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BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 4.6), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by BioMed Central Ltd.
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ISSN 2052-1847Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: BioMed Central Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rehabilitation | 30 / 172 | 82nd | Q1 |
| Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation | 53 / 257 | 79th | Q1 |
| Orthopedics and Sports Medicine | 79 / 340 | 76th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2013–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 4.6.
BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation is Q1 in Rehabilitation (rank 30 of 172), Q1 in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation (rank 53 of 257) and Q1 in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (rank 79 of 340), by CiteScore 2025.
BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, 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 4.6, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 82nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.999, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 44.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,890 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.
BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation is published by BioMed Central Ltd. Its ISSN is 2052-1847.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation has an h-index of 61 and a 2-year mean of 2.96 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.6, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #17 of 168 Scopus journals in Rehabilitation.
BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation published 445 papers in 2025. 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 96 research articles (2026), authors are most often from China (36.1%), Türkiye (24%) and Iran (7.8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (0.9 per 1,000 papers). 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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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