Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics

The Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics is the open access journal of the European Society for Sports Traumatology, Knee Surgery and Arthroscopy, founded in 2014.《Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics》是欧洲运动创伤、膝关节外科与关节镜学会的开放获取期刊，2014 年创刊。

It publishes laboratory, translational and clinical research on the musculoskeletal system, with an emphasis on knee surgery and sports traumatology.刊物发表肌肉骨骼系统的实验室、转化与临床研究，重点在膝关节外科与运动创伤。

Its 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 3.2, and the title ranks 30th among 147 journals in orthopaedics and 55th among 321 in surgery.2025 年期刊影响因子为 3.2，在骨科学 147 种期刊中排第 30 位，在外科学 321 种期刊中排第 55 位。

Scope

• Knee surgery is the journal's centre of gravity, from ligament reconstruction and meniscal repair to osteotomy and revision arthroplasty.膝关节外科是刊物的重心，从韧带重建、半月板修复到截骨与翻修关节置换。
• Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction and the criteria for returning to sport are among the most frequently read subjects in the journal.前交叉韧带重建与重返赛场的判定标准，是该刊阅读量最高的题目之一。
• Meniscal preservation, repair and transplantation are treated as separate questions, each with its own outcome measures.半月板保留、修复与移植被当作彼此独立的问题处理，各有自己的结局指标。
• Periprosthetic joint infection and two-stage revision are covered with attention to microbiology and to the interval between stages.假体周围关节感染与二期翻修得到讨论，关注微生物学以及两次手术之间的间隔。
• Patient-specific instruments, three-dimensional printing and computer-assisted planning appear as aids to accuracy in complex cases.患者特异性器械、三维打印与计算机辅助规划，作为复杂病例中提高精度的手段出现。
• Arthroscopy and minimally invasive techniques are covered as procedures in their own right, including portal design and instrumentation.关节镜与微创技术作为独立术式得到讨论，包括入路设计与器械。
• Sports traumatology papers address muscle, tendon and ligament injury, return-to-play decisions and prevention programmes.运动创伤论文讨论肌肉、肌腱与韧带损伤，重返赛场的判断以及预防方案。
• Shoulder, elbow, hip, foot and ankle topics appear alongside knee work, and the journal does not restrict itself to one joint.肩、肘、髋、足踝题目与膝部研究并列出现，刊物并不局限于单一关节。
• Cartilage repair and regenerative medicine form a distinct strand, with cell-based therapies, scaffolds and biological augmentation.软骨修复与再生医学构成独立主线，涉及细胞治疗、支架与生物学增强。
• Biomechanics and imaging studies are published when they answer a surgical question rather than simply describe a technique.生物力学与影像研究在能够回答外科问题、而非仅仅描述技术时才被发表。
• Paediatric orthopaedics and growth-related problems of the knee are within scope, including physeal injury and deformity.小儿骨科与膝部生长相关问题属于范围，包括骺板损伤与畸形。
• Trauma and fracture care around the knee and the sports-active patient are included, with an emphasis on function rather than radiographic union alone.膝部及运动活跃人群的创伤与骨折治疗也在其中，强调功能而非仅看影像愈合。
• Rehabilitation and return to sport are treated as research questions, with outcome measures and criteria reported explicitly.康复与重返运动被当作研究问题处理，结局指标与判定标准须明确报告。
• Outcome studies use patient-reported measures, registry data and matched cohorts, and the journal asks for minimum follow-up periods.结局研究采用患者报告指标、登记数据与配对队列，刊物要求最短随访期。
• Consensus and position statements developed within the society are published, often with a methods account of how agreement was reached.学会内部形成的共识与立场文件会在刊物发表，通常附上达成一致的方法说明。
• Systematic reviews and meta-analyses are accepted when the clinical question is focused and the search is reproducible.系统综述与荟萃分析在临床问题聚焦、检索可复现时被接受。
• Studies from national joint registries are read with attention to completeness, since revision rates depend on how many centres report.来自国家关节登记系统的研究在阅读时关注数据完整性，因为翻修率取决于上报中心的数量。
• Technical notes and surgical techniques are short formats that describe a procedure with enough detail to be repeated.技术札记与手术技术是短篇体裁，把术式写到可重复的程度。
• Letters to the editor and editor's picks comment on published papers and on controversies in the field.读者来信与编辑推荐对已发表论文及领域内的争议作出评论。

