Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
Last updated ISSN 0021-9355
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery is published by Wolters Kluwer in medicine. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty
- Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
- Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
- Bone fractures and treatments
- Shoulder Injury and Treatment
- Orthopedic Infections and Treatments
- Hip disorders and treatments
- Hip and Femur Fractures
- Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries
- Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques
Key facts
| Publisher | Wolters Kluwer |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0021-9355, 1058-2436, 1535-1386 |
| Subject area | Medicine |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 27,661 |
| Publishing since | 1902 |
| Journal website | journals.lww.com/jbjsjournal/pages/default.aspx |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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