Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy

Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy (JOSPT)
ISSN: 01906011, 19381344

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SCImago
Q1
WOS
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Impact factor
5.8
SJR
1.606
CiteScore
8.4
Categories
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
Sports Science
Areas
Health Professions
Medicine
Years of issue
1979-2023, 2025
journal names
Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy
J ORTHOP SPORT PHYS
Publications
3 953
Citations
151 892
h-index
158
Publications
232
Citations
64 270
Top-3 citing journals
Top-3 organizations
La Trobe University
La Trobe University (3 publications)
La Trobe University
La Trobe University (2 publications)
Nanjing Sport Institute
Nanjing Sport Institute (1 publication)
University of Kuala Lumpur
University of Kuala Lumpur (1 publication)
Top-3 countries
Australia (9 publications)
USA (7 publications)
United Kingdom (3 publications)
Australia (4 publications)
China (2 publications)
USA (2 publications)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy
7618 citations, 5.02%
Physical Therapy in Sport
3085 citations, 2.03%
American Journal of Sports Medicine
2682 citations, 1.77%
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
2167 citations, 1.43%
Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies
2157 citations, 1.42%
Journal of Sport Rehabilitation
1908 citations, 1.26%
Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy
1898 citations, 1.25%
Physical Therapy
1783 citations, 1.17%
Clinical Biomechanics
1706 citations, 1.12%
Gait and Posture
1633 citations, 1.08%
Physiotherapy Theory and Practice
1575 citations, 1.04%
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy
1572 citations, 1.03%
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
1508 citations, 0.99%
British Journal of Sports Medicine
1503 citations, 0.99%
Musculoskeletal Science and Practice
1501 citations, 0.99%
Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research
1463 citations, 0.96%
Manual Therapy
1398 citations, 0.92%
Journal of Athletic Training
1394 citations, 0.92%
PLoS ONE
1331 citations, 0.88%
Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine
1251 citations, 0.82%
Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
1215 citations, 0.8%
Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology
1078 citations, 0.71%
Journal of Physical Therapy Science
1061 citations, 0.7%
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
1052 citations, 0.69%
Sports Health
1051 citations, 0.69%
Sports Medicine
1050 citations, 0.69%
Journal of Clinical Medicine
969 citations, 0.64%
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
883 citations, 0.58%
Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
866 citations, 0.57%
Journal of Biomechanics
864 citations, 0.57%
Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports
799 citations, 0.53%
Knee
789 citations, 0.52%
Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation
771 citations, 0.51%
Disability and Rehabilitation
671 citations, 0.44%
Scientific Reports
649 citations, 0.43%
Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine
634 citations, 0.42%
BMJ Open
614 citations, 0.4%
Clinics in Sports Medicine
602 citations, 0.4%
Spine
566 citations, 0.37%
Journal of Hand Therapy
565 citations, 0.37%
PM and R
556 citations, 0.37%
Foot and Ankle International
548 citations, 0.36%
Journal of Sports Sciences
540 citations, 0.36%
Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
522 citations, 0.34%
Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
509 citations, 0.34%
Journal of Orthopaedic Research
503 citations, 0.33%
Journal of Applied Biomechanics
489 citations, 0.32%
Healthcare
461 citations, 0.3%
Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy
461 citations, 0.3%
Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
458 citations, 0.3%
Clinical Rehabilitation
452 citations, 0.3%
Journal of Foot and Ankle Research
443 citations, 0.29%
Cureus
435 citations, 0.29%
BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation
431 citations, 0.28%
Physical Therapy Reviews
407 citations, 0.27%
Strength and Conditioning Journal
398 citations, 0.26%
Physiotherapy
394 citations, 0.26%
Sensors
389 citations, 0.26%
Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
387 citations, 0.25%
Physical Therapy Korea
383 citations, 0.25%
European Spine Journal
378 citations, 0.25%
European Journal of Applied Physiology
375 citations, 0.25%
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
361 citations, 0.24%
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
355 citations, 0.23%
Foot
348 citations, 0.23%
Frontiers in Physiology
345 citations, 0.23%
Sports Biomechanics
343 citations, 0.23%
Athletic Training & Sports Health Care
341 citations, 0.22%
American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
329 citations, 0.22%
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series A
324 citations, 0.21%
Trials
298 citations, 0.2%
International Journal of Athletic Therapy & Training
293 citations, 0.19%
Medicine (United States)
287 citations, 0.19%
Journal of The Korean Society of Physical Medicine
286 citations, 0.19%
Chiropractic and Manual Therapies
276 citations, 0.18%
Musculoskeletal Care
276 citations, 0.18%
Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
276 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Chiropractic Medicine
275 citations, 0.18%
Isokinetics and Exercise Science
273 citations, 0.18%
Current Reviews in Musculoskeletal Medicine
266 citations, 0.18%
International Journal of Sports Medicine
259 citations, 0.17%
Medicina
253 citations, 0.17%
Sports
253 citations, 0.17%
Pain
251 citations, 0.17%
Physician and Sportsmedicine
247 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
243 citations, 0.16%
Clinical Journal of Pain
242 citations, 0.16%
Arthritis Care and Research
241 citations, 0.16%
Pain Medicine
241 citations, 0.16%
BMJ Open Sport and Exercise Medicine
236 citations, 0.16%
Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine
234 citations, 0.15%
Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery
229 citations, 0.15%
Spine Journal
227 citations, 0.15%
Human Movement Science
222 citations, 0.15%
Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review
219 citations, 0.14%
Physiotherapy Research International
214 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Arthroplasty
214 citations, 0.14%
Shoulder and Elbow
209 citations, 0.14%
Kinesitherapie
208 citations, 0.14%
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America
207 citations, 0.14%
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Citing publishers

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Elsevier
40938 citations, 26.95%
Springer Nature
18470 citations, 12.16%
Taylor & Francis
9936 citations, 6.54%
SAGE
9611 citations, 6.33%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
9374 citations, 6.17%
Wiley
7491 citations, 4.93%
MDPI
6599 citations, 4.34%
Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy (JOSPT)
4253 citations, 2.8%
3452 citations, 2.27%
Human Kinetics
3257 citations, 2.14%
BMJ
3192 citations, 2.1%
Oxford University Press
2750 citations, 1.81%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
2197 citations, 1.45%
Frontiers Media S.A.
2144 citations, 1.41%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
1576 citations, 1.04%
National Athletic Trainers Association, Inc.
1557 citations, 1.03%
The Society of Physical Therapy Science
1509 citations, 0.99%
IOS Press
986 citations, 0.65%
Hindawi Limited
939 citations, 0.62%
SciELO
817 citations, 0.54%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
779 citations, 0.51%
SLACK
600 citations, 0.4%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
516 citations, 0.34%
Korean Research Society of Physical Therapy
513 citations, 0.34%
JMIR Publications
467 citations, 0.31%
Edizioni Minerva Medica
465 citations, 0.31%
The Korean Society of Physical Medicine
385 citations, 0.25%
Mary Ann Liebert
342 citations, 0.23%
American Physiological Society
272 citations, 0.18%
PeerJ
266 citations, 0.18%
Brieflands
258 citations, 0.17%
World Scientific
255 citations, 0.17%
The Korean Society of Physical Therapy
250 citations, 0.16%
Mark Allen Group
231 citations, 0.15%
International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy
231 citations, 0.15%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
219 citations, 0.14%
American Podiatric Medical Association
202 citations, 0.13%
AME Publishing Company
193 citations, 0.13%
British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery
191 citations, 0.13%
Walter de Gruyter
189 citations, 0.12%
Australian Physiotherapy Association
171 citations, 0.11%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
161 citations, 0.11%
ASME International
140 citations, 0.09%
Association of Military Surgeons of the US
137 citations, 0.09%
Baishideng Publishing Group
131 citations, 0.09%
Maney Publishing
127 citations, 0.08%
Medknow
126 citations, 0.08%
IOP Publishing
123 citations, 0.08%
Hong Kong Physiotherapy Association
120 citations, 0.08%
Korean Society of Exercise Rehabilitation
117 citations, 0.08%
Research Square Platform LLC
114 citations, 0.08%
Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Science
110 citations, 0.07%
IntechOpen
108 citations, 0.07%
AOSIS
108 citations, 0.07%
The Japanese Society of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine
108 citations, 0.07%
Cambridge University Press
95 citations, 0.06%
F1000 Research
93 citations, 0.06%
American Medical Association (AMA)
91 citations, 0.06%
Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine (KARM)
88 citations, 0.06%
Canadian Science Publishing
85 citations, 0.06%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
83 citations, 0.05%
81 citations, 0.05%
Academy of Physical Education
77 citations, 0.05%
Generalitat de Catalunya
75 citations, 0.05%
Apex Publishing
66 citations, 0.04%
Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishing
63 citations, 0.04%
The Korean Society of Sports Medicine
62 citations, 0.04%
EDP Sciences
60 citations, 0.04%
American Physical Therapy Association
60 citations, 0.04%
XMLink
53 citations, 0.03%
Bioscientifica
52 citations, 0.03%
Scientific Scholar
49 citations, 0.03%
The Japanese Association of Rehabilitation Medicine
45 citations, 0.03%
Japanese Physical Therapy Association
44 citations, 0.03%
Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)
43 citations, 0.03%
S. Karger AG
41 citations, 0.03%
The Haworth Press
40 citations, 0.03%
Korean Orthopaedic Association
39 citations, 0.03%
ifmbe proceedings
38 citations, 0.03%
37 citations, 0.02%
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Media Sphere Publishing House
37 citations, 0.02%
Science Alert
35 citations, 0.02%
Trans Tech Publications
34 citations, 0.02%
Eco-Vector LLC
34 citations, 0.02%
Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
34 citations, 0.02%
European Hip Society
33 citations, 0.02%
The Company of Biologists
32 citations, 0.02%
Index Copernicus
32 citations, 0.02%
International Scientific Information, Inc.
