Journal profile · ORTHOPEDICS
SICOT-J
ISSN 2426-8887 · EDP Sciences · France
SICOT-J: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.4 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 1,641; median 70 days to acceptance (99 articles, last 24 months); 63 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
SICOT-J is published by EDP Sciences 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 Hip and Femur Fractures, together about 38% of its articles. Its main subfields are Surgery. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
SICOT-J Aims: SICOT-J is an official journal of the Société Internationale de Chirurgie Orthopédique et de Traumatologie (SICOT). It has been developed, as a peer reviewed open access journal, to further widen the educational impact of SICOT on the orthopaedic community. It will focus on original clinical, basic and translational research in the field of orthopaedics surgery and traumatology. Scope: SICOT-J will publish Original articles Review articles Surgical Techniques Case reports Congress Proceedings Editorials Letters to the Editors
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ORTHOPEDICS
Editor-in-chief Sébastien LustigPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 5%); most named France 8, Egypt 7, United Kingdom 6, India 4, United States 3 (44 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Total Knee Arthroplasty OutcomesMedicine16%
- Orthopaedic implants and arthroplastyMedicine14.7%
- Hip and Femur FracturesMedicine7.2%
- Bone fractures and treatmentsMedicine6.6%
- Orthopedic Infections and TreatmentsMedicine5.7%
- Knee injuries and reconstruction techniquesMedicine5.6%
- Shoulder Injury and TreatmentMedicine5%
- Hip disorders and treatmentsMedicine4.9%
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
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.79LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.37LetPub ·
- h-index
- 41OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 241OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.98OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 57LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 641 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 61 | 61 | 11 |
| 2025 | 63 | 63 | 189 |
| 2024 | 59 | 59 | 346 |
| 2023 | 38 | 38 | 357 |
| 2022 | 50 | 50 | 543 |
| 2021 | 68 | 68 | 1,017 |
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
70 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 39 days – 108 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 50 days (102 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 123 days
- Sample
- 99 articles with submission and acceptance dates (125 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 14 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 14 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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 1,641 / EUR 1,500 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,641 / EUR 1,500 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 950 / USD 1,000 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 250–300 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 2,500 words
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Article types accepted12, with length limits
- case reportSeven types of articles are considered: Original articles Review articles Surgical Techniques Case reports Congress Proceedings Editorials Letters to the Editor…main text ≤ 1,500 words
- case reportsSeven types of articles are considered: Original articles Review articles Surgical Techniques Case reports Congress Proceedings Editorials Letters to the Editor…Length not stated
- congress proceedingsSeven types of articles are considered: Original articles Review articles Surgical Techniques Case reports Congress Proceedings Editorials Letters to the Editor…Length not stated
- editorialSeven types of articles are considered: Original articles Review articles Surgical Techniques Case reports Congress Proceedings Editorials Letters to the Editor…Length not stated
- editorialsSeven types of articles are considered: Original articles Review articles Surgical Techniques Case reports Congress Proceedings Editorials Letters to the Editor…Length not stated
- letterSeven types of articles are considered: Original articles Review articles Surgical Techniques Case reports Congress Proceedings Editorials Letters to the Editor…Length not stated
- letters to the editorsSeven types of articles are considered: Original articles Review articles Surgical Techniques Case reports Congress Proceedings Editorials Letters to the Editor…Length not stated
- original articleSeven types of articles are considered: Original articles Review articles Surgical Techniques Case reports Congress Proceedings Editorials Letters to the Editor…main text ≤ 2,500 words
- original articlesSeven types of articles are considered: Original articles Review articles Surgical Techniques Case reports Congress Proceedings Editorials Letters to the Editor…Length not stated
- review articleSeven types of articles are considered: Original articles Review articles Surgical Techniques Case reports Congress Proceedings Editorials Letters to the Editor…main text ≤ 3,500 words
- review articlesSeven types of articles are considered: Original articles Review articles Surgical Techniques Case reports Congress Proceedings Editorials Letters to the Editor…Length not stated
- surgical techniquesSeven types of articles are considered: Original articles Review articles Surgical Techniques Case reports Congress Proceedings Editorials Letters to the Editor…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship 1.2 Authorship
ORCID policy, only authenticated ORCIDs published from October 2024. Model summary
The ICMJE recommends that authorship be based on the following 4 criteria: Substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; AND Drafting the work or revising it critically for important intellectual content ; AND Final approval of the version to be published; AND Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of t…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest 1.3 Conflict of interest
Authors must disclose whether or not they have a financial relationship with the organization that sponsored the research. They should also state that they have full control of all primary data and that they agree to allow the journal to review their data if requested. Therefore the manuscript must be accompanied by the "Conflicts of Interest Disclosure Form" at the initial submission. Any additio…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability 1.9 Data sharing policy
Data sharing policy, authors may share data with peer reviewers and upload datasets to online repositories. Model summary
Authors may be invited to share with the peer reviewers during the article evaluation process in a confidential manner the data on which the research is based. Further, as long as the publication of data is not in opposition with patients’ privacy, authors are invited to upload supplemental datasets related to their research to an online repository. Doing so makes it available for both human and m…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Reporting guidelines CONSORT, STROBE, PRISMA, STARD depending on study design. Model summary
Depending on the study design, reporting guidelines such as CONSORT, STROBE, PRISMA, STARD should be followed.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0. Model summary
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access 1.7 Open access
Open access, all articles freely accessible online immediately upon publication. Model summary
All articles published by SICOT Open Journal are made freely and permanently accessible online immediately upon publication, without subscription charges or registration barriers. Articles are available from the website of the journal (http://www.sicot-j.org), from PubMed Central as soon as the indexation of the journal is effective and from Europe PubMed Central, in various formats. Authors are t…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind peer review. Model summary
To keep the identity of the authors concealed to the referees, as per SICOT-J’s double-blind peer review procedure, the main manuscript shall be submitted without any information regarding the authors.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines 1.5 Reporting guidelines and clinical trial registration
Depending on the study design, reporting guidelines such as CONSORT, STROBE, PRISMA, STARD should be followed. For more information about these guidelines authors should visit the websites of the EQUATOR network or the corresponding sources at the NLM website. The policy for clinical trial registration by the ICMJE is given in their recommendations. These should be followed by the authors in this …
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- EDP Sciences
- Country or region
- France
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2426-8887
- Society / sponsor
- Société Internationale de Chirurgie Orthopédique et de Traumatologie
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about SICOT-J
What CAS zone is SICOT-J in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, SICOT-J 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 SICOT-J?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.4 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 3.6, h-index 41.
How long does peer review take at SICOT-J?
Based on the dates recorded on 99 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 70 days (interquartile range 39–108 days); authors report an average review time of about 14 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of SICOT-J?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 250–300 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Manuscript length: ≤ 2,500 words; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of SICOT-J based?
Of the 44 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 5%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are France (8), Egypt (7) and United Kingdom (6). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index SICOT-J?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, SICOT-J is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is SICOT-J open access, and what is the APC?
SICOT-J is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,641.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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: .