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International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy

North American Sports Medicine Institute · United States · Est. 1986

ISSN2159-2896eISSN2159-2896

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.75

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.093

Total Worksi

1,207

Total Citationsi

12,428

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.90

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Sport Sciences; Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation; Rehabilitation; Orthopedics and Sports Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1986

FrequencyBimonthly, 2012-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,207

OA Since2010

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC 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?

North American Sports Medicine Institute

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2159-2896 / 2159-2896

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Double-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

2.2k

2019

119

1.9k

2020

172

2.4k

2021

148

1.6k

2022

146

1.1k

2023

153

740

2024

181

295

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

RehabilitationQ1

Orthopedics and Sports MedicineQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Sport Sciences

Scopus Categories

RehabilitationOrthopedics and Sports MedicinePhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Sports injuries and preventionKnee injuries and reconstruction techniquesShoulder Injury and TreatmentLower Extremity Biomechanics and PathologiesSports Performance and TrainingFoot and Ankle SurgeryMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationTotal Knee Arthroplasty OutcomesTendon Structure and TreatmentTraumatic Brain Injury Research

Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy

Is International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy: 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 International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy?

International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy 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 1.90.

Is International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy?