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Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine

Dove Medical Press Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1987

ISSN1179-1543eISSN1179-1543

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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. 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

0.556

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.793

Total Worksi

371

Total Citationsi

10,471

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.91

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Sport Sciences; Complementary and Manual Therapy; Occupational Therapy; Optometry; Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation; Podiatry; Orthopedics and Sports Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1987

Annual Volume~ 19 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications371

Publisher OrgDove Medical Press

OA Since2008

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Dove Medical Press Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1179-1543 / 1179-1543

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

368

2019

399

2020

213

2021

112

2022

2023

2024

2025

181

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.

Complementary and Manual TherapyQ1

Occupational TherapyQ1

OptometryQ2

Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationQ2

PodiatryQ2

Orthopedics and Sports MedicineQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Sport Sciences

Scopus Categories

Complementary and Manual TherapyOrthopedics and Sports MedicinePhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationPodiatryOccupational TherapyOptometry

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Sports injuries and preventionSports Performance and TrainingShoulder Injury and TreatmentCardiovascular and exercise physiologyKnee injuries and reconstruction techniquesLower Extremity Biomechanics and PathologiesExercise and Physiological ResponsesGenetics and Physical PerformanceTendon Structure and TreatmentCardiovascular Effects of Exercise

Frequently asked questions about Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine

Is Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine?

Open Access 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. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.91.

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

Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Open Access Journal of Sports Medicine?