
"Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery" is a rich source of instruction and information for physicians in clinical practice and research in the extensive field of orthopaedics and traumatology. The journal publishes papers that deal with diseases and injuries of the musculoskeletal system from all fields and aspects of medicine. The journal is particularly interested in papers that satisfy the information needs of orthopaedic clinicians and practitioners. The journal places special emphasis on clinical relevance.
95% of authors who answered a survey reported that they would definitely publish or probably publish in the journal againJournal information
- Editors-in-Chief
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- Frank Unglaub,
- Thomas Heyse
- Co-Editors
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- Lars Peter Müller,
- Geert Pagenstert,
- Richard Lindtner,
- Dietmar Krappinger,
- Alexej Barg
- Publishing model
- Hybrid (Transformative Journal). Learn about publishing Open Access with us
Journal metrics
- 2.021 (2019)
- Impact factor
- 2.070 (2019)
- Five year impact factor
- 58 days
- Submission to first decision
- 162 days
- Submission to acceptance
- 307,457 (2019)
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Latest articles
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Protocol-based interdisciplinary co-management for hip fracture care: 3 years of experience at an academic medical center
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Impact of fatty degeneration on the functional outcomes of 38 patients undergoing surgical repair of gluteal tendon tears
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Concomitant injuries in patients with thoracic vertebral body fractures—a systematic literature review
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Journal updates
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Call for original articles - New Technologies in Knee Arthroplasty
Be part of a thrilling project and submit your manuscript! This special volume will be about individual alignment, robotics, patient-specific implants and virtual reality.
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Acknowledgement to our Reviewers 2020
We thank all the reviewers for their excellent expertise, which helped to increase the reputation of Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery during the year 2020.
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COVID-19 and impact on peer review
As a result of the significant disruption that is being caused by the COVID-19 pandemic we are very aware that many researchers will have difficulty in meeting the timelines associated with our peer review process during normal times. Please do let us know if you need additional time. Our systems will continue to remind you of the original timelines but we intend to be highly flexible at this time.
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About this journal
- Electronic ISSN
- 1434-3916
- Abstracted and indexed in
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- ANVUR
- BIOSIS
- Biological Abstracts
- CNKI
- Current Contents/Clinical Medicine
- Dimensions
- EBSCO Academic Search
- EBSCO Biomedical Reference Collection
- EBSCO CINAHL
- EBSCO Discovery Service
- EBSCO Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine Source
- EBSCO SPORTDiscus
- EBSCO STM Source
- EMBASE
- EMCare
- Google Scholar
- INIS Atomindex
- Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China
- Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
- Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition
- Medline
- Naver
- OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
- ProQuest-ExLibris Primo
- ProQuest-ExLibris Summon
- Reaxys
- SCImago
- SCOPUS
- Science Citation Index Expanded (SciSearch)
- Semantic Scholar
- TD Net Discovery Service
- UGC-CARE List (India)
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