The Bone & Joint Journal
Last updated ISSN 2049-4394
The Bone & Joint Journal is published by British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery in medicine. It is a subscription journal. Its article processing charge is not published.
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What it publishes
Recent work in The Bone & Joint Journal concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty
- Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
- Orthopedic Infections and Treatments
- Hip and Femur Fractures
- Bone fractures and treatments
- Hip disorders and treatments
- Shoulder Injury and Treatment
- Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation
- Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques
- Foot and Ankle Surgery
Key facts
| Publisher | British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 2049-4394, 2049-4408 |
| Subject area | Medicine |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | Not published |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 3,791 |
| Publishing since | 1955 |
| Journal website | www.bjj.boneandjoint.org.uk |
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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