Aims & Scope

Purpose

The Orthopedic Surgery Case Reports & Series Journal (OSCRSJ) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to the publication of clinically instructive scholarship across all subspecialties of orthopedic surgery and musculoskeletal medicine. We publish case reports, case series, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, narrative reviews, surgical techniques, images in orthopedics, and letters to the editor — disseminating novel, educationally valuable work to the global orthopedic surgery community.

What We Publish

OSCRSJ publishes seven article types, all evaluated under our standard double-blind peer review:

• →Case Reports (1-3 patients): detailed documentation of a clinical case with unusual presentation, rare diagnosis, novel treatment approach, or important teaching value.
• →Case Series (4+ patients): a collection of four or more cases sharing meaningful clinical features, analyzed collectively to identify patterns, outcomes, or complications.
• →Systematic Reviews & Meta-Analyses: rigorous syntheses of the existing orthopedic literature on a focused clinical question, conducted with a pre-defined search strategy, eligibility criteria, and (for meta-analyses) quantitative pooling of effect estimates. PRISMA 2020 reporting standards apply.
• →Narrative Reviews: expert syntheses of a defined orthopedic topic. Required when a topic is too broad or too theory-rich for a systematic review but a structured, expert-authored overview adds clinical value. Authored against the SANRA quality framework, with mandatory scope and search statements. Standard track requires a senior author; Mentored Review track is open to trainee-led submissions paired with an OSCRSJ Section Editor.
• →Surgical Techniques: step-by-step procedural descriptions of novel, modified, or technically demanding orthopedic operations, supported by figures and ideally a procedural video.
• →Images in Orthopedics: brief, image-driven submissions presenting striking clinical, radiographic, or intraoperative findings with a concise clinical description.
• →Letters to the Editor: short commentary on previously published work, raising methodological points, corrections, or alternative interpretations.

See the Guide for Authors for word limits, structural requirements, and reporting-checklist mandates for each article type.

Subspecialties Covered

Target Audience

OSCRSJ is designed for and authored by the global orthopedic surgery community. We are committed to being one of the most accessible peer-reviewed orthopedic journals — lowering the barrier to publishing without compromising the rigor of peer review.

Open Access Policy

All articles published in OSCRSJ are freely available to read, download, share, and adapt under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license, with attribution to the original authors. We do not charge readers or institutions for access. The journal is sustained through article processing charges (APCs), which are waived for all manuscripts submitted before August 1, 2026. We believe that publicly relevant medical literature should be publicly accessible.