About the Journal
Role of The Journal/Society
Editorial Process and Direction: The Indo Korean Orthopaedic Foundation plays a central role in the editorial direction of the journal “Journal of Orthopaedics”. Specifically:
- Editorial Board Appointment: The Indo Korean Orthopaedic Foundation appoints the Editor-in-Chief and oversees the composition of the editorial board.
- Editorial Policy and Scope: The aims and scope of the journal are determined by the Indo Korean Orthopaedic Foundation in consultation with the editorial board to ensure alignment with the Association’s mission and the needs for the community.
- Peer Review Process and Final Decisions: The Editor-in-Chief, who is appointed by and reports to the Indo Korean Orthopaedic Foundation manages the peer review process, makes final decisions on manuscripts, and ensures editorial independence and scientific integrity.
- Strategic Direction: Major decisions regarding journal strategy, policy updates, or editorial initiatives are made under the guidance of the Indo Korean Orthopaedic Foundation Executive Committee.
Role of Scientific Scholar
Scientific Scholar serves solely as the publishing partner, providing publishing infrastructure, manuscript management system, website hosting, copyediting, production, and distribution services to support the journal’s publication process. Scientific Scholar does not influence or participate in the editorial decisions or the peer review process.
Aims & Scope
Publication excellence in the field of Orthopaedics.Audience
Our audience includes researchers from the field of Orthopaedics.
Review Process
JOO has a highly rigorous peer-review process that makes sure that manuscripts are scientifically accurate, relevant, novel and important. Authors disclose all conflicts, affiliations and financial associations such that the published content is not biased.
Editorial Team
The editorial board comprises a panel of experts from various disciplines of medical and allied sciences to provide their expertise and guidance in maintaining the clarity of content and focus of the purpose for the journal.
About the Editor
Editor-in-Chief
GMC colla Foundation – 673011
Nadakkave, Kozhikode, Kerala
Email: editor@jortho.org;
gopirothan.p@gmail.com
Facts About the Journal
Abstracting and Indexing Information
The journal is indexed with, or included in, the following:
Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
Impact Factor : 1.8
SCOPUS, PubMed Central, Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
Journal Ethics
The Journal of Orthopaedics is committed to meeting and upholding the standards of ethical behavior at all stages of the publication process. We follow closely the industry associations, such as the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) and World Association of Medical Editors (WAME), that set standards and provide guidelines for best practices in order to meet these requirements. For a summary of our specific policies regarding duplicate publication, conflicts of interest, patient consent, etc., please visit our Ethical Guidelines section
Plagiarism Policy
The journal uses plagiarism check software (iThenticate) on the Editor’s and Reviewer’s panel in the manuscript management system which is used to check and control Plagiarism for each article. Any manuscript, that is found to have plagiarism is rejected.Archival Policy
We use PORTICO for our third-party repository for all articles published with us. All our articles are assigned a DOI number. We are members of https://crossref.org
Open Access Publication and Creative Commons Licensing
Journal of Orthopaedics is an open-access journal, and manuscripts published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 4.0 License (CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0), which allows others to remix, transform, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.Data Sharing Policy
NIH funded researchers, please follow the NIH guidelines on Data sharing as given at: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-21-013.htmlAdvertisements
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“Pop-up” and “banner” advertisement appears at a fixed location on the page and does not interfere with the manuscript in any form.
The Editorial Board has full and final approval over the content of all advertisements.
Advertisers will never be shown any manuscripts or other content prior to publication.
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Publisher
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With offices in both the USA and India, Scientific Scholar proudly serves a global research community.
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