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Asian Journal of Sports Medicine

Brieflands · Iran · Est. 1970

ISSN2008-7209

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2017-03-01). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

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

0.241

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.177

Total Worksi

605

Total Citationsi

10,183

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.42

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine; Sports Science.

General Information

Country / RegionIran

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1970

Annual Volume~ 25 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications605

OA Since2017

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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

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Brieflands

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2008-7209

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, PubMed

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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

250

2019

323

2020

113

2021

2022

2023

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

Frequently asked questions about Asian Journal of Sports Medicine

Is Asian Journal of Sports Medicine a predatory journal?

Asian Journal of Sports Medicine was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2017-03-01). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

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

Asian Journal of Sports Medicine is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.241.

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

Asian Journal of Sports Medicine is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Asian Journal of Sports Medicine?