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Physician and Sportsmedicine

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1952

ISSN2326-3660

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.845

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.04

Total Worksi

8,219

Total Citationsi

63,481

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.11

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Orthopedics; Primary Health Care; Sport Sciences; Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation; Orthopedics and Sports Medicine; Sports Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1952

FrequencyQuarterly, 2009-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications8,219

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?

2326-3660

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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

1.4k

2019

100

2020

1.1k

2021

626

2022

275

2023

139

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

Orthopedics and Sports MedicineQ2

Sports ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

OrthopedicsPrimary Health CareSport Sciences

Scopus Categories

Orthopedics and Sports MedicinePhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationSports Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Sports injuries and preventionSports Performance and TrainingShoulder Injury and TreatmentCardiovascular Effects of ExerciseMusculoskeletal Disorders and RehabilitationOrthopedic Surgery and RehabilitationKnee injuries and reconstruction techniquesLower Extremity Biomechanics and PathologiesMuscle metabolism and nutritionCardiovascular and exercise physiology

Frequently asked questions about Physician and Sportsmedicine

Is Physician and Sportsmedicine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Physician and Sportsmedicine: 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 Physician and Sportsmedicine?

Physician and Sportsmedicine 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 1.11.

Is Physician and Sportsmedicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Physician and Sportsmedicine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Physician and Sportsmedicine?