Journal profile

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery is published by Wolters Kluwer under ISSN 0021-9355. It holds an h-index of 470 across 27,673 indexed works, with a two-year mean citedness of 3.11, and is not fully open access. Its main subject areas are Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation.

Below: the full publication record, and one real article from the journal formatted in IEEE, APA, and BibTeX so you can match field order against a source you can check.

Publication record and impact metrics

PublisherWolters Kluwer
ISSN-L0021-9355
All ISSNs0021-9355, 1058-2436, 1535-1386
Indexed works27,673
Total citations1,834,379
h-index470
2-year mean citedness3.11
Open accessNot fully open access
Main topicsOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty · Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes · Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation · Bone fractures and treatments · Shoulder Injury and Treatment

Publication figures come from this journal's OpenAlex record, released under CC0, and are a dated snapshot rather than a live count. Check the publisher for current scope and submission requirements.

A worked example from this journal

The source

Projections of Primary and Revision Hip and Knee Arthroplasty in the United States from 2005 to 2030

Authors
Steven M. Kurtz, Kevin Ong, Edmund Lau, Fionna Mowat, Michael T. Halpern
Year
2007
Volume
89
Issue
4
Pages
780-785

IEEE

S. M. Kurtz, K. Ong, E. Lau, F. Mowat, M. T. Halpern "Projections of Primary and Revision Hip and Knee Arthroplasty in the United States from 2005 to 2030," Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, vol. 89, no. 4, pp. 780-785, 2007, doi: 10.2106/jbjs.f.00222.

IEEE prints author initials before the surname and abbreviates the periodical title. Check the abbreviation for Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery against your target publication's reference list before submitting.

APA

Kurtz, S. M., Ong, K., Lau, E., Mowat, F., & Halpern, M. T. (2007). Projections of Primary and Revision Hip and Knee Arthroplasty in the United States from 2005 to 2030. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 89(4), 780-785. https://doi.org/10.2106/jbjs.f.00222

APA puts the year directly after the authors, keeps the full journal title in italics, and renders the DOI as a URL.

BibTeX

@article{kurtz2007,
  author  = {Steven M. Kurtz and Kevin Ong and Edmund Lau and Fionna Mowat and Michael T. Halpern},
  title   = {Projections of Primary and Revision Hip and Knee Arthroplasty in the United States from 2005 to 2030},
  journal = {Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery},
  volume  = {89},
  number  = {4},
  pages   = {780--785},
  year    = {2007},
  issn    = {0021-9355},
  doi     = {10.2106/jbjs.f.00222}
}

The citation key is the first author's surname and the year. Keep it stable once it appears in a draft, because renaming it breaks every cite that used it.

What to verify before you submit

  • The volume and page range. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery records 27,673 works, and articles published online first can carry a different volume from the final issue. Cite the version you read.
  • The abbreviated title. IEEE style uses standard periodical abbreviations, and registry metadata almost always returns the full name instead.
  • Author name order. Registry records store full given names; IEEE and APA both want initials, formatted differently from each other.
  • Whether the article is open access. This journal is not fully open access, which affects whether a reader can reach the version you cited.
  • That the source supports your claim. A correctly formatted reference says nothing about whether the passage backs the sentence citing it.

How this journal sits in the record

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery carries an h-index of 470, which is above 80% of the journals covered here, and its articles have accumulated 1,834,379 citations across 27,673 indexed works. Its two-year mean citedness is 3.11.

3 of the journals covered here are published by Wolters Kluwer. Reference style is set per title rather than per publisher, so do not carry a format across from a sibling journal without checking.

These are indexing figures describing how often work in this venue is cited. They say nothing about whether a particular article is sound, and they are not a substitute for reading it.

Questions about Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

What is the ISSN of Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery?

The linking ISSN is 0021-9355. The journal also carries 1058-2436 and 1535-1386, which usually separate the print and electronic editions. Use the linking ISSN in a BibTeX issn field.

Who publishes Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery?

Wolters Kluwer publishes it. 3 journals covered here come from the same publisher, and they do not all share one reference style, so check the requirements for this title rather than the publisher.

Is Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery open access?

OpenAlex does not record it as fully open access. Some articles may still be open individually, so check the specific article rather than assuming from the journal.

How do I cite an article from Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery in LaTeX?

Use the BibTeX entry above as the pattern. The entry type is article, the journal field holds the full title, and the citation key kurtz2007 follows the first author's surname and the year. Brace any acronym in the title so your bibliography style does not lowercase it.

Does Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery use page numbers or article numbers?

The example article runs from page 780 to 785, so this journal used page ranges at least for that volume. Newer issues in many journals switched to article numbers, so check the version you are citing.

How influential is Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery?

Its h-index is 470, above 80% of the journals covered here, and its articles have been cited 1,834,379 times in total. Its two-year mean citedness is 3.11. These are indexing figures, not a judgement of whether a specific article is sound.

Does Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery have a Journal Impact Factor?

Not one shown here. The Journal Impact Factor is Clarivate's metric, published in Journal Citation Reports and readable only with a JCR subscription, so this page does not restate it. The figures above come from OpenAlex: an h-index of 470 and a two-year mean citedness of 3.11 across 27,673 indexed works, captured on 2026-09-18. Mean citedness averages citations per work over a two-year window, which makes it closer in construction to CiteScore than to the Impact Factor. The three are not interchangeable, so quote whichever one your target venue actually asks for.

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