Orthopedics and Sports Medicine journals by time to acceptance (2025)
27 journals with 2025 figures · median days from submission to acceptance, measured from PubMed dates · data as of Sep 15, 2026
Sorted by median days from submission to acceptance in 2025. Faster is not better — this is a planning aid, not a ranking of quality. Click a column to re-sort.
| Open access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sports | 41 (32–53) | 476 | 5 | ≈$2,200 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology | 44 (34–59) | 480 | 2 | ≈$1,956 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Muscles | 49 (36–68) | 62 | 5 | ≈$1,222 | Open access (DOAJ) | — |
| Journal of Sports Science and Medicine | 68 (37–189) | 85 | 52 | ≈$1,800 | — | 0.0 |
| Frontiers in Sports and Active Living | 85 (60–126) | 825 | 20 | ≈$2,383 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Calcified Tissue International | 93 (68–127) | 126 | 21 | ≈$3,990 | — | 1.61 |
| Bone | 94 (65–127) | 262 | 2 | ≈$3,960 | Hybrid | 0.81 |
| Physical Therapy in Sport | 97 (66–147) | 108 | 1 | ≈$2,990 | — | 0.0 |
| Foot and Ankle Surgery | 103 (71–149) | 113 | 3 | ≈$4,300 | — | 0.0 |
| The Journal of Foot & Ankle Surgery | 107 (75–154) | 176 | 8 | ≈$3,900 | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism | 109 (70–159) | 69 | 30 | ≈$3,790 | — | 0.0 |
| BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine | 111 (48–156) | 188 | 25 | ≈$3,223 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports | 112 (86–157) | 180 | — | ≈$4,550 | Hybrid | 0.0 |
| BMC Sports Science Medicine and Rehabilitation | 120 (83–184) | 460 | 23 | $3,090 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.81 |
| Journal of Bone and Mineral Research | 133 (81–179) | 185 | — | ≈$3,780 | Hybrid | 1.14 |
| Osteoporosis International | 136 (89–190) | 227 | 20 | ≈$5,090 | Hybrid | 0.99 |
| Archives of Osteoporosis | 142 (94–182) | 147 | 22 | ≈$3,990 | — | 0.0 |
| International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance | 145 (101–191) | 207 | 51 | — | — | 0.99 |
| International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy | 149 (122–196) | 143 | 47 | No fee (DOAJ) | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of Foot and Ankle Research | 154 (100–195) | 84 | — | $3,080 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of Clinical Densitometry | 157 (118–200) | 60 | 3 | ≈$3,000 | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of science and medicine in sport | 175 (142–249) | 154 | 5 | ≈$3,720 | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Sport Rehabilitation | 208 (158–280) | 86 | 64 | — | — | 0.0 |
| Journal of Applied Biomechanics | 215 (139–293) | 67 | 67 | — | — | 0.0 |
| European Journal of Sport Science | 220 (163–307) | 204 | — | $2,950 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine | 229 (167–318) | 71 | 48 | — | — | 0.0 |
| Sports Medicine - Open | 273 (175–344) | 153 | 29 | $4,390 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
Journals are listed where at least 25% of their articles' topics fall in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (OpenAlex).
Latest available year: 2024
3 journals without enough usable 2025 data. Their 2024 figures are shown separately so they are never compared with 2025 figures.
| Open access | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biology of Sport | 137 (92–207) | 97 | 45 | $1,200 | Open access (DOAJ) | 0.0 |
| Journal of Human Kinetics | 165 (120–237) | 133 | 114 | — | Open access | 0.0 |
| The Foot | 171 (89–446) | 59 | 4 | ≈$3,250 | — | 0.0 |
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Which Orthopedics and Sports Medicine journals accepted papers fastest in 2025?
Among 27 Orthopedics and Sports Medicine journals with enough dated articles in 2025, the shortest median time from submission to acceptance was 41 days (Sports). The middle journal's median was 120 days. Speed is not a measure of quality; check scope, indexing and fees too.
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From the submission and acceptance dates publishers deposit in PubMed, for accepted articles only. Each journal needs at least 50 dated articles in the year shown, and a table headed with a year contains only that year's figures.
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Data sources. Submission, acceptance and publication dates: Courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine (PubMed, entries through Sep 15, 2026). NLM does not endorse Journal Clock, and these figures may not reflect the most current PubMed data. Journal fees and open-access listing: DOAJ (CC0, retrieved Sep 16, 2026). Fees paid by institutions: OpenAPC (Open Database License, retrieved Sep 16, 2026). Retractions: Retraction Watch Database via Crossref (retrieved Sep 16, 2026). Journal identifiers and topics: OpenAlex (CC0). Currency conversion: ECB reference rates (Sep 15, 2026). How these numbers are calculated · For organisations.