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Current Sports Medicine Reports

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · United States · Est. 1963

ISSN1537-8918

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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

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SJR Scorei

0.448

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.868

Total Worksi

2,374

Total Citationsi

41,033

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.89

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Sport Sciences; Medicine (miscellaneous); Orthopedics and Sports Medicine; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Sports Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1963

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,374

Publisher OrgLippincott Williams & Wilkins

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

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OA License—

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1537-8918

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

116

2.2k

2019

120

1.5k

2020

132

1.6k

2021

102

526

2022

104

397

2023

171

2024

2025

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)Q3

Orthopedics and Sports MedicineQ3

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ3

Sports ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Sport Sciences

Scopus Categories

Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSports SciencePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Sports injuries and preventionCardiovascular Effects of ExerciseShoulder Injury and TreatmentMuscle metabolism and nutritionSports Performance and TrainingThermoregulation and physiological responsesExercise and Physiological ResponsesTraumatic Brain Injury ResearchCardiovascular and exercise physiologyLower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies

Frequently asked questions about Current Sports Medicine Reports

Is Current Sports Medicine Reports a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Current Sports Medicine Reports: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Current Sports Medicine Reports?

Current Sports Medicine Reports 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 0.89.

Is Current Sports Medicine Reports indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Current Sports Medicine Reports is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Current Sports Medicine Reports?