History

• The journal was established in 2014 as the society's own open access title, published at the time on the SpringerOpen platform.该刊于 2014 年作为学会自有的开放获取期刊创办，当时在 SpringerOpen 平台出版。
• It completed its tenth volume in 2023, and the first decade of content remains free to read.刊物于 2023 年出满第十卷，最初十年的内容仍可免费阅读。
• While it was published on the SpringerOpen platform, articles carried the 10.1186 prefix, and those identifiers still resolve.在 SpringerOpen 平台出版时期，文章使用 10.1186 前缀，这些标识符至今仍可解析。
• From 2024 the journal has been published by Wiley, and new articles carry the 10.1002 prefix in their digital object identifiers.自 2024 年起刊物由 Wiley 出版，新文章的数字对象标识符使用 10.1002 前缀。
• Articles are published under a Creative Commons attribution licence, so authors retain copyright and readers may reuse the text.文章以知识共享署名许可发布，作者保留著作权，读者可以复用文字。
• The article processing charge is about 1,850 dollars, and the journal is listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals.文章处理费约为 1850 美元，刊物收录于开放获取期刊目录。
• Impact factors moved from 2.0 in 2023 to 2.7 in 2024 and 3.2 in 2025.影响因子从 2023 年的 2.0 升至 2024 年的 2.7，2025 年达到 3.2。
• The 2025 report counted 3,111 citations, 378 articles and 459 citable items.2025 年报告统计被引 3111 次，论文 378 篇，可引用条目 459 项。
• Submission figures published by the journal put the median time to first decision at about 25 days and to acceptance at about 69 days.刊物公布的投稿数据显示，首次决定的中位时间约为 25 天，录用的中位时间约为 69 天。
• Article usage figures reported by the publisher put annual views in the six figures, which is high for a specialist orthopaedic title.出版方公布的使用数据显示年浏览量达到六位数，对专科骨科期刊而言属于较高水平。
• The Young Researchers Awards and the society's fellowship scheme bring early-career surgeons into the journal's orbit.青年研究者奖与学会的进修计划把早期职业外科医生带入刊物的视野。
• The title is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, Scopus and the Directory of Open Access Journals.该刊被新兴来源引文索引、Scopus 与开放获取期刊目录收录。
• The 2025 five-year impact factor is 3.2, level with the annual figure, so the citation record has been steady rather than rising sharply.2025 年的五年影响因子为 3.2，与当年数值持平，说明被引表现平稳而非陡升。

Editors

• Henning Madry of Saarland University was the founding editor-in-chief and built the journal around cartilage and joint research.萨尔大学的 Henning Madry 是创刊主编，围绕软骨与关节研究奠定了刊物方向。
• Stefano Zaffagnini of the Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute in Bologna led the journal from 2021, with knee surgery and sports traumatology as his field.博洛尼亚里佐利骨科研究所的 Stefano Zaffagnini 自 2021 年起主持该刊，研究领域为膝关节外科与运动创伤。
• Associate editors are assigned by anatomical region and by theme, so that a knee paper and a shoulder paper reach different readers.副编辑按解剖部位与主题分工，膝部论文与肩部论文由不同编辑处理。
• Editors for regenerative medicine and biologics handle the cell therapy and scaffold submissions, which carry their own reporting standards.再生医学与生物制品方向的编辑负责细胞治疗与支架类投稿，这类稿件有各自的报告规范。
• Web and social media editors were added as the journal moved to continuous online publication, and they curate collections of related papers.随着刊物转向连续网络出版，增设了网络与社交媒体编辑，负责整理相关论文的合集。
• The editorial board is appointed through the society, and members serve fixed terms that are published on the journal site.编委会由学会任命，成员任期固定并在刊物网站上公布。
• Board members come from across Europe, with additional editors from North America, Asia and Australia.编委主要来自欧洲各地，另有来自北美、亚洲与澳大利亚的编辑。
• Statistical and methodological advice is sought for trial reports and for registry analyses before a decision is reached.试验报告与登记数据分析在作出决定前会征询统计学与方法学意见。
• Reviewers are drawn from the society's membership, and their reports are expected to address surgical relevance as well as scientific validity.审稿人来自学会会员，审稿意见需同时涉及外科相关性与科学效度。
• The editor's picks feature is compiled by the editorial team to draw attention to papers of practical value to surgeons.编辑推荐栏目由编辑团队编选，用于提示对外科医生有实用价值的论文。
• The editors work with the society's scientific committee when setting priorities for review articles and consensus work.编辑在确定综述与共识工作的优先方向时，与学会的科学委员会协作。