Musculoskeletal Science and Practice

Musculoskeletal Science & Practice, international journal of musculoskeletal physiotherapy, is a peer-reviewed international journal (previously Manual Therapy), publishing high quality original research, review and Masterclass articles that contribute to improving the clinical understanding of appropriate care processes for musculoskeletal disorders. The journal publishes articles that influence or add to the body of evidence on diagnostic and therapeutic processes, patient centered care, guidelines for musculoskeletal therapeutics and theoretical models that support developments in assessment, diagnosis, clinical reasoning and interventions. Papers published in Musculoskeletal Science & Practice are of international relevance and have an over-arching applied clinical focus or serve to inform clinical approaches. The journal publishes papers that show depth, rigour, originality and high quality presentation which inform the evidence base relating to mechanisms of function/dysfunction; treatment methods; best clinical practice; clinical reasoning and decision making processes; assessment and clinical management of musculoskeletal disorders; exploration of relevant clinical interventions; multi modal approaches; psychosocial issues; and service user expectations, experiences and perspectives. Quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods research articles are welcomed as well as systematic and high quality narrative reviews. Other regular features include Masterclasses and Technical and Measurement reports. The journal employs a double blind peer review process for all original articles. All articles published in Musculoskeletal Science & Practice will be immediately assigned to an issue upon acceptance, without having to wait in press. This will mean immediate publication for all authors, upon completion of post-acceptance publishing processes.

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Category	Year	Quartile
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation	1999	Q2
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation	2000	Q2
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation	2001	Q2
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation	2002	Q1
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation	2003	Q1
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation	2004	Q1
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation	2005	Q1
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation	2006	Q1
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation	2007	Q1
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation	2008	Q1
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation	2009	Q1
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation	2010	Q1
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation	2011	Q1
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation	2012	Q1
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation	2013	Q1
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation	2014	Q1
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation	2015	Q1
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation	2016	Q1
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation	2017	Q1
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation	2018	Q1
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation	2019	Q2
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation	2020	Q1
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation	2021	Q2
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation	2022	Q2
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation	2023	Q1

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
1999	0.381
2000	0.267
2001	0.368
2002	0.557
2003	0.695
2004	0.562
2005	0.618
2006	0.820
2007	1.019
2008	1.161
2009	1.102
2010	1.055
2011	1.232
2012	1.470
2013	1.163
2014	1.083
2015	0.895
2016	1.040
2017	1.099
2018	1.232
2019	0.745
2020	0.870
2021	0.714
2022	0.636
2023	0.755

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
1999	29
2000	37
2001	36
2002	32
2003	39
2004	32
2005	39
2006	54
2007	59
2008	86
2009	113
2010	100
2011	111
2012	112
2013	116
2014	110
2015	146
2016	162
2017	129
2018	100
2019	123
2020	141
2021	152
2022	157
2023	143

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	1999	0.735
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	0.518
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	0.719
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	0.850
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	1.157
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	1.319
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	1.755
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	2.415
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	2.793
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	3.255
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	2.849
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	2.603
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	2.939
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	2.951
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	2.667
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	2.759
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	2.486
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	2.293
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	2.352
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	2.327
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	2.508
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	2.558
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	2.611
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	2.647
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	2.363
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	0.735
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	0.476
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	0.701
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	0.882
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	1.114
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	1.234
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	1.806
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	2.555
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	2.768
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	2.941
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	2.533
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	2.442
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	2.870
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	2.855
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	2.495
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	2.286
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	2.243
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	2.228
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	2.222
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	2.268
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	2.100
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	2.304
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	2.563
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	2.267
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	2.309
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	0.764
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	0.367
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	0.682
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	0.781
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	1.015
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	1.113
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	1.958
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	2.535
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	2.280
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	2.319
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	2.366
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	2.090
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	2.634
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	2.649
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	2.022
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	1.943
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	1.982
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	1.945
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	2.224
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	1.921
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	1.790
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	2.094
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	2.220
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	2.078
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	2.117

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	1999	22
Self Cites	2000	17
Self Cites	2001	22
Self Cites	2002	23
Self Cites	2003	13
Self Cites	2004	10
Self Cites	2005	19
Self Cites	2006	29
Self Cites	2007	32
Self Cites	2008	46
Self Cites	2009	78
Self Cites	2010	78
Self Cites	2011	86
Self Cites	2012	145
Self Cites	2013	103
Self Cites	2014	117
Self Cites	2015	116
Self Cites	2016	116
Self Cites	2017	99
Self Cites	2018	78
Self Cites	2019	92
Self Cites	2020	75
Self Cites	2021	99
Self Cites	2022	94
Self Cites	2023	87
Total Cites	1999	61
Total Cites	2000	40
Total Cites	2001	68
Total Cites	2002	90
Total Cites	2003	117
Total Cites	2004	132
Total Cites	2005	186
Total Cites	2006	281
Total Cites	2007	346
Total Cites	2008	447
Total Cites	2009	504
Total Cites	2010	630
Total Cites	2011	858
Total Cites	2012	925
Total Cites	2013	806
Total Cites	2014	775
Total Cites	2015	758
Total Cites	2016	829
Total Cites	2017	929
Total Cites	2018	991
Total Cites	2019	821
Total Cites	2020	811
Total Cites	2021	933
Total Cites	2022	943
Total Cites	2023	1039

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	1999	0.470
External Cites per document	2000	0.274
External Cites per document	2001	0.474
External Cites per document	2002	0.657
External Cites per document	2003	0.990
External Cites per document	2004	1.140
External Cites per document	2005	1.621
External Cites per document	2006	2.291
External Cites per document	2007	2.512
External Cites per document	2008	2.638
External Cites per document	2009	2.141
External Cites per document	2010	2.140
External Cites per document	2011	2.582
External Cites per document	2012	2.407
External Cites per document	2013	2.176
External Cites per document	2014	1.941
External Cites per document	2015	1.899
External Cites per document	2016	1.917
External Cites per document	2017	1.986
External Cites per document	2018	2.089
External Cites per document	2019	1.864
External Cites per document	2020	2.091
External Cites per document	2021	2.291
External Cites per document	2022	2.041
External Cites per document	2023	2.116
Cites per document	1999	0.735
Cites per document	2000	0.476
Cites per document	2001	0.701
Cites per document	2002	0.882
Cites per document	2003	1.114
Cites per document	2004	1.234
Cites per document	2005	1.806
Cites per document	2006	2.555
Cites per document	2007	2.768
Cites per document	2008	2.941
Cites per document	2009	2.533
Cites per document	2010	2.442
Cites per document	2011	2.870
Cites per document	2012	2.855
Cites per document	2013	2.495
Cites per document	2014	2.286
Cites per document	2015	2.243
Cites per document	2016	2.228
Cites per document	2017	2.222
Cites per document	2018	2.268
Cites per document	2019	2.100
Cites per document	2020	2.304
Cites per document	2021	2.563
Cites per document	2022	2.267
Cites per document	2023	2.309

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
1999	3.45
2000	8.11
2001	5.56
2002	25.00
2003	10.26
2004	21.88
2005	20.51
2006	3.70
2007	11.86
2008	13.95
2009	25.66
2010	16.00
2011	22.52
2012	22.32
2013	30.17
2014	20.00
2015	34.25
2016	33.95
2017	34.11
2018	41.00
2019	30.89
2020	50.35
2021	40.79
2022	40.13
2023	49.65

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	1999	5
Non-citable documents	2000	10
Non-citable documents	2001	19
Non-citable documents	2002	19
Non-citable documents	2003	18
Non-citable documents	2004	15
Non-citable documents	2005	16
Non-citable documents	2006	19
Non-citable documents	2007	22
Non-citable documents	2008	25
Non-citable documents	2009	34
Non-citable documents	2010	39
Non-citable documents	2011	39
Non-citable documents	2012	29
Non-citable documents	2013	34
Non-citable documents	2014	38
Non-citable documents	2015	42
Non-citable documents	2016	42
Non-citable documents	2017	52
Non-citable documents	2018	68
Non-citable documents	2019	59
Non-citable documents	2020	49
Non-citable documents	2021	40
Non-citable documents	2022	50
Non-citable documents	2023	52
Citable documents	1999	78
Citable documents	2000	74
Citable documents	2001	78
Citable documents	2002	83
Citable documents	2003	87
Citable documents	2004	92
Citable documents	2005	87
Citable documents	2006	91
Citable documents	2007	103
Citable documents	2008	127
Citable documents	2009	165
Citable documents	2010	219
Citable documents	2011	260
Citable documents	2012	295
Citable documents	2013	289
Citable documents	2014	301
Citable documents	2015	296
Citable documents	2016	330
Citable documents	2017	366
Citable documents	2018	369
Citable documents	2019	332
Citable documents	2020	303
Citable documents	2021	324
Citable documents	2022	366
Citable documents	2023	398

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	1999	43
Uncited documents	2000	59
Uncited documents	2001	57
Uncited documents	2002	59
Uncited documents	2003	58
Uncited documents	2004	57
Uncited documents	2005	43
Uncited documents	2006	34
Uncited documents	2007	42
Uncited documents	2008	40
Uncited documents	2009	53
Uncited documents	2010	79
Uncited documents	2011	83
Uncited documents	2012	93
Uncited documents	2013	98
Uncited documents	2014	92
Uncited documents	2015	102
Uncited documents	2016	122
Uncited documents	2017	143
Uncited documents	2018	138
Uncited documents	2019	128
Uncited documents	2020	93
Uncited documents	2021	111
Uncited documents	2022	131
Uncited documents	2023	143
Cited documents	1999	40
Cited documents	2000	25
Cited documents	2001	40
Cited documents	2002	43
Cited documents	2003	47
Cited documents	2004	50
Cited documents	2005	60
Cited documents	2006	76
Cited documents	2007	83
Cited documents	2008	112
Cited documents	2009	146
Cited documents	2010	179
Cited documents	2011	216
Cited documents	2012	231
Cited documents	2013	225
Cited documents	2014	247
Cited documents	2015	236
Cited documents	2016	250
Cited documents	2017	275
Cited documents	2018	299
Cited documents	2019	263
Cited documents	2020	259
Cited documents	2021	253
Cited documents	2022	285
Cited documents	2023	307

% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

Year	Female Percent
1999	9.68
2000	41.67
2001	40.91
2002	40.82
2003	35.37
2004	42.37
2005	40.26
2006	40.16
2007	42.95
2008	44.39
2009	36.22
2010	39.66
2011	45.59
2012	43.49
2013	45.92
2014	39.01
2015	42.63
2016	43.04
2017	39.59
2018	42.54
2019	46.02
2020	46.79
2021	43.80
2022	38.22
2023	45.12

Documents cited by public policy (Overton)

Evolution of the number of documents cited by public policy documents according to Overton database.

Documents	Year	Value
Overton	1999	5
Overton	2000	10
Overton	2001	4
Overton	2002	3
Overton	2003	3
Overton	2004	4
Overton	2005	5
Overton	2006	11
Overton	2007	8
Overton	2008	17
Overton	2009	21
Overton	2010	22
Overton	2011	19
Overton	2012	22
Overton	2013	20
Overton	2014	14
Overton	2015	23
Overton	2016	24
Overton	2017	10
Overton	2018	16
Overton	2019	10
Overton	2020	15
Overton	2021	5
Overton	2022	4
Overton	2023	0