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Sports Medicine and Health Science

KeAi Communications Co. · China · Est. 2019

ISSN2666-3376

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.847

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.996

Total Worksi

352

Total Citationsi

4,679

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.25

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionChina

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2019

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications352

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2018

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Koninklijke BibliotheekPorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

KeAi Communications Co.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2666-3376

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-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?

Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Portico, CLOCKSS

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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

1.2k

2019

1.4k

2020

2021

589

2022

460

2023

379

2024

171

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

Physiology (medical)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Sport Sciences

Scopus Categories

RehabilitationPhysiology (medical)Orthopedics and Sports MedicinePhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cardiovascular and exercise physiologyPhysical Activity and HealthExercise and Physiological ResponsesSports Performance and TrainingSports injuries and preventionObesity, Physical Activity, DietHeart Rate Variability and Autonomic ControlMuscle metabolism and nutritionAdipose Tissue and MetabolismCardiovascular Effects of Exercise

Frequently asked questions about Sports Medicine and Health Science

Is Sports Medicine and Health Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Sports Medicine and Health Science: 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 Sports Medicine and Health Science?

Sports Medicine and Health Science 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 2.25.

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

Sports Medicine and Health Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Sports Medicine and Health Science?