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Journal of Sports Sciences is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 4.4), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Routledge.
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ISSN 0264-0414Verify ISSN ↗1466-447XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Routledge
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation | 59 / 257 | 77th | Q1 |
| Orthopedics and Sports Medicine | 89 / 340 | 73rd | Q2 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1983–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 4.4.
Journal of Sports Sciences is Q1 in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation (rank 59 of 257) and Q2 in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (rank 89 of 340), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Sports Sciences 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 4.4, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 77th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.018, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 181.
Journal of Sports Sciences is published by Routledge. Its print ISSN is 0264-0414 and its online ISSN is 1466-447X.
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.
Journal of Sports Sciences has an h-index of 215 and a 2-year mean of 3.16 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.4, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #26 of 249 Scopus journals in Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation.
Journal of Sports Sciences published 356 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 365. 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 100 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United Kingdom (18%), China (10.9%) and Australia (8.8%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 5 retracted papers are recorded (0.6 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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