Format

Print and Online

Specialty

Orthopaedics; Surgery (Specialty); Sports Medicine

The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery

Website URL: jbjs.org

Content Focus: For more than 125 years, The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery has published only the highest quality clinical and scientific research by the most innovative thinkers in the orthopaedic field. To be published in JBJS, an original paper must be deemed clinically relevant and/or likely to influence essential thinking and perceptions among orthopaedic surgeons.

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JBJS ranks #2 in average issue readers
(Source: Orthopedic Surgery Table 402, Medical/Surgical Media Measurement 2025, M3 MI)

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Editor-in-Chief: Mohit (Mo) Bhandari, MD, PhD, FRCSC

Frequency: 24 issues/year

Impact Factor: 4.3

Impact Factor Ranking: 13/139 in Orthopedics category; 23/312 in Surgery category

JBJS Reviews

Content Focus: JBJS Reviews continuously publishes thorough and critical online reviews of all other clinical and scientific research and topics of interest and importance to orthopaedic surgeons. JBJS Reviews only features authors who are practicing surgeons and/or faculty members recognized as experts in their field. JBJS Reviews’ editors meticulously edit and publish research reviews achieving highest levels of quality, accuracy and clarity.

Editor-in-Chief: Mohit (Mo) Bhandari, MD, PhD, FRCSC

Editor: Thomas A. Einhorn, MD

Frequency: 12 issues/year (articles published weekly, batched into monthly issues)

Impact Factor: 2.4

Impact Factor Ranking: 78/312 in Surgery category

JBJS Essential Surgical Techniques

Content Focus: Seeing is vital to learning and perfecting surgical techniques. Leveraging digital media’s visual and interactive capabilities, each procedure in JBJS Essential Surgical Techniques is described in step-by-step presentations and illustrated extensively with images to encourage greater understanding of the procedure and concepts. Video excerpts are frequent features. Indications, contraindications, pitfalls and challenges are clearly highlighted.

Editor-in-Chief: Mohit (Mo) Bhandari, MD, PhD, FRCSC

Editor: Edward Y. Cheng, MD

Frequency: 4 issues/year (articles published twice a month, batched into quarterly issues)

Impact Factor: 1.6

Impact Factor Ranking: 156/312 in Surgery category

JBJS Case Connector

Content Focus: Cross-referenced for rapid search and connectivity, JBJS Case Connector is composed of more than 3,000 orthopaedic case reports. It compiles symptoms, conditions and demographic details to empower surgeons to find cases similar to theirs and to mine the database to reveal emerging trends and identify patterns, distinguishing between truly rare cases and repeated, related single instances of larger problems.

Editor-in-Chief: Mohit (Mo) Bhandari, MD, PhD, FRCSC

Co-Editors: Thomas W. Bauer, MD, PhD, and Ronald W. Lindsey, MD

Frequency: 4 issues/year (articles published twice a month, batched into quarterly issues)

JBJS Open Access

Content Focus: An international, peer-reviewed, online-only journal that publishes basic-science and clinical studies that have the potential to impact orthopaedic care worldwide. JBJS Open Access expands the capacity of JBJS to meet the evolving needs of the orthopaedic community by disseminating knowledge on an open-access platform that is free of charge for all readers.

Editor-in-Chief: Mohit (Mo) Bhandari, MD, PhD, FRCSC

Co-Editors: Eng Hin Lee, MD, FRCSC, and Robin R. Richards, MD, FRCSC

Frequency: continuous publication batched into monthly issues

Impact Factor: 3.8

Impact Factor Ranking: 18/139 in Orthopedics category; 30/312 in Surgery category

JBJS Journal of Orthopaedics for Physician Assistants

Content Focus: An academic resource that delivers ongoing orthopaedic education for physician assistants (PAs) and nurse practitioners (NPs) by providing them with a unique forum to share their knowledge and experiences. JOPA publishes clinically relevant content across all orthopaedic subspecialties to advance the knowledge of orthopaedic PAs and NPs.

Editor-in-Chief: Mark F. Swiontkowski, MD

Co-Editor: Dagan Cloutier, PA-C

Frequency: 4 issues/year (articles published twice a month, batched into quarterly issues)

JBJS Jobs Orthopaedic Career Center

Content Focus: An academic resource that delivers ongoing orthopaedic education for physician assistants (PAs) and nurse practitioners (NPs) by providing them with a unique forum to share their knowledge and experiences. JOPA publishes clinically relevant content across all orthopaedic subspecialties to advance the knowledge of orthopaedic PAs and NPs.

Editor-in-Chief: Mohit (Mo) Bhandari, MD, PhD, FRCSC

Editor: Dagan Cloutier, PA-C

Frequency: 4 issues/year (articles published twice a month, batched into quarterly issues)

Advertising Guidelines

Subject to approval by the Editor. JBJS Advertising Policies apply. New copy must be received by the Publisher two weeks before closing date.