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
152 717
h-index
158
Publications
137
Citations
55 085
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
7617 citations, 4.99%
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3092 citations, 2.02%
American Journal of Sports Medicine
2690 citations, 1.76%
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
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Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies
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Journal of Sport Rehabilitation
1924 citations, 1.26%
Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy
1901 citations, 1.24%
Physical Therapy
1788 citations, 1.17%
Clinical Biomechanics
1707 citations, 1.12%
Gait and Posture
1635 citations, 1.07%
Physiotherapy Theory and Practice
1589 citations, 1.04%
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy
1581 citations, 1.04%
Musculoskeletal Science and Practice
1524 citations, 1%
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
1509 citations, 0.99%
British Journal of Sports Medicine
1507 citations, 0.99%
Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research
1467 citations, 0.96%
Manual Therapy
1398 citations, 0.92%
Journal of Athletic Training
1394 citations, 0.91%
PLoS ONE
1340 citations, 0.88%
Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine
1261 citations, 0.83%
Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
1215 citations, 0.8%
Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology
1079 citations, 0.71%
Journal of Physical Therapy Science
1061 citations, 0.69%
Sports Medicine
1060 citations, 0.69%
Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
1052 citations, 0.69%
Sports Health
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Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports
800 citations, 0.52%
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790 citations, 0.52%
Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation
773 citations, 0.51%
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674 citations, 0.44%
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662 citations, 0.43%
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634 citations, 0.42%
BMJ Open
614 citations, 0.4%
Clinics in Sports Medicine
602 citations, 0.39%
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Journal of Hand Therapy
565 citations, 0.37%
PM and R
562 citations, 0.37%
Foot and Ankle International
548 citations, 0.36%
Journal of Sports Sciences
542 citations, 0.35%
Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
518 citations, 0.34%
Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
510 citations, 0.33%
Journal of Orthopaedic Research
507 citations, 0.33%
Journal of Applied Biomechanics
489 citations, 0.32%
Healthcare
467 citations, 0.31%
Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy
460 citations, 0.3%
Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
459 citations, 0.3%
Clinical Rehabilitation
454 citations, 0.3%
Journal of Foot and Ankle Research
447 citations, 0.29%
BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation
444 citations, 0.29%
Cureus
439 citations, 0.29%
Physical Therapy Reviews
407 citations, 0.27%
Physiotherapy
397 citations, 0.26%
Strength and Conditioning Journal
396 citations, 0.26%
Sensors
393 citations, 0.26%
Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
388 citations, 0.25%
Physical Therapy Korea
386 citations, 0.25%
European Spine Journal
382 citations, 0.25%
European Journal of Applied Physiology
375 citations, 0.25%
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
366 citations, 0.24%
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
354 citations, 0.23%
Sports Biomechanics
350 citations, 0.23%
Foot
348 citations, 0.23%
Frontiers in Physiology
345 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%
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299 citations, 0.2%
International Journal of Athletic Therapy & Training
299 citations, 0.2%
Journal of The Korean Society of Physical Medicine
290 citations, 0.19%
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289 citations, 0.19%
Chiropractic and Manual Therapies
288 citations, 0.19%
Frontiers in Sports and Active Living
286 citations, 0.19%
Musculoskeletal Care
275 citations, 0.18%
Journal of Chiropractic Medicine
275 citations, 0.18%
Isokinetics and Exercise Science
273 citations, 0.18%
Current Reviews in Musculoskeletal Medicine
265 citations, 0.17%
International Journal of Sports Medicine
261 citations, 0.17%
Medicina
256 citations, 0.17%
Sports
253 citations, 0.17%
Pain
251 citations, 0.16%
Physician and Sportsmedicine
247 citations, 0.16%
Clinical Journal of Pain
245 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research
244 citations, 0.16%
Arthritis Care and Research
243 citations, 0.16%
Pain Medicine
241 citations, 0.16%
BMJ Open Sport and Exercise Medicine
240 citations, 0.16%
Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine
234 citations, 0.15%
Spine Journal
229 citations, 0.15%
Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery
228 citations, 0.15%
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222 citations, 0.15%
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219 citations, 0.14%
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215 citations, 0.14%
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214 citations, 0.14%
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211 citations, 0.14%
Shoulder and Elbow
209 citations, 0.14%
Kinesitherapie
208 citations, 0.14%
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Citing publishers

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Elsevier
41066 citations, 26.89%
Springer Nature
18619 citations, 12.19%
Taylor & Francis
9984 citations, 6.54%
SAGE
9654 citations, 6.32%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
9424 citations, 6.17%
Wiley
7559 citations, 4.95%
MDPI
6688 citations, 4.38%
Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy (JOSPT)
4462 citations, 2.92%
Human Kinetics
3287 citations, 2.15%
3243 citations, 2.12%
BMJ
3206 citations, 2.1%
Oxford University Press
2759 citations, 1.81%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
2212 citations, 1.45%
Frontiers Media S.A.
