Table 3.
The top 10 popular orthopedics journals publishing the articles written by researchers from Japan, South Korea and China
|
Rank
|
Japan
|
IF
|
n
|
South Korea
|
IF
|
n
|
China
|
IF
|
n
|
| 1 | JOS | 1.805 | 1427 | COS | 2.503 | 492 | JOSR | 2.677 | 1680 |
| 2 | Spine | 3.269 | 622 | KSSTA | 4.114 | 394 | BMCMD | 2.562 | 1296 |
| 3 | KSSTA | 4.114 | 506 | AJSM | 5.973 | 290 | OS | 2.279 | 920 |
| 4 | BMCMD | 2.562 | 444 | ARTH | 7.01 | 286 | ESJ | 2.721 | 759 |
| 5 | ESJ | 2.721 | 421 | Spine | 3.269 | 261 | Spine | 3.269 | 691 |
| 6 | JA | 4.435 | 288 | JA | 4.435 | 241 | IO | 3.479 | 587 |
| 7 | JOR | 3.102 | 276 | BMCMD | 2.562 | 241 | Injury | 2.687 | 378 |
| 8 | JOSHK | 2.423 | 276 | JSES | 3.507 | 221 | TSJ | 4.297 | 326 |
| 9 | Knee | 1.482 | 242 | AOTS | 2.928 | 221 | JOT | 4.239 | 275 |
| 10 | AJSM | 7.01 | 234 | TSJ | 4.297 | 199 | AOTS | 2.928 | 272 |
AJSM: Am J Sports Med; AOTS: Arch Orthop Traum Surg; ARTH: Arthroscopy; BMCMD: BMC Musculoskelet Disord; COS: Clin Orthop Surg; ESJ: Eur Spine J; IO: Int Orthop; JA: J Arthroplasty; JOR: J Orthop Res; JOSHK: J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong); JOS: J Orthop Sci; JOSR: J Orthop Surg Res; JSES: J Shoulder Elbow Surg; JOT: J Orthop Translat; KSSTA: Knee Surg Sport Tr A; OS: Orthopaedic Surgery; TSJ: The Spine J.