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Sports Psychiatry

Hogrefe Publishing GmbH · Germany · Est. 2016

ISSN2674-0052

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

/ 100

High Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ Scopus Q3+12

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total27

Journal Impact Factor

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SJR Score

0.564

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

Total Works

141

Total Citations

493

2yr Mean Citedness

1.80

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Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Sports Psychiatry publishes original research articles, reviews, meta-analyses, consensus statements, brief reports, editorials, and letters to the editor. The journal covers sports psychiatry, exercise psychiatry, mental disorders diagnosis, therapy for mental disorders, mental disorders prevention, and sports medicine.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Fast · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2016

Annual Volume~ 31 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications141

Publisher OrgHogrefe Verlag

OA Since2021

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~9 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-ND, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

Portico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/12 · 75%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Hogrefe Publishing GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2674-0052

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Portico

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Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2016

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Psychiatry and Mental Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Sport Psychology and PerformanceSports injuries and preventionPhysical Activity and HealthCardiovascular Effects of ExerciseTraumatic Brain Injury ResearchPsychosomatic Disorders and Their TreatmentsMotivation and Self-Concept in SportsEating Disorders and BehaviorsBehavioral Health and InterventionsSports Performance and Training