2175 citations, 1.42%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
1591 citations, 1.04%
National Athletic Trainers Association, Inc.
1557 citations, 1.02%
The Society of Physical Therapy Science
1507 citations, 0.99%
IOS Press
984 citations, 0.64%
Hindawi Limited
939 citations, 0.61%
SciELO
820 citations, 0.54%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
786 citations, 0.51%
SLACK
600 citations, 0.39%
Korean Research Society of Physical Therapy
518 citations, 0.34%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
516 citations, 0.34%
JMIR Publications
472 citations, 0.31%
Edizioni Minerva Medica
467 citations, 0.31%
The Korean Society of Physical Medicine
390 citations, 0.26%
Mary Ann Liebert
344 citations, 0.23%
American Physiological Society
272 citations, 0.18%
PeerJ
268 citations, 0.18%
Brieflands
259 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)
220 citations, 0.14%
American Podiatric Medical Association
202 citations, 0.13%
British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery
194 citations, 0.13%
AME Publishing Company
193 citations, 0.13%
Walter de Gruyter
191 citations, 0.13%
Australian Physiotherapy Association
168 citations, 0.11%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
161 citations, 0.11%
ASME International
140 citations, 0.09%
Association of Military Surgeons of the US
134 citations, 0.09%
Baishideng Publishing Group
131 citations, 0.09%
Maney Publishing
128 citations, 0.08%
Medknow
127 citations, 0.08%
IOP Publishing
124 citations, 0.08%
Hong Kong Physiotherapy Association
120 citations, 0.08%
Korean Society of Exercise Rehabilitation
117 citations, 0.08%
Research Square Platform LLC
112 citations, 0.07%
Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Science
111 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%
American Medical Association (AMA)
96 citations, 0.06%
Cambridge University Press
95 citations, 0.06%
F1000 Research
93 citations, 0.06%
Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine (KARM)
89 citations, 0.06%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
85 citations, 0.06%
Canadian Science Publishing
85 citations, 0.06%
81 citations, 0.05%
Academy of Physical Education
77 citations, 0.05%
Generalitat de Catalunya
75 citations, 0.05%
Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishing
66 citations, 0.04%
Apex Publishing
66 citations, 0.04%
The Korean Society of Sports Medicine
62 citations, 0.04%
EDP Sciences
60 citations, 0.04%
American Physical Therapy Association
58 citations, 0.04%
XMLink
54 citations, 0.04%
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, 0.02%
Media Sphere Publishing House
38 citations, 0.02%
37 citations, 0.02%
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Eco-Vector LLC
35 citations, 0.02%
Science Alert
35 citations, 0.02%
Trans Tech Publications
34 citations, 0.02%
Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
34 citations, 0.02%
International Scientific Information, Inc.
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%
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%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
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%
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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, 1.46%
Nanjing Sport Institute
1 publication, 0.73%
University of Kuala Lumpur
1 publication, 0.73%
Nanchang University
1 publication, 0.73%
Soochow University (Suzhou)
1 publication, 0.73%
Chengdu Medical College
1 publication, 0.73%
National Cheng Kung University
1 publication, 0.73%
University of Otago
1 publication, 0.73%
Auckland University of Technology
1 publication, 0.73%
Monash University
1 publication, 0.73%
Deakin University
1 publication, 0.73%
Curtin University
1 publication, 0.73%
University of Calgary
1 publication, 0.73%
University of Alberta
1 publication, 0.73%
Indiana University Indianapolis
1 publication, 0.73%
University of Montana
1 publication, 0.73%
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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, 2.92%
Australia
4 publications, 2.92%
USA, 2, 1.46%
USA
2 publications, 1.46%
China, 2, 1.46%
China
2 publications, 1.46%
Canada, 2, 1.46%
Canada
2 publications, 1.46%
New Zealand, 2, 1.46%
New Zealand
2 publications, 1.46%
Germany, 1, 0.73%
Germany
1 publication, 0.73%
United Kingdom, 1, 0.73%
United Kingdom
1 publication, 0.73%
Malaysia, 1, 0.73%
Malaysia
1 publication, 0.73%
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