Baishideng's database announces the first of 104 core journals and a list of high-quality academic journals in orthopedics.

After three rounds of rigorous evaluation of core journals in orthopedics conducted by the () editorial team of Baishideng Publishing Group (Baishideng), the database of Baishideng officially released the 2022 (2022 ) of 104 core journals and a list of high-quality academic journals in orthopedics, for the first time on August 9, 2022. The list of 104 core journals can be found at: https://www.referencecitationanalysis.com/SearchJournal. Among them, the highest 2022 is 55.015 and the lowest is 3.076. This article introduces the 21 high-quality academic journals and describes the calculation method for the 2022 , the evaluation process, and the inclusion principles for journals in the . These steps are the underpinning of the 's empirical journal academic evaluation service by which the digital platform addresses the needs of authors to select reliable journals for submission, readers to select high-quality literature for reading, and editors to track their own journal citation performance. As such, the core journal list will serve as a useful Find-a-Journal tool. Any interested party is welcome to use this journal list and recommend it to their peers.