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Research in Sports Medicine

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 2003

ISSN1543-8635

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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. 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

0.849

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.168

Total Worksi

919

Total Citationsi

19,338

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.28

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Sport Sciences; Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation; Medicine (miscellaneous); Orthopedics and Sports Medicine; Sports Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2003

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications919

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1543-8635

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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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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

922

2019

2020

110

1.5k

2021

568

2022

170

2023

127

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.

Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

Orthopedics and Sports MedicineQ2

Sports ScienceQ2

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 and exercise physiologyLower Extremity Biomechanics and PathologiesExercise and Physiological ResponsesMuscle metabolism and nutritionCardiovascular Effects of ExerciseInjury Epidemiology and PreventionKnee injuries and reconstruction techniquesSport Psychology and Performance

Frequently asked questions about Research in Sports Medicine

Is Research in Sports Medicine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Research in 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 Research in Sports Medicine?

Research in 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 1.28.

Is Research in Sports Medicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Research in Sports Medicine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Research in Sports Medicine?