Journal of Orthopaedic and Sports Physical Therapy

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

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SCImago
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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
150 906
h-index
157
Publications
232
Citations
63 401
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, 5.05%
Physical Therapy in Sport
3075 citations, 2.04%
American Journal of Sports Medicine
2682 citations, 1.78%
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
2153 citations, 1.43%
Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies
2137 citations, 1.42%
Journal of Sport Rehabilitation
1908 citations, 1.26%
Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy
1892 citations, 1.25%
Physical Therapy
1772 citations, 1.17%
Clinical Biomechanics
1702 citations, 1.13%
Gait and Posture
1631 citations, 1.08%
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy
1567 citations, 1.04%
Physiotherapy Theory and Practice
1554 citations, 1.03%
British Journal of Sports Medicine
1499 citations, 0.99%
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
1496 citations, 0.99%
Musculoskeletal Science and Practice
1495 citations, 0.99%
Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research
1459 citations, 0.97%
Manual Therapy
1402 citations, 0.93%
Journal of Athletic Training
1394 citations, 0.92%
PLoS ONE
1315 citations, 0.87%
Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine
1240 citations, 0.82%
Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
1213 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
1053 citations, 0.7%
Sports Medicine
1051 citations, 0.7%
Sports Health
1025 citations, 0.68%
Journal of Clinical Medicine
957 citations, 0.63%
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
877 citations, 0.58%
Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
864 citations, 0.57%
Journal of Biomechanics
852 citations, 0.56%
Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports
798 citations, 0.53%
Knee
787 citations, 0.52%
Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation
763 citations, 0.51%
Disability and Rehabilitation
666 citations, 0.44%
Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine
635 citations, 0.42%
Scientific Reports
621 citations, 0.41%
BMJ Open
606 citations, 0.4%
Clinics in Sports Medicine
602 citations, 0.4%
Journal of Hand Therapy
569 citations, 0.38%
Spine
566 citations, 0.38%
PM and R
550 citations, 0.36%
Foot and Ankle International
548 citations, 0.36%
Journal of Sports Sciences
539 citations, 0.36%
Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
520 citations, 0.34%
Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
507 citations, 0.34%
Journal of Orthopaedic Research
501 citations, 0.33%
Journal of Applied Biomechanics
487 citations, 0.32%
Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy
460 citations, 0.3%
Healthcare
456 citations, 0.3%
Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
456 citations, 0.3%
Clinical Rehabilitation
450 citations, 0.3%
Journal of Foot and Ankle Research
443 citations, 0.29%
Cureus
420 citations, 0.28%
BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation
415 citations, 0.28%
Physical Therapy Reviews
405 citations, 0.27%
Strength and Conditioning Journal
398 citations, 0.26%
Sensors
389 citations, 0.26%
Physiotherapy
386 citations, 0.26%
Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
384 citations, 0.25%
Physical Therapy Korea
383 citations, 0.25%
European Spine Journal
376 citations, 0.25%
European Journal of Applied Physiology
374 citations, 0.25%
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
354 citations, 0.23%
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
353 citations, 0.23%
Foot
346 citations, 0.23%
Frontiers in Physiology
344 citations, 0.23%
Sports Biomechanics
343 citations, 0.23%
Athletic Training & Sports Health Care
339 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
295 citations, 0.2%
International Journal of Athletic Therapy & Training
293 citations, 0.19%
Journal of The Korean Society of Physical Medicine
286 citations, 0.19%
Medicine (United States)
285 citations, 0.19%
Musculoskeletal Care
276 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Chiropractic Medicine
276 citations, 0.18%
Isokinetics and Exercise Science
273 citations, 0.18%
Chiropractic and Manual Therapies
271 citations, 0.18%
Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
269 citations, 0.18%
Current Reviews in Musculoskeletal Medicine
265 citations, 0.18%
International Journal of Sports Medicine
260 citations, 0.17%
Medicina
253 citations, 0.17%
Pain
249 citations, 0.17%
Physician and Sportsmedicine
245 citations, 0.16%
Clinical Journal of Pain
243 citations, 0.16%
Sports
243 citations, 0.16%
Arthritis Care and Research
240 citations, 0.16%
Pain Medicine
239 citations, 0.16%
BMJ Open Sport and Exercise Medicine
238 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
235 citations, 0.16%
Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine
234 citations, 0.16%
Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery
226 citations, 0.15%
Spine Journal
226 citations, 0.15%
Human Movement Science
222 citations, 0.15%
Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review
219 citations, 0.15%
Physiotherapy Research International
214 citations, 0.14%
Journal of Arthroplasty
214 citations, 0.14%
Shoulder and Elbow
209 citations, 0.14%
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America
207 citations, 0.14%
Kinesitherapie
207 citations, 0.14%
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Citing publishers

