Osteologie/Osteology ist eine interdisziplinäre Zeitschrift für Fort- und Weiterbildung auf dem Gebiet der Osteologie. Sie veröffentlicht in Form von Themenschwerpunktheften Übersichtsarbeiten, Originalbeiträge, Kasuistiken und Kurzmitteilungen auf Deutsch und Englisch aus allen Gebieten, die sich experimentell oder klinisch mit Bewegungsforschung (inklusive Sportmedizin), Erkrankungen des Bewegungsapparates, speziell mit Knochen-, Muskel- und Gelenkerkrankungen und mit Methoden zu deren Erforschung, beschäftigen.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Orthopedics
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Bone health and osteoporosis researchMedicine26.7%
- Bone Metabolism and DiseasesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.3%
- Bone fractures and treatmentsMedicine5.8%
- Bone Tumor Diagnosis and TreatmentsMedicine5.3%
- Bone health and treatmentsMedicine4.9%
- Menopause: Health Impacts and TreatmentsMedicine4.3%
- Hip and Femur FracturesMedicine4.3%
- Parathyroid Disorders and TreatmentsMedicine4.1%
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 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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Medicine | Q4 | 512/669 | 23rd |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.11LetPub ·
- h-index
- 9LetPub ·
- h-index
- 12OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 17OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.05OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 16.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 3.8%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 21LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,983 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 122 | 0 | 44 |
| 2025 | 133 | 10 | 92 |
| 2024 | 123 | 7 | 69 |
| 2023 | 136 | 5 | 96 |
| 2022 | 171 | 5 | 79 |
| 2021 | 135 | 18 | 84 |
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
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
- Georg Thieme Verlag
- Country or region
- SWITZERLAND
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1992
- ISSN
- 1019-1291
- Electronic ISSN
- 2567-5818
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Osteologie
What CAS zone is Osteologie in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Osteologie 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.
How long does peer review take at Osteologie?
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.
Which databases index Osteologie?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Osteologie is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Osteologie open access, and what is the APC?
Osteologie 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: .