32 citations, 0.02%
American Roentgen Ray Society
32 citations, 0.02%
IGI Global
32 citations, 0.02%
Department of Sports Medicine, Medical Faculty of Uludag University
31 citations, 0.02%
American College of Physicians
31 citations, 0.02%
Medicine Publishing Company Ltd.
31 citations, 0.02%
PAGEPress Publications
31 citations, 0.02%
Japan Society of Physical Education, Health and Sport Sciences
30 citations, 0.02%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
29 citations, 0.02%
American Psychological Association (APA)
29 citations, 0.02%
Korean Society of Sport Biomechanics
29 citations, 0.02%
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La Trobe University
3 publications, 0.08%
University of Newcastle Australia
2 publications, 0.05%
Australian Catholic University
2 publications, 0.05%
Lund University
1 publication, 0.03%
Nanjing Sport Institute
1 publication, 0.03%
University of Kuala Lumpur
1 publication, 0.03%
Nanchang University
1 publication, 0.03%
Imperial College London
1 publication, 0.03%
Aalborg University
1 publication, 0.03%
Soochow University (Suzhou)
1 publication, 0.03%
Chengdu Medical College
1 publication, 0.03%
National Cheng Kung University
1 publication, 0.03%
University of Sydney
1 publication, 0.03%
University of Otago
1 publication, 0.03%
Auckland University of Technology
1 publication, 0.03%
University of Melbourne
1 publication, 0.03%
Monash University
1 publication, 0.03%
University of Queensland
1 publication, 0.03%
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
1 publication, 0.03%
Deakin University
1 publication, 0.03%
Curtin University
1 publication, 0.03%
Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne
1 publication, 0.03%
Hunter New England Local Health District
1 publication, 0.03%
Hunter Medical Research Institute
1 publication, 0.03%
University of the Sunshine Coast
1 publication, 0.03%
Northwestern University
1 publication, 0.03%
University of Washington
1 publication, 0.03%
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
1 publication, 0.03%
Ohio State University
1 publication, 0.03%
Northern Arizona University
1 publication, 0.03%
San Diego State University
1 publication, 0.03%
University Medical Center Göttingen
1 publication, 0.03%
Brown University
1 publication, 0.03%
University of Maryland, Baltimore
1 publication, 0.03%
University of Calgary
1 publication, 0.03%
University of Alberta
1 publication, 0.03%
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
1 publication, 0.03%
University of Cincinnati
1 publication, 0.03%
Regis University
1 publication, 0.03%
Indiana University Indianapolis
1 publication, 0.03%
University of South Wales
1 publication, 0.03%
Singapore General Hospital
1 publication, 0.03%
University of Montana
1 publication, 0.03%
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Publishing organizations in 5 years

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La Trobe University
2 publications, 0.86%
Nanjing Sport Institute
1 publication, 0.43%
University of Kuala Lumpur
1 publication, 0.43%
Nanchang University
1 publication, 0.43%
Soochow University (Suzhou)
1 publication, 0.43%
Chengdu Medical College
1 publication, 0.43%
National Cheng Kung University
1 publication, 0.43%
University of Otago
1 publication, 0.43%
Auckland University of Technology
1 publication, 0.43%
Monash University
1 publication, 0.43%
Deakin University
1 publication, 0.43%
Curtin University
1 publication, 0.43%
University of Calgary
1 publication, 0.43%
University of Alberta
1 publication, 0.43%
Indiana University Indianapolis
1 publication, 0.43%
University of Montana
1 publication, 0.43%
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Australia, 9, 0.23%
Australia
9 publications, 0.23%
USA, 7, 0.18%
USA
7 publications, 0.18%
United Kingdom, 3, 0.08%
United Kingdom
3 publications, 0.08%
Germany, 2, 0.05%
Germany
2 publications, 0.05%
China, 2, 0.05%
China
2 publications, 0.05%
Canada, 2, 0.05%
Canada
2 publications, 0.05%
New Zealand, 2, 0.05%
New Zealand
2 publications, 0.05%
Denmark, 1, 0.03%
Denmark
1 publication, 0.03%
Italy, 1, 0.03%
Italy
1 publication, 0.03%
Malaysia, 1, 0.03%
Malaysia
1 publication, 0.03%
Singapore, 1, 0.03%
Singapore
1 publication, 0.03%
Sweden, 1, 0.03%
Sweden
1 publication, 0.03%
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Australia, 4, 1.72%
Australia
4 publications, 1.72%
USA, 2, 0.86%
USA
2 publications, 0.86%
China, 2, 0.86%
China
2 publications, 0.86%
Canada, 2, 0.86%
Canada
2 publications, 0.86%
New Zealand, 2, 0.86%
New Zealand
2 publications, 0.86%
Germany, 1, 0.43%
Germany
1 publication, 0.43%
United Kingdom, 1, 0.43%
United Kingdom
1 publication, 0.43%
Malaysia, 1, 0.43%
Malaysia
1 publication, 0.43%
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