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Navigation surgery
Guest Editors:
Sandro Hodel, MD, Balgrist University Hospital, Switzerland
Masashi Uehara, PhD, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Japan
Submission Status: 15 December 2024
Shoulder and elbow pathologies
Guest Editor:
Gül Baltaci, PhD, Istanbul Atlas University, Türkiye
Submission Status: Open until 09 October 2024
Advances in minimally invasive orthopedic surgeries
Guest Editors:
Hisashi Koga, MD, PhD, Iwai Medical Foundation, Japan
Javier Ferrer Torregrosa, DPM, Catholic University of Valencia San Vicente Mártir, Spain
Submission Status: Open until 14 August 2024
3D printed implants in orthopedic surgery
Guest Editors
Kai Xie, PhD, Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, China
Nanfang Xu, MD, PHD, Peking University Third Hospital, China
Submission Status: Open until 26 July 2024
Nutrition and metabolism in musculoskeletal disorders
Guest Editors:
Paul Morgan, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
Mao Zhang, Stanford University, United States
Submission Status: Open until 16 July 2024
Musculoskeletal rehabilitation and physiotherapy
Guest Editors:
Helen French: RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ireland
Tom Wainwright: Bournemouth University, United Kingdom
Submission Status: Open until 22 June 2024
Prosthetics and orthotics
Guest Editors:
Christina Zong-Hao Ma: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
Gabriel Moisan: University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières, Canada
Submission Status: Open until 15 June 2024
Bone reconstruction technologies
Guest Editors:
Youshui Gao: Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Zhiyong Hou: Hebei Medical University, China
Submission Status: Open until 8 June 2024
Musculoskeletal molecular endotypes
Guest Editors:
Ali Mobasheri: University of Oulu, Finland
Guangju Zhai: Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
Submission Status: Open until 30 May 2024
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Regenerative medicine: focus on cartilage, discs and tendons
Guest Editors:
Gianfilippo Caggiari: University of Sassari, Italy
Liang Gao: University of Saarland, Germany
Eugenio Jannelli: University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Italy
Giuseppe Rovere: Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic, Italy
Payman Vahedi: Islamic Azad University Medical Branch of Tehran, Iran
Translational musculoskeletal research: Bridging the gap between lab and clinic
Guest Editors:
John Houten: Humanitas Research Hospital, Italy
Ara Nazarian: Harvard Medical School, USA
Imran Khan Niazi: New Zealand College of Chiropractic, New Zealand
Biao Wang: Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
Psychosocial aspects of musculoskeletal disorders
Guest Editors:
Anita Amorim: University of Sydney, Australia
Derek Clewley: Duke University, USA
Imran Khan Niazi: New Zealand College of Chiropractic, New Zealand
Markus Rupp: University Medical Center Regensburg, Germany
Bart Staal: HAN University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands
Technologies and innovations to manage spine degeneration
Guest Editors:
Pongsthorn Chanplakorn: Mahidol University, Thailand
Xing Du: First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, China
John Houten: Maimonides Medical Center, United States
Koroush Kabir: University Hospital Bonn, Germany
Hyeun-Sung Kim: Gangnam Nanoori Hospital, South Korea
Patient and Public Involvement (PPI)
Guest Editors:
Adewale Adebajo: University of Sheffield, UK
Angie Botto-van Bemden: Patient Advocate, USA
Ciarán Martin Fitzpatrick: BMC Medicine, UK
Collection published
Robotic surgery
Guest Editors: Graziano Ceccarelli, Aslam Ejaz, Stefano Scabini, John Houten, Yu Zhao, Tsun-Yuan Tsai
Digital health in musculoskeletal care
Guest Editors:
Aurélie Najm: University of Glasgow, UK
Diederik De Cock: KU Leuven, Belgium
Latika Gupta: SGPGI, India
Koroush Kabir: University Hospital Bonn, Germany
Collection published
Advances and challenges in imaging rheumatic and musculoskeletal disorders
Guest Editors:
Domenico Albano: IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Italy
Francesco Carrubi: University of L'Aquila, Italy
Collection published
Work and musculoskeletal health
Guest Editor:
Bart Staal: HAN University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands
Collection published
Osteoarthritis - from basic and translational approaches to clinical practice
Guest Editor:
Ali Mobasheri: University of Surrey, UK
Collection published
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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)2023 Speed
27 days submission to first editorial decision for all manuscripts (Median)
143 days submission to accept (Median)2023 Usage
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