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British Journal of Sports Medicine is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 22.1), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by BMJ Publishing Group.
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ISSN 0306-3674Verify ISSN ↗1473-0480Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orthopedics and Sports Medicine | 1 / 340 | 99th | Q1 |
| Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation | 1 / 257 | 99th | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1974–present (also 1964), best quartile Q1, CiteScore 22.1.
British Journal of Sports Medicine is Q1 in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (rank 1 of 340) and Q1 in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation (rank 1 of 257), by CiteScore 2025.
British Journal of Sports Medicine 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 22.1, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 99th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 4.847, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 256.
British Journal of Sports Medicine is published by BMJ Publishing Group. Its print ISSN is 0306-3674 and its online ISSN is 1473-0480.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
British Journal of Sports Medicine has an h-index of 313 and a 2-year mean of 6.41 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 22.1, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #7 of 331 Scopus journals in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine.
British Journal of Sports Medicine published 293 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 1,002. 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 98 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (14.9%), United Kingdom (13.7%) and Australia (13.1%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 43 retracted papers are recorded (3.6 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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