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British Journal of Sports Medicine

BMJ Publishing Group · United Kingdom

ISSN0306-3674eISSN1473-0480

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1 · Scopus CiteScore 21. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

4.847

H-Indexi

305

CiteScorei

SNIPi

4.499

Total Worksi

12,000

Total Citationsi

576,876

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.87

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) is the leading, peer-reviewed journal in sports medicine, with additional multimedia resources. British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) is a multimedia portal for authoritative original research, systematic reviews, consensus statements and debate in sport and exercise medicine (SEM). We define sport and exercise medicine broadly. BJSM’s web, print, video and audio material serves the international sport and exercise medicine community which includes 25 clinical societies who have over 13,000 members.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyBimonthly, 1999-

StatusActive

Total Publications12,000

Publisher OrgBMJ

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BMJ Publishing Group

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0306-3674 / 1473-0480

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

291

22k

2019

344

30k

2020

228

11k

2021

257

7.9k

2022

261

10k

2023

320

3.7k

2024

293

1.4k

2025

217

121

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Orthopedics and Sports MedicineQ1

Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationQ1

Sports ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Sport Sciences

Scopus Categories

Orthopedics and Sports MedicinePhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationSports ScienceMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Sports injuries and preventionSports Performance and TrainingCardiovascular Effects of ExerciseShoulder Injury and TreatmentInjury Epidemiology and Prevention

Frequently asked questions about British Journal of Sports Medicine

Is British Journal of Sports Medicine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for British Journal of Sports Medicine: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of British Journal of Sports Medicine?

British Journal of Sports Medicine is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 21.

Is British Journal of Sports Medicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

British Journal of Sports Medicine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.