Journal profile · ORTHOPEDICS
World Journal of Orthopedics
ISSN 2218-5836 · Baishideng Publishing Group
World Journal of Orthopedics: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; median 106 days to acceptance (100 articles, last 24 months); 162 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
World Journal of Orthopedics is published by Baishideng Publishing Group 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 fractures and treatments, Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty and Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, together about 27% 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
- Bone fractures and treatmentsMedicine10.8%
- Orthopaedic implants and arthroplastyMedicine8.6%
- Total Knee Arthroplasty OutcomesMedicine7.6%
- Foot and Ankle SurgeryMedicine6.6%
- Orthopedic Surgery and RehabilitationMedicine5.1%
- Orthopedic Infections and TreatmentsMedicine5.1%
- Knee injuries and reconstruction techniquesMedicine4.8%
- Osteoarthritis Treatment and MechanismsMedicine4.8%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orthopedics and Sports Medicine | Q2 | 128/340 | 62nd |
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
- 3.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.66LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.16LetPub ·
- h-index
- 85OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 660OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.02OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.09%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 136LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,458 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 158 | 158 | 3,108 |
| 2025 | 162 | 162 | 4,139 |
| 2024 | 143 | 143 | 3,931 |
| 2023 | 90 | 90 | 3,618 |
| 2022 | 102 | 102 | 3,376 |
| 2021 | 99 | 99 | 3,264 |
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
106 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 86 days – 128 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 51 days (100 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 167 days
- Sample
- 100 articles with submission and acceptance dates (235 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".
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 accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteSelf-archiving
- Self-archiving Release delay (Embargo)
Typically, articles are not available in PMC until after the publisher's embargo period. However, in some cases articles may be available in PMC sooner than the default period.
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
- Baishideng Publishing Group
- ISSN
- 2218-5836
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about World Journal of Orthopedics
What CAS zone is World Journal of Orthopedics in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, World Journal of Orthopedics 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 World Journal of Orthopedics?
Based on the dates recorded on 100 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 106 days (interquartile range 86–128 days). 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 World Journal of Orthopedics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, World Journal of Orthopedics is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is World Journal of Orthopedics open access, and what is the APC?
World Journal of Orthopedics is a fully open-access 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .