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Science and Sports

Elsevier Masson s.r.l. · France · Est. 1975

ISSN1778-4131

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.357

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.412

Total Worksi

3,554

Total Citationsi

14,764

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.52

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine; Sports Science.

General Information

Country / RegionFrance

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1975

Annual Volume~ 96 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,554

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Masson s.r.l.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1778-4131

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

118

708

2019

107

639

2020

507

2021

155

557

2022

108

428

2023

107

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.

Orthopedics and Sports MedicineQ3

Sports ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSports Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Sports Performance and TrainingSports injuries and preventionCardiovascular and exercise physiologyMuscle metabolism and nutritionExercise and Physiological ResponsesDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationHeart Rate Variability and Autonomic ControlCardiovascular Effects of ExerciseEducational Robotics and Engineering

Frequently asked questions about Science and Sports

Is Science and Sports a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Science and Sports: it is indexed in 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 Science and Sports?

Science and Sports is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.357.

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

Science and Sports is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Science and Sports?