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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

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Overview

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of the prevention, diagnosis and management of musculoskeletal disorders, as well as related molecular genetics, pathophysiology, and epidemiology.

  • Transparent peer review
  • High visibility for your work with open access
  • Indexed in PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science (SCIE) and more 
Lead Editor
  • Barbara Jensen

Journal metrics

Journal Impact Factor
2.4 (2024)
5-year Journal Impact Factor
2.8 (2024)
Submission to first decision (median)
9 days
Downloads
10.1M (2025)

Calls for papers

Collection

Diagnostic imaging in musculoskeletal disorders

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders is calling for submissions to our Diagnostic imaging in musculoskeletal disorders Collection.

Status
Open for submissions
Submission deadline
22 September 2026

Collection

Knee osteotomy

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders is calling for submissions to the Knee osteotomy collection.

Status
Open for submissions
Submission deadline
07 August 2026

Collection

Environmental impacts on musculoskeletal health

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders is calling for submissions to the Environmental impacts on musculoskeletal health collection.

Status
Open for submissions
Submission deadline
17 August 2026
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Journal updates

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Journal information

Electronic ISSN
1471-2474
Abstracted and indexed in
  1. BFI List
  2. Baidu
  3. CLOCKSS
  4. CNKI
  5. CNPIEC
  6. Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS)
  7. Chinese Academy of Medical Science (CAMS)
  8. DOAJ
  9. Dimensions
  10. EBSCO
  11. EMBASE
  12. Gale
  13. GoOA - The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
  14. Google Scholar
  15. Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
  16. Medline
  17. Naver
  18. OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
  19. Ovid Discovery
  20. Pathway Studio
  21. Portico
  22. ProQuest
  23. PubMedCentral
  24. Reaxys
  25. SCImago
  26. SCOPUS
  27. Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
  28. Semantic Scholar
  29. TD Net Discovery Service
  30. Wanfang
  31. eLibrary.ru
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