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Asia-Pacific Journal of Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy, Rehabilitation and Technology is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.3), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Elsevier (Singapore) Pte Ltd.
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ISSN 2214-6873Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier (Singapore) Pte Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rehabilitation | 78 / 172 | 54th | Q2 |
| Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation | 133 / 257 | 48th | Q3 |
| Orthopedics and Sports Medicine | 190 / 340 | 44th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2014–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.3.
Asia-Pacific Journal of Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy, Rehabilitation and Technology is Q2 in Rehabilitation (rank 78 of 172), Q3 in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation (rank 133 of 257) and Q3 in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (rank 190 of 340), by CiteScore 2025.
Asia-Pacific Journal of Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy, Rehabilitation and Technology is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 2.3, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 54th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.545, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 21.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,000 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Asia-Pacific Journal of Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy, Rehabilitation and Technology is published by Elsevier (Singapore) Pte Ltd. Its ISSN is 2214-6873.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Asia-Pacific Journal of Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy, Rehabilitation and Technology has an h-index of 23 and a 2-year mean of 1.14 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.3, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #81 of 168 Scopus journals in Rehabilitation.
Asia-Pacific Journal of Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy, Rehabilitation and Technology published 26 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 312. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 99 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from Japan (48.4%), China (22.1%) and Thailand (9.5%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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