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Regenerative medicine: focus on cartilage, discs and tendons

Guest Edited by Gianfilippo Caggiari, Liang Gao, Eugenio Jannelli, Giuseppe Rovere and Payman Vahedi

Technologies and innovations to manage spine degeneration

Guest Edited by Pongsthorn Chanplakorn, Xing Du, John Houten, Koroush Kabir and Hyeun-Sung Kim

Translational musculoskeletal research: Bridging the gap between lab and clinic

Guest Edited by John Houten, Ara Nazarian, Imran Khan Niazi and Biao Wang

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Consensus on a standardised treatment pathway algorithm for lumbar spinal stenosis: an international Delphi study


Hip abductor strenghtening in patients diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis - a systematic review and meta-analysis
 

Musculoskeletal disorders in video games - a systematic review
 

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Aims and scope

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of musculoskeletal disorders, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology. Studies investigating the systemic nature of rheumatic diseases, not related to specific musculoskeletal manifestations, are directed to submit to BMC Rheumatology.  

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Annual Journal Metrics

  • 2022 Citation Impact
    2.3 - 2-year Impact Factor
    2.8 - 5-year Impact Factor
    1.288 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
    0.716 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

    2022 Speed
    18 days submission to first editorial decision for all manuscripts (Median)
    143 days submission to accept (Median)

    2022 Usage 
    5,579,625 downloads
    21,561 Altmetric mentions 

    Transparency and Openess
    TOP Factor Score - 8

Peer-review Terminology

  • The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal:

    Identity transparency: Single anonymized

    Reviewer interacts with: Editor

    Review information published: Review reports. Reviewer Identities reviewer opt in. Author/reviewer communication

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