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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
Submission Status: Open until 30 June 2023
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
Submission Status: Open until 30 June 2023
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
Submission Status: Open until 30 June 2023
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
Submission Status: Open until 30 June 2023
Patient and Public Involvement (PPI)
Guest Editors:
Adewale Adebajo: University of Sheffield, UK
Angie Botto-van Bemden: Patient Advocate, USA
Submission Status: Closed
Robotic surgery
Guest Editors:
Graziano Ceccarelli: St. Giovanni B. Hospital, Foligno-Spoleto, Italy
Aslam Ejaz: The Ohio State University, Wexner Medical Center, USA
Stefano Scabini: IRCCS Policlinico Ospedale San Martino, Genoa, Italy
John Houten: Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine, USA
Yu Zhao: Peking Union Medical College Hospital, China
Tsung-Yuan Tsai: Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Submission Status: Closed
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
Submission Status: Closed
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
Submission Status: Closed
Work and musculoskeletal health
Guest Editor:
Bart Staal: HAN University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands
Submission Status: Closed
Osteoarthritis - from basic and translational approaches to clinical practice
Guest Editor:
Ali Mobasheri: University of Surrey, UK
Submission Status: Closed
Annual Journal Metrics
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Citation Impact
2.562 - 2-year Impact Factor (2021)
3.021 - 5-year Impact Factor (2021)
1.318 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
0.669 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)
Speed
47 days to first decision for all manuscripts (Median)
58 days to first decision for reviewed manuscripts only (Median)Usage
5,579,625 downloads (2022)
4,426 Altmetric mentions (2021)Transparency and Openess
TOP Factor Score - 8
Peer-review Terminology
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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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