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Elsevier
40700 citations, 26.97%
Springer Nature
18300 citations, 12.13%
Taylor & Francis
9870 citations, 6.54%
SAGE
9544 citations, 6.32%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
9341 citations, 6.19%
Wiley
7344 citations, 4.87%
MDPI
6525 citations, 4.32%
4003 citations, 2.65%
Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy (JOSPT)
3702 citations, 2.45%
Human Kinetics
3252 citations, 2.15%
BMJ
3181 citations, 2.11%
Oxford University Press
2721 citations, 1.8%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
2187 citations, 1.45%
Frontiers Media S.A.
2103 citations, 1.39%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
1562 citations, 1.04%
National Athletic Trainers Association, Inc.
1557 citations, 1.03%
The Society of Physical Therapy Science
1506 citations, 1%
IOS Press
987 citations, 0.65%
Hindawi Limited
922 citations, 0.61%
SciELO
816 citations, 0.54%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
771 citations, 0.51%
SLACK
598 citations, 0.4%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
514 citations, 0.34%
Korean Research Society of Physical Therapy
513 citations, 0.34%
Edizioni Minerva Medica
456 citations, 0.3%
JMIR Publications
454 citations, 0.3%
The Korean Society of Physical Medicine
385 citations, 0.26%
Mary Ann Liebert
341 citations, 0.23%
American Physiological Society
272 citations, 0.18%
PeerJ
266 citations, 0.18%
Brieflands
255 citations, 0.17%
World Scientific
254 citations, 0.17%
The Korean Society of Physical Therapy
248 citations, 0.16%
International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy
231 citations, 0.15%
Mark Allen Group
230 citations, 0.15%
University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress)
219 citations, 0.15%
American Podiatric Medical Association
202 citations, 0.13%
AME Publishing Company
193 citations, 0.13%
Walter de Gruyter
188 citations, 0.12%
British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery
188 citations, 0.12%
Australian Physiotherapy Association
164 citations, 0.11%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
161 citations, 0.11%
Association of Military Surgeons of the US
142 citations, 0.09%
ASME International
139 citations, 0.09%
Baishideng Publishing Group
131 citations, 0.09%
Maney Publishing
129 citations, 0.09%
Medknow
124 citations, 0.08%
IOP Publishing
123 citations, 0.08%
Hong Kong Physiotherapy Association
121 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%
AOSIS
108 citations, 0.07%
The Japanese Society of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine
108 citations, 0.07%
IntechOpen
102 citations, 0.07%
Cambridge University Press
95 citations, 0.06%
F1000 Research
91 citations, 0.06%
American Medical Association (AMA)
90 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)
81 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
57 citations, 0.04%
XMLink
53 citations, 0.04%
Bioscientifica
52 citations, 0.03%
Scientific Scholar
49 citations, 0.03%
The Japanese Association of Rehabilitation Medicine
45 citations, 0.03%
Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)
43 citations, 0.03%
Japanese Physical Therapy Association
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%
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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%
Media Sphere Publishing House
33 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%
Medicine Publishing Company Ltd.
31 citations, 0.02%
PAGEPress Publications
31 citations, 0.02%
American College of Physicians
30 citations, 0.02%
Japan Society of Physical Education, Health and Sport Sciences
30 citations, 0.02%
American Psychological Association (APA)
29 citations, 0.02%
Korean Society of Sport Biomechanics
29 citations, 0.02%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
28 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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