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Journal of Sports Science and Medicine is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5.2), WoS SCIE. Published by Journal of Sport Science and Medicine.
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ISSN 1303-2968Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Journal of Sport Science and Medicine
Cost to publish: About US$1,800 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation | 40 / 257 | 84th | Q1 |
| Orthopedics and Sports Medicine | 56 / 340 | 83rd | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2002–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.2.
Journal of Sports Science and Medicine is Q1 in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation (rank 40 of 257) and Q1 in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (rank 56 of 340), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Sports Science and 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 5.2, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 84th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.075, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 93.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,800 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.
Journal of Sports Science and Medicine is published by Journal of Sport Science and Medicine. Its ISSN is 1303-2968.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal of Sports Science and Medicine has an h-index of 30 and a 2-year mean of 4.82 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.2, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #9 of 249 Scopus journals in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation.
Journal of Sports Science and Medicine published 92 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 108. 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 (2025–2026), authors are most often from China (44.5%), Poland (8%) and United States (4.7%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (1.9 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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