Reviewer of the Month (2024)

In 2024, AOJ reviewers continue to make outstanding contributions to the peer review process. They demonstrated professional effort and enthusiasm in their reviews and provided comments that genuinely help the authors to enhance their work.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding reviewers, with a brief interview of their thoughts and insights as a reviewer. Allow us to express our heartfelt gratitude for their tremendous effort and valuable contributions to the scientific process.

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New Impact Factor for Annals of Joint: 0.5

We are pleased to announce that Annals of Joint (AOJ) has attained its new impact factor for the 2023 citation year: 0.5

The release of the journal’s new impact factor is not only a significant achievement for the journal but also the recognition of its more significant scientific reach. Here, we would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to all our editorial team members, guest editors, authors, and reviewers for their significant contributions.

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Annals of Joint 2023 CiteScore Released: 1.1

We are pleased to announce that the Annals of Joint (AOJ) has received its 2023 CiteScore: 1.1, ranking 231 out of 321 journals in the Orthopedics and Sports Medicine category.

Furthermore, we are delighted to highlight the remarkable achievements made by all AME journals in the CiteScore ranking.

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Annals of Joint is accepted for indexing in PubMed/PubMed Central(PMC)

We are happy to announce that Annals of Joint has been accepted for indexing in PubMed/PubMed Central (PMC), a free digital archive database of full-text journal literature in biomedical and life sciences. All articles published since 2022, beginning with Vol 7(1), will be fully indexed in PMC and accessible via PubMed, a search engine/database of biomedical citations and abstracts.

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Interviews with Outstanding Authors (2024)

In 2024, many AOJ authors make outstanding contributions to our journal. Their articles published with us have received very well feedback in the field and stimulate a lot of discussions and new insights among the peers.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding authors who have been making immense efforts in their research fields, with a brief interview of their unique perspective and insightful view as authors.

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Announcement of AOJ New Co-Editor-in-Chief

The editorial office is pleased to announce that Dr. Albert Lin is taking on the role of Co-Editor-in-Chief of Annals of Joint (AOJ) in tandem with Dr. Dongquan Shi and Dr. Shiro Ikegawa, effective from February 2024. Please join us in wishing Dr. Lin all the best in his new role!

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AOJ Annual Report 2023

Greetings from the Editorial Office of AOJ!

We are pleased to share the 2023 Annual Report of Annals of Joint.

We would especially like to express our sincere gratitude to the editorial board members, guest editors, reviewers, authors and readers for all your support and contributions to AOJ.

We wish you a happy, healthy and prosperous 2024!

AOJ Editorial Office

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The role of anterolateral complex surgery and slope-reducing osteotomies in revision ACL reconstructions: a narrative review

Depiction of anterior (left) and lateral (right) views of a concomitant ALLR and ACLR. The ACLR is performed with a bone-patellar tendon-bone autograft, and the ALLR with a semitendinosus allograft. The ALLR graft is fixated with an interference screw distally to a point 1 cm distal to the joint line, midway between the fibular head and Gerdy’s tubercle, and proximally 4.7 mm posterior and proximal to the femoral attachment of the fibular collateral ligament. The graft is fixated with the knee at 20° of flexion in neutral rotation. Reproduced with permission from Nitri et al. (19). ALL, anterolateral ligament; ALLR, anterolateral ligament reconstruction; ACLR, anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction; FCL, fibular collateral ligament.

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Diagnostic strategies for chronic lateral ankle instability: a narrative review

The representative magnetic resonance images of the ankle. (A) The anterior talofibular ligament (white arrow) and the calcaneofibular ligament (black arrow) on the axial and coronal planes of the ankle. (B) The osteochondral lesion of the talus (gray arrow) on the coronal and sagittal planes of the ankle.

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Recurrent peroneal tendon dislocation—the current concept of management

Eckert and Oden classification. (A) Type 1: this type of dislocation occurs when the SPR continuously detaches from the FCR and fibula with the anterior periosteum of the fibula. (B) Type 2: this is a type of dislocation with the FCR and SPR and the periosteum of the anterior surface of the fibula collectively avulsed and dislocated. (C) Type 3: this is a type of avulsion fracture of the bone of the anterior surface of the fibula with combined FCR and SPR. (D) Type 4: this is a rare type with superior peroneal retinaculum rupture. PB, peroneus brevis; SPR, superior peroneal retinaculum; FCR, fibrocartilaginous ridge; PL, peroneus longus; F, fibula.

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