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Preparing your manuscript

Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics publishes the following article types:

Click the relevant link to find style and formatting information for the article you are going to submit.

Manuscripts should conform to the following reporting guidelines:

  • Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses: PRISMA
  • Randomized Clinical Trials: CONSORT
  • Observational studies: STROBE
  • Studies of diagnostic accuracy: STARD
  • Animal pre-clinical studies: ARRIVE
  • Other types of health-related research: Consult the EQUATOR web site for appropriate reporting guidelines.


Competing interest statements

Please note that Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics now requires authors to submit a competing interest form as a supplementary file for all submissions. The competing interest form can be found here.

For more information on identifying competing interests, please see our Editorial Policies page here.

Affiliated with

  • The Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics is the official open access journal of ESSKA.

Annual Journal Metrics

  • 2022 Citation Impact
    1.8 - 2-year Impact Factor
    0.836 - SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper)
    0.530 - SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

    2023 Speed
    20 days submission to first editorial decision for all manuscripts (Median)
    99 days submission to accept (Median)

    2023 Usage 
    679,270 downloads
    816 Altmetric mentions