Special Issues: Call for Papers

JBJS is seeking submissions for upcoming Special Issues exploring timely and emerging topics of broad importance to the orthopaedic community. These curated collections bring together the strongest available evidence and scholarship to summarize the current state of knowledge, identify important evidence gaps, and highlight priorities for future investigation.

UPCOMING THEMES

  • Global Musculoskeletal Health and Health Equity
  • Digital Health, AI, and Emerging Technologies in Trauma & Orthopaedics
  • Conflict, Disaster, and Humanitarian Orthopaedics
  • Patient Safety, Quality, and Complications in Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Perioperative Optimization, Obesity, and Metabolic Health
  • Value-Based Musculoskeletal Care and Health Economics

why publish in a special issue?

  • Be featured alongside other influential articles addressing the same important clinical challenges.
  • Contribute to a curated collection of work on an emerging or high-priority theme.
  • Reach an international readership spanning the full breadth of orthopaedic surgery.
  • Benefit from coordinated editorial attention and promotion.
  • Help shape future research priorities and clinical practice.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

  • Research with the potential to change clinical practice or inform major clinical decisions.
  • Studies that establish new standards, challenge existing paradigms, or identify critical evidence gaps.
  • Clinical, translational, and basic science investigations with broad relevance across orthopaedics.
  • Evidence syntheses that define the current state of knowledge.
  • Perspectives that stimulate discussion on emerging issues affecting orthopaedic care.

SUBMISSION AND PEER REVIEW

JBJS welcomes submissions across all of our article types. See the JBJS Instructions for Authors for detailed descriptions and submission requirements for each article type.

Manuscripts should be submitted according to the standard process outlined in our Instructions for Authors. When prompted in the submission form, please indicate the intended special issue.

All submissions undergo the same rigorous peer-review process and are held to the same editorial standards as all JBJS articles. Selection is based on scientific merit, originality, methodological rigor, clinical importance, and relevance to the Special Issue. Please note that acceptance does not guarantee inclusion in a Special Issue.

If you have any questions, please contact editorial@jbjs.org.