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About the BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders format

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders is a peer-reviewed journal published by BMC (BioMed Central), covering Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation, Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology. Over its lifetime it has published 12,207 papers, which have received 291,475 citations.

PublisherBMC (BioMed Central)
Reference styleNumbered (Vancouver)
Numbered — [1], [2] in the text
1. Smith A, Jones B, Lee C. A representative article title. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 2023;12(3):45–58.

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Publishes research inTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty
ISSN1471-2474
Citation impact (2-yr)2.79
h-index170
i10-index6,600
Article processing charge$2,072
Open accessYes — indexed in DOAJ
Top institutions publishing herePeking University
Journal websitebmcmusculoskeletdisord.biomedcentral.com
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Papers published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders per year

454
2014
420
2015
506
2016
558
2017
456
2018
639
2019
843
2020
1.1K
2021
1.2K
2022
986
2023
1.1K
2024
1.2K
2025

Citation impact of BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders by publication year

17.5K
2014
15.9K
2015
18.2K
2016
18.8K
2017
14.1K
2018
19.2K
2019
16.7K
2020
17.6K
2021
14.4K
2022
8.5K
2023
5.9K
2024
2K
2025

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

The disabilities of the arm, shoulder and hand (DASH) outcome questionnaire: longitudinal construct validity and measuring self-rated health change after surgery

Christina Gummesson, Isam Atroshi, Charlotte Ekdahl · 16 Jun 2003

BACKGROUND: The disabilities of the arm, shoulder and hand (DASH) questionnaire is a self-administered region-specific outcome instrument developed as a measure of self-rated upper-extremity disability and symptoms. The DASH consists mainly of a 30-item disability/symptom scale, scored 0 (no disability) to 100. The main purpose of this study was to assess the longitudinal construct validity…

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The shortened disabilities of the arm, shoulder and hand questionnaire (Quick DASH): validity and reliability based on responses within the full-length DASH

Christina Gummesson, Michael M. Ward, Isam Atroshi · 18 May 2006

BACKGROUND: The 30-item disabilities of the arm, shoulder and hand (DASH) questionnaire is increasingly used in clinical research involving upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders. From the original DASH a shorter version, the 11-item QuickDASH, has been developed. Little is known about the discriminant ability of score changes for the QuickDASH compared to the DASH. The aim…

1,110 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
Hip disability and osteoarthritis outcome score (HOOS) – validity and responsiveness in total hip replacement

Anna Nilsdotter, Stefan Lohmander, Maria Klässbo et al. · 30 May 2003

BACKGROUND: The aim of the study was to evaluate if physical functions usually associated with a younger population were of importance for an older population, and to construct an outcome measure for hip osteoarthritis with improved responsiveness compared to the Western Ontario McMaster osteoarthritis score (WOMAC LK 3.0). METHODS: A 40 item questionnaire (hip disability…

1,072 citations Cite SaveGo to paper →
The discordance between clinical and radiographic knee osteoarthritis: A systematic search and summary of the literature

John Bedson, Peter Croft · 2 Sep 2008

BACKGROUND: Studies have suggested that the symptoms of knee osteoarthritis (OA) are rather weakly associated with radiographic findings and vice versa. Our objectives were to identify estimates of the prevalence of radiographic knee OA in adults with knee pain and of knee pain in adults with radiographic knee OA, and determine if the definitions of…

An internet survey of 2,596 people with fibromyalgia

Robert M. Bennett, Jessie Jones, Dennis C. Turk et al. · 9 Mar 2007

BACKGROUND: This study explored the feasibility of using an Internet survey of people with fibromyalgia (FM), with a view to providing information on demographics, sources of information, symptoms, functionality, perceived aggravating factors, perceived triggering events, health care utilization, management strategies, and medication use. METHODS: A survey questionnaire was developed by the National Fibromyalgia Association (NFA)…

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders template — frequently asked questions

How do I write a paper in the BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders format?
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What reference style does BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders use?
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders uses Numbered (Vancouver) references, shown as numbered [1], [2] markers in the text. DocuGuru formats every in-text citation and the reference list in this exact style automatically. A reference appears like this: 1. Smith A, Jones B, Lee C. A representative article title. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders. 2023;12(3):45–58.
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No. DocuGuru generates the bmcart LaTeX class and compiles the PDF for you in the background, so you get a BMC (BioMed Central)-ready BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders document without writing any LaTeX. If you do want it, the LaTeX source is included in the